This is how you help toddlers develop an initial understanding of colors and color concepts. It is particularly important to intentionally focus on individual colors and work with them.

The children consciously search for individual colors both in the nursery and in their immediate surroundings, repeatedly naming them. They sort colored objects, match items of the same color, and discover that there are numerous objects that have a typical color, such as bananas, tomatoes, cucumbers, or plums.

Short puppet scenes with colorful spoon puppets, as well as songs and movement games, bring individual colors to the forefront.

This chapter offers numerous suggestions on how children can also feel and hear individual colors. This is especially deepened in connection with colorful foods.