7 Fun & Easy Ways to Teach Toddlers Colors

Red, orange, yellow, green and blue! How many colors can you name too? 🙂

Teaching colors to little ones shouldn’t be so much of a task if you’re making it fun along the way. Sure you want your toddler to know the difference between red and green (not only to ensure against color-blindness which some parents mistakenly diagnose early on), but also to prepare kids for preschool and kindergarden.

You can start as simple as pointing out colors around the house as your little one grows to expose them, but be sure to make it fun along the way with these 7 ideas for helping toddlers learn those colors:

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Color Books

The first place you most likely want to start, is with books. Colors are everywhere, especially in all the wonderful array of children’s tales

As you read to your child, make it a point to identify all the colors they see. Here are a few great books for learning the different colors:

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
• Colors, ABCs & Numbers by Bright Baby {First 100 Series}
• Dog’s Colorful Day
• The Mixed-Up Chameleon

Color Sorting Activities

An easy way to teach colors to toddlers is to work with whatever you have around the house and have kids sort them. You can grab different fruits and veggies, soft balls and animals, or even supplies from your craft box like pom poms, popsicle sticks and crayons. Arrange them in front of your child and use a cupcake pan or bin to help your child sort similar colors.

Color Matching

Another fun idea to try is color-matching games. Grab a green ball and ask your toddler to find another green item from the toy bin. You can also mix up the lesson and ask your child to name the color as he or she looks for the matching color.

We love this super fun color cube game from Amazon which makes learning colors twice as fun!

Color Mixing

Grab some washable paints and teach toddlers all the colors of the rainbow with some fun art pieces. You can have them mix a few primary colors to see what other fun colors they create when combined.

Here are a few favorite color mixing activities you can do at home:

• Color Mixing with Ice Cubes & Water
• Sun catcher Sensory Bags
• Color Mixing Discovery Bottle

Color Learning Toys

These days you can find tons of fun, interactive toys to help your kids practice all the colors out there.

One new standout toy that adds colorful jams and songs to reinforce color learning: Magic Moves Rainbow Jam.  The electronic music maker identifies every color it touches with a a fun musical note! You can touch everything from clothes and toys to different colored objects around the house.

Talk about keeping things exciting for those active learners! If kids touch multiple colors they can compose their own musical masterpieces too — makes for festive learning activity on so many levels!

You can switch modes to hear different styles of music from rock and Latin to jazz and country – such a fun way to learn especially for music lovers.

My son loved listing to all the beats – he was fascinated by the Rainbow Jam lights illuminating in all the different colors he pressed on.

The Magic Moves Rainbow Jam toy features a 16 page musical activity book for kids to start the color-learning process. You can buy it on Amazon at 40% off HERE.

Disclosure: I received a sample to facilitate my review; All opinions are my own.