Thursday, March 8, 2012
My research topic
I decided to do the topic of when children begin to actually learn their colors, shapes, letters, numbers, etc... I narrowed the topic down to what I truly wish to research and put my effort into. I have noticed in my many years of working with children and in day care centers that children are attracted to certain colors. Before the age of two I have found that if you put multiples of the same toy in front of a child of different colors almost 99% of the time the child will go for the red toy. This is what I find to be curious. I know that as children age their site grows. i also know that when children are born they are color blind and red is a significant color that sticks out in their grayscale. I want to find out why children truly like the color red over any other color. I want to know that when children begin to learn their colors and shapes, etc... that they learn certain letters or numbers faster because they are in the color red. These are all small little experiments I have done in my own time and with different children in different ages. I want to know the reasoning behind this.
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Hi Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing how they pick things out. I was amazed when the doctors told me that kids only saw in black and white for awhile. Which is why so many of the mobiles for the cribs started using black, white, and red. Have you looked at NAEYC to see if they have any information about this?
Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteI never thought about how children pay particular attention to the color red. Very interesting, I cannot wait to hear more as time progresses.
Janille
Tiffany, this is an interesting topic and also fun. I love listening to my two young children reciting numbers, colors, and shapes. It is amazing what young children can learn when they have the opportunity to do so. Unfortunatley if children are not taught to explore these important topics, they will not be able to distinguish colors, shapes or recite their numbers. When I was teaching Head Start, I had many children 4 year olds, who did not know all their colors or shapes because they were not exposed to it. Good luck with your research!
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