Much to my amazement. Today I discovered that my 23 month old knows her colors! (somewhat) Today I opened a mini pack of regular M&M's to reward Lailie for her good behavior. As she reached for one,.. I realized, "wait a minute..what a great way to teach colors!" So, before she grabbed an M&M I said.."stop!" "kay Lailie's which one's the yellow one?" ..and to my surprise, she reached and grabed a yellow one. I thought, hold on this must be beginner's luck. So I told her to grab a blue one and an orange so on. and she did so with every color, but green and red..and then she knew brown but was obvious she only knew it cause it was the last one left. But, I'm pretty convinced that my little girl recognized her colors! I am super stoked. So, there will be more to practice in the future (with m&m's and a few other things), but what a great way to teach colors! You can teach them and reward them at the same time! Gee M&M's are so universal, I'm sure I could teach with jelly bellies too. I knew I was a preschool teacher for a reason!
[SUPER IDEA! We're so gonna head out to the m&m factory this weekend and get all the colors, kinda pricy but well worth the fun!]
**cool trick cool trick!**~yo gabba gabba
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