Fun Color Learning Activities For Kids

So you are thinking about some great ways to expose your little ones to the world of colors. There are plenty of ways to teach colors, but if color learning session is boring, kid may show no or very little interest in learning colors. Children love and enjoy to learn through fun-filled games and activities, so let's make color learning session fun-filled!

Here are some excellent ideas to teach colors to kids, which they will surely enjoy:
Sing color nursery rhymes
Kids love music and if you teach colors in a musical way, they will surely enjoy their lesson. Sing some color songs along with your child and introduce them to the magical world of colors in a fun way.

Finger-painting
Finger-painting is always a fun! And all the children and preschoolers loves to paint. Apply colors to the finger of your kids and let them fill the color in a picture. This will help them to identify the colors in an easy and fun way.

Celebrate color day
Have some fun celebrating a color day with your kid. For instance, if you have planned to celebrate red day, dress up your child in a red-colored dress. You can also offer some toys or fruits of the same color to him/her. This will better help them learn and identify colors.

Color the pictures
Kids enjoy coloring the pictures. Give a particular crayon to your child and help them color the picture. Don't forget to say the name of a color.

Treasure hunt
Treasure hunt game is so exciting! Isn't it? Fill a bucket with colorful thermocol balls. Now ask your child to collect the balls of a particular color only. You can also reward your kid for completing a task!

Objects color
Kids find some objects very interesting, which they find around them and often asks about them. While introducing the name of an object, you can also tell which color object it is.

Colored-cards match
You can make some colored cards out of colored papers. Spread colored cards on a table and let your child pick the cards with matching colors.

So, introduce colors to your child in fun ways and let them enjoy learning colors!!!

Amazing Brainy Benefits Of Reading Short Stories

Short stories play a vital role in kid's development and growth. As they read different story books, it improves their reading skills and language and learning. The short stories are writer's imagination and are written for several purposes such as to educate, to entertain or to inspire the readers. So it can be said that stories have lots of benefits to all, young and old.

Let's learn about some amazing benefits of reading stories

Language and Learning
Short story is an excellent way to introduce new words and great ideas into kid's language. A picture book helps them to learn about amazing concepts including a name of object, color etc. Through stories, they also learn basic etiquette and good manners and help them to become a good and well behaved human being. The non-fiction is very beneficial in teaching the little learners about how diverse the world is and also that people’s lives are vastly different from each other.

Enhance Creative Skills
Reading short stories helps in enhancement of little learner's imaginative thinking, thus boosting their creativity. Other than that, they help in the enhancement of children's imaginative thinking which leads to creativity. Kids can learn to think imaginatively if they read or listen to stories in accordance to how the writer has described the characters, specific setting, and incidents that took place in the tale.

Learning Good Values
Some stories and fairy tales are brimming with moral lessons and messages, which young minds remember for the rest of their lives. When kids read such kind of stories, they are able to understand right conduct and great values.

Build a Strong Vocabulary
Another benefit of reading stories is that kids' vocabulary will be developed. A strong vocabulary help in enhancing children's communication skills both in oral and written communication.

Happiness and Mental Health
Funny stories are read for giggles and will have you laughing for days. Irrespective of age, these stories can be read and enjoyed during the leisure time.  A feeling of happiness and the laughter helps to maintain a good mental health. Reading funny stories help in beating the stress. So for all these reasons, encourage your kids to read stories.

From above-given benefits, it can be concluded that reading stories is really helpful to all. 

Develop Language Skills Of Kids With Nursery Rhymes

Research claims that singing traditional nursery rhymes and lullabies to tiny tots helps in developing their language skills. Most of the parents emphasize more on reading and writing and not on singing kids songs. You will be surprised to know that singing lullabies or traditional rhymes to the little ones can be very beneficial in developing language skills. So, you should sing to your  child every day to prepare their brain to language and avoid language problems developing in later life.

Many preschoolers are enrolled to the preschools without adequate language skills. This is because their parents have never spent or rarely spent a time singing songs to them. And the parents who often sang traditional nursery rhymes to their kids, are found with improved language skills and ability to communicate.

As you sing kids songs and rhymes to your little ones, it helps to understand that how language is constructed. Moreover, they will also learn about rhythm, tone and beat.

Nursery rhymes can accelerate development of child's language skills. So spend some time singing popular traditional rhymes and lullabies such as :

Baa Baa Black Sheep
"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is a popular traditional rhyme. The earliest surviving version of a rhyme dates from 1731.  It is very easy for kids and preschoolers to memorize the song as it is a single stanza in trochaic metre.

Little Robin Redbreast
“Little Robin Redbreast” is relatively most varied nursery rhyme because  it's earliest was crude. In most of the English speaking world, this English rhyme is accompanied by fingerplay for kids to enjoy.

Old King Cole
"Old King Cole" is a popular British nursery rhyme, which dates back to 1708. In the rhyme, identity of King Cole is still controversial and not known and is only identified as any historical figure.

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 
“Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” was first composed by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid 19th century. The rhyme is used as a singing game, which involves holding hands in a circle and moving around to the first verse and to the next verses, kids break up to imitate different actions. 

Easy Ways To Teach Nursery Rhymes To Kids

Nursery rhymes are very helpful in developing early literacy skills of kids. Through rhymes, kids can not only improve their reading and writing skills but also learn to understand language. Teaching little ones can be exciting and fun but sometimes need a great effort. Some kids can grasp easily while some need a bit of effort to learn rhymes. But if teaching is accompanied by some acts, pictures and other interactive elements, children can quickly memorize lyrics to their favorite rhymes. 

Below are a few suggestions on how to introduce nursery rhymes to preschoolers and make the learning session fun-filled and engaging. 

Use the rhythm

Don't use monotone voice or else kids may not develop interest in learning their favorite rhymes. Sing the song and add rhythm to it. Give vocal variations while singing the rhyme to make it more interesting. 

Act out the rhymes

The most interesting activity that can really help children to learn nursery rhymes is to act them out. They will enjoy, have fun and develop an interest in learning the songs as they try to act them out while singing. 

Read the rhymes from book

Several nursery rhyme books are available to teach rhymes to little learners. Look for a book in which nursery rhyme lyrics are accompanied by some attractive images. Encourage your little ones to read along, while showing the pictures.  

Use puppets

Use some puppets while teaching the rhymes to the kids. For instance, use duck puppet while singing “Five Little Ducks” or monkey puppet while teaching “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed”. 

Draw sketches or pictures

You can also draw some pictures or sketches of certain characters from the rhyme and use them while teaching the nursery rhymes to the preschoolers. 

Watch nursery rhymes videos 

You can also let your kid watch nursery rhymes videos. The videos which are accompanied by storytelling will keep the kids entertained while they learn lyrics to their favorite rhymes. Oh yes, don't forget to ask your kid to sing along.