I remember DS was saying names of shapes very early, like 1.5 (he was a late talker so it's hard to say when he actually understood things vs. speaking them). I think that the colors came around the same time or a little later...not by much, maybe weeks or a few months. I do remember that DD could accurately count objects close to her second birthday, at least up to around 5 objects. She would see people in a store and say "1,2, 3, there's 3 people." DS was a little later on this, but he is the one who I think has the more advanced math ability, now that they are 8 and 9.
I would say that both knew their colors well before they were 2.5, but the exact sequence of things, I don't remember. I'm guessing that naming shapes would be easier than naming colors for some kids, esp. if you are showing them different shades of the same color, like light blue vs. navy blue are both blue. A square is a square.
edited to add, I looked at DS's eval report for EI and he had just turned 2. It says he was naming shapes and numbers. Doesn't say anything about colors, but maybe he just wasn't doing it at that time. I'll see if it says anything on the eval from a few months later. I do remember that when he was 2.5 he was naming colors like "gray" and the people with EI acted like I was crazy for having concerns about his overall development.
Last edited by blackcat; 04/02/15 08:27 AM.
