https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 24 May 2026 14:15:33 +0000 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:56:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=28680 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772846&title=colors-and-shapes#772846 Author: Bombshell
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Posted: 11 September 2009 at 8:56pm

well i had chat to teacher this arvo - they tried today too....said she had it for a few but otherwise did same as she does to me....while we were talking madame walked past us and gave us the mega evils like "i know You are talking about me and colours!!!"....we both said we think she might be working us on this one!!!

Will keep an eye on it for next few weeks and see if the daycare pressure makes her give in LOL!

]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:56:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772846&title=colors-and-shapes#772846 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772504&title=colors-and-shapes#772504 Author: peanut butter
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Posted: 11 September 2009 at 3:32pm

she gets it!

With Tom's memory (its either super good or we lose so much as we grow up) but he can sit there with his books (even new ones) and "read" them out loud turning the page at just the right point. and if he skips a page, he still "reads" the right words. bloody impressive...you could even fool yourself he was actually reading it. I can see this being an issue at school when he starts memorising things rather than learning them ]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:32:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772504&title=colors-and-shapes#772504 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772105&title=colors-and-shapes#772105 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 28680
Posted: 11 September 2009 at 10:13am

ok I have got some relief from this now...thanks guys - I truly thought she shoudl have it by now...

Piper - i have a real photographic memory - which is a blessing and a curse at times....

she may know it is frustrating me (us) and be playing us but i dont think so...

this am we were reading old mcdonalds farm and got through it all then i said "what colour are the ducks?" - silence. "what colour is the sun?" - silence - then told her it was yellow etc...she points to them and says "duck same as sun" ARGH!!!! ]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:13:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772105&title=colors-and-shapes#772105 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772100&title=colors-and-shapes#772100 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 28680
Posted: 11 September 2009 at 10:06am

my boy used to refuse to play stupid games either... no "wheres your nose" for him. i spose so long as you are integrating it into your language then it will be okay... ]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:06:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772100&title=colors-and-shapes#772100 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772022&title=colors-and-shapes#772022 Author: lisa85
Subject: 28680
Posted: 11 September 2009 at 8:41am

Ha it just sounds to me that she thinks outside the box at a really young age! ]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=772022&title=colors-and-shapes#772022 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=771879&title=colors-and-shapes#771879 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 28680
Posted: 10 September 2009 at 10:08pm

I was really suprised today at my coffee group that NONE of the kids knew their colours apart from Tom. He is the youngest by 6 months so the others were ranging from 2.5 years to 3 years...and didnt know their colours. i was shocked. tom has known them for months and shapes.

I'd say you are right in thinking that she is just skipping past them. I'll bet she knows them but just cant see the point of humouring Mummy.

And I know what you mean about the photographic memory.....Tom just needs to see something once and he remembers it forever ]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:08:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=771879&title=colors-and-shapes#771879 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=771851&title=colors-and-shapes#771851 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 28680
Posted: 10 September 2009 at 9:42pm

maybe she knows its "annoying" you...
Charlotte knows her colours and shapes but won't say them either, however she will point something out if I say which is the triangle, which is pink.. lil minxes...]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:42:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=771851&title=colors-and-shapes#771851 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=771737&title=colors-and-shapes#771737 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 28680
Posted: 10 September 2009 at 8:20pm

also i pointed out how she hadnt learnt the colors at daycare today and they said NO NO she does...and tried with her and got the same as we get at home....so its not just my useless teaching methods LOL!]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:20:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=771737&title=colors-and-shapes#771737 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=771734&title=colors-and-shapes#771734 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 28680
Posted: 10 September 2009 at 8:18pm

Now my bubba girl is advanced in sooo many ways (and this is truly not just a mummy brag here) BUT she has driven me nuts lately - she will NOT learn or say her colours or shapes...and no she is not colour blind as we did wonder for a second...she will tell us the light needs to go green so we can go etc....and recognises the difference between green and red etc etc....and if really pushed she will pick a red m and m over a yellow one when asked to show which one is red...but to say the colour? NO GO.....

EG - if I show her a Brown Rectangle - and ask what colour it is = she tells me "its a door" "its wood"
If I ask her what colour the shirt is she will say "it has buttons and long sleeves"
If i say what shape is an apple - she says "it is an apple mummy...yummy - please i have some?"
get the picture???

How the heck do i get her to learn her colours when she basically is *skipping over* them....and will describe everything in detail - EXCEPT by actual colour or shape!!!

Her language skills are exceptional, she knows numbers letters and her memory is fantastic (i think by the way she does certain things that she has inherited a photographic memory as I do too and wonder if this has affected the colour type learning?) We havent put a lot of effort into "teaching" per se as she normally just picks up things...but this is annoying me now....any suggestions????

BTW she is 2 and a half now]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:18:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28680&PID=771734&title=colors-and-shapes#771734