Generally, children learn to identify colours by 18 months. They can name different colours by the age of 2.5-3 years. So it’s good to start teaching colours to your little one at as early as two years. Start from the basic ones as red, green, yellow and blue because toddlers usually like bright colours.
Usually…because, I know how strange it can sound, the first colour that my son started to identify was…black. I just wanted to introduce him more positive colours. Obviously, I’m aware that teaching colours to toddlers should be fun and creative. Children learn best when they are engaged and enjoying themselves. Using different games and fun activities can spark your child’s interest in colours and help him retain the information more effectively.
So I’ve decided to prepare for my son lovely colour matching activity. It’s so easy that everyone should be able to do that. Let’s call it Bunny tails colour matching 🙂 Perfect game for springtime!
What you need:
- Scissors
- Felt sheets
- Pompoms
- Bunny template
- Velcro circles
- Glue gun
First of all, you need to cut your bunnies out. Simple as that. The biggest problem (but not so big) will be with velcro and pom poms. Add one side of your velcro to the bottom of each bunny. Remember that you need to use the same side for all of the bunnies and the opposite for the pom poms. Now it’s a time when you can use your gun! Glue gun obviously 😉 Don’t try to do it without a glue gun. It will fall right off. Toddlers are really strong:P
I can assure you it’s worth it. Your little one will have a lot of fun plus its mess free! Every busy mom will be pleased 😉
Hope you like this fine motor activity! I’m quite confident that your toddlers will love it. We are now focused on colours so be prepared for some more colour matching activities.
14 Comments
This is such a cute and easy idea – my nearly 3 yr old is getting used to colours and is able to say a few but I’m sure she would love this activity too!
16 April 2018 at 14:01This is a great activity! Going to do this with my youngest as soon as I can be sure she won’t eat the tail. 😉
16 April 2018 at 15:54These are such cute and adorable tips for teaching toddlers colors 🙂 I’ll have to do this with my niece.
16 April 2018 at 22:27What a great idea! And I bet you could string them later for a decoration
18 April 2018 at 04:49What an adorable activity! This would be so fun to do with kids. Such a creative learning activity.
19 April 2018 at 02:24Marysa recently posted…Having Fun with Word Rush from Tactic Games
Sounds easy and practical for my toddler! And colorful! Thanks! Pinning it!
19 April 2018 at 05:27This is SO cute! My son would love the bunnies.
19 April 2018 at 05:57First this is super cute. I love making little crafts like this to help my little guy learn. Second, his first colors were orange and pink! So random. 🙂
19 April 2018 at 08:30This is so cute and such a great activity to do with kids. I love that it helps with learning colors!
21 April 2018 at 02:56this is such a cute idea, and very engaging fr littles!
21 April 2018 at 22:54i did this with shapes! love the idea so cute, creative and perfect for this season!
24 April 2018 at 01:37Absolutely love this fun activity! Can’t wait to try it out!
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11 June 2018 at 21:48Hi, This is so cute and such a great activity to do with kids. I love that it helps with learning colors! Can’t wait to try it out!Thanks for the sharing such an informative article.
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