Today's podcast episode is Part 1 of a two-part series on books about colors. This week we are focusing on books that will help you teach your young children to identify and label colors. Naming colors can be tricky for kids under 5 years of age because children usually learn the names of nouns before they learn descriptive words about those nouns, like words that describe color or size or quantity. This week, we discuss the best practices for teaching your child colors, progressing from being able to recognize the color word, to identifying/pointing out the corresponding colored item, and finally to verbally label and describe an object using the color word. I also give you some ideas for color activities and brain-building toys that you can use to supplement what your child will learn from these colorful concept books.

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Exquisitely Ever After is a podcast about reading children's literature to cultivate kind, intelligent, and successful kids. Host Christina Phillips-Mattson is a writer, educator, and mother of two little boys who received her Ph.D. in children's and young adult literature from Harvard University.