Colours are first introduced through verbal conversations, eg. Talking about a yellow ball or the green plant, and so on. We do not directly focus on the colour but just keep it as a part of our regular conversation with our Munchkins.
Once our Munchkin is able to match different things and understands how one things differs from the other and begins to show more interest in colours, you can introduce a simple activity such as this to him/her.
The focus of this activity is to just match and put the correct colour in it’s place. We are not trying to teach the names of the colour (it is still too early for that).
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Things needs to make this DIY are:
1)1 cardboard box cover;
2)Some extra cardboard strips for the partition;
3)Coloured paper for the base (I used the primary colours Red, Blue and Yellow);
4)Pom Pom big size balls or similar in the same colours (Red, Blue and Yellow);
5)A small box / container to keep all the pom pom balls in.
What do we do? We make three equal partitions in the cardboard box cover with the strips we have. Then paste the coloured paper in each section. The pom pom balls are to be kept in the container and both go on your activity shelf.
Present the activity to your Munchkin showing them how to take one ball at a time and match it to its respective colour. After they have a hang of it, leave them to do the activity by themselves.
Age: 21-22 months (or depending on the interest shown by your Munchkin)
Purpose: Visual discrimination and introduction to colours
More colours can be added later on or even done in a different way. As mentioned, the idea is not to teach names of colours, it is to just be able to match the right colours together.
Does your Munchkin already show interest in colours?