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could he be color blind?
My 2.5 year old DS has an issue....
He is bright, and functions at the level of 3-3.5 year olds in every level. He is also big for his age, so most folks are surprised to learn he is younger. His problem is colors. He always gets yellow, and orange, but other colors are an issue. Red, blue, green...nope. He just does not get it. We have tried everything. We have even tried sorting games with skittles. he does wonderful with counting them, but can't sort them in colors. (except for the yellow and orange ones) We try to make colors fun and make no issues of it when he does not know them. But lately he seems to get frustrated when we ask about a color. When asked, he will often try guessing a few colors, then saying, "mommy, I just don't know" and not wanting to play that game anymore. Is this something that kids between 2.5 and 3.5 just don't get yet. We have backed off colors just because it frustrates him so. Family history for the paternal side does not have any indication of color blindness. on the maternal side, his grandparents are not, and his great grandparents were all born blind or made blind at an age too early to tell. jo |
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"jojo" wrote in message
. .. My 2.5 year old DS has an issue.... He is bright, and functions at the level of 3-3.5 year olds in every level. He is also big for his age, so most folks are surprised to learn he is younger. His problem is colors. He always gets yellow, and orange, but other colors are an issue. Red, blue, green...nope. He just does not get it. We have tried everything. We have even tried sorting games with skittles. he does wonderful with counting them, but can't sort them in colors. (except for the yellow and orange ones) We try to make colors fun and make no issues of it when he does not know them. But lately he seems to get frustrated when we ask about a color. When asked, he will often try guessing a few colors, then saying, "mommy, I just don't know" and not wanting to play that game anymore. Is this something that kids between 2.5 and 3.5 just don't get yet. We have backed off colors just because it frustrates him so. He's much too young to be worrying about this yet, IMO. I seem to recall that the ability to name colors with reasonable accuracy is closer to a 4yo skill (and maybe even an after-4yo skill) than anything to be expected of a 2.5yo. Some 2.5's get it just fine, but many don't without being color blind. FWIW, my 3y2m son seems to know all the colors but often answers incorrectly when asked what color something is. It's like that question doesn't make sense to him. He also occasionally calls green "red" and "red" green (which I know is a color-blindness thing), but since he gets them right more often than not, I'm not at all concerned. It's my understanding that confusing the colors that are at opposite ends of the spectrum is fairly common in young kids, even if they aren't color blind. I think you're wise to back off and would advise you not to worry about it for at least another year, maybe longer. And really, if he *is* color blind, there's nothing to be done about it, so worrying about it is a total waste of effort and energy! -- Be well, Barbara |
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True color blindness is rare. Almost everyone can pick up the basic colors.
What is called colorblindness is the inability to tell the difference between certain shades of green. If you are still worried about this when your son's next well child check is due, talk to his pediatrician. Jeff |
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"jojo" wrote in message . .. My 2.5 year old DS has an issue.... He is bright, and functions at the level of 3-3.5 year olds in every level. He is also big for his age, so most folks are surprised to learn he is younger. His problem is colors. He always gets yellow, and orange, but other colors are an issue. Red, blue, green...nope. He just does not get it. We have tried everything. We have even tried sorting games with skittles. he does wonderful with counting them, but can't sort them in colors. (except for the yellow and orange ones) We try to make colors fun and make no issues of it when he does not know them. But lately he seems to get frustrated when we ask about a color. When asked, he will often try guessing a few colors, then saying, "mommy, I just don't know" and not wanting to play that game anymore. Is this something that kids between 2.5 and 3.5 just don't get yet. We have backed off colors just because it frustrates him so. Wouldn't worry. #1 suddenly got her colours at 2.5. She had a friend a year younger who knew his colours a couple of weeks before she did! The difference was she seemed to go from knowing no colours, to knowing all-including things like beige and scarlet etc in a week. The earlier children learnt the basic primary colours and then later got other colours. We joke that she knew her letters, (lower and upper case) and could count to 20 before she knew her colours. Heck, she could read the word "yellow" before she could pick the word out (and "red" and "purple" the same week she learnt them!) It's just what interests them, and she was more interested in writng and reading than colours. It'll come. One the other hand #2 (18 months) knows pink, but no other colours. Blame the big sister for that one! :-) Debbie |
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Hi- If his maternal grandfather is NOT colorblind, then it's unlikely that your son is. HOWEVER, there are some simple tests for colorblindness! As long as he can recognize shapes or patterns, then he can look at the dot test (multicolored dots) and tell you whether he sees the pattern or not. The following web site has some information: http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2.html It may help to clarify matters for you. However, because computer monitors vary in their color displays, do NOT use the pictures on the web site to diagnose your son! Instead, ask for a referral to an eye doctor if you continue to think he's got this particular issue. I think, on the other hand, that sometimes kids just take a while to learn their colors. I hope this helps, --Beth Kevles http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: No email is read at my MIT address. Use the AOL one if you would like me to reply. |
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Jeff wrote: True color blindness is rare. Almost everyone can pick up the basic colors. What is called colorblindness is the inability to tell the difference between certain shades of green. I was under the impression that this was called red-green colour blindness. I've never heard of people not being able to see *any* colours, although I'm sure it must occur. Red-green colour blindness runs in my family. In this case, it isn't the inability to tell between shades of green, but rather that most shades of green AND red look like shades of brown. So, my brother who is colour blind can't see bright red flowers in a green field, can't tell if someone has red hair (it looks like a shade of light brown or blond to him), and can't tell a pale pink or pale mint green shirt from a beige one. If he focuses and concentrates, my brother can pick the red flowers out as being a rustier shade of brown than the grass. He can tell red and green traffic lights apart in the same way - they look like slightly ruddier and slightly more olive shades of brown. For that, though, he mostly goes by where they're located. Red-green colour blindness is x-gene recessive. http://www.musckids.com/health_libra...tics/xlink.htm I don't know if I'm a carrier, but there's a chance that my sons might end up with it. FWIW, my 28 mo knows yellow and blue very well, but tends to hesitate with red and green. However, as my mom the primary school teacher reminds me, the ability to reliably tell one's colours is part of the screen they do for kids entering kindergarten - your 2.5 yo doesn't need to know it yet! If they are colour blind, it's really not that big a deal (although they can make some interesting clothing choices later in life!). Here's a test for colour blindness that I dug up - I remembered something like this being in the Childcraft Encyclopedia series when I was a kid. http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabo...n_sabotage.asp You could go through these with your son and see if he recognizes the numbers (not saying he knows 12, for instance, but my 28 mo can reliably pick out 1 and 5, thanks to our elevator buttons . . . ) Good luck, Melania Mom to Joffre (Jan 11, 2003) and #2 (edd May 21, 2005) |
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BIG oops - I linked a colour blindness test in my last post (which
hasn't turned up yet) without going through the whole test. The last question pops up a nasty scary face, so I wouldn't recommend showing the link to any children. Soooo sorry; it didn't occur to me to bother going through the whole thing first. Still, though, legitimate online colour blindness tests are out there, and might be helpful. Sorry again, to anyone who goes through that test; it gave me a really nasty shock and I feel terrible for having linked it without fully checking it out first. Melania Mom to Joffre (Jan 11, 2003) and #2 (edd May 21, 2005) |
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snip Piggybacking to say, again, don't use the test at this link. If I'd even bothered to read the link, I wouldn't have used it. http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabo...n_sabotage.asp again, apologies. sheepishly blaming pregnancy brain. Melania Mom to Joffre (Jan 11, 2003) and #2 (edd May 21, 2005) |
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jojo wrote:
My 2.5 year old DS has an issue.... He is bright, and functions at the level of 3-3.5 year olds in every level. He is also big for his age, so most folks are surprised to learn he is younger. I think you are in for a lot of frustration of you expect him to excell in every single area! His problem is colors. He always gets yellow, and orange, but other colors are an issue. He is to young to be expected to know all his colors. But lately he seems to get frustrated when we ask about a color. When asked, he will often try guessing a few colors, then saying, "mommy, I just don't know" and not wanting to play that game anymore. Aww..it is a lot of pressure to always be asked to play games you don't know the answer to...especially if you usually know all the answers to other things! We have backed off colors just because it frustrates him so. :-) No sense in frustrating him I agree. Just go to pointing out colors. My kids used to like to do a grab bag. Reach in and get a piece of felt and match it to something in the room that was the same color. I don't think you need to worry about not knowing colors until the child is 4yo or so. -- Nikki |
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I think you are in for a lot of frustration of you expect him to excell in every single area! I don't excepct him to, he just does. I don't care if he gets his colors yet. I'm concerend about working on colors if it's physically impossible for him, which is why I was asking if this is normal. I certinaly don't want to push him to hard in any direction. His problem is colors. He always gets yellow, and orange, but other colors are an issue. He is to young to be expected to know all his colors. That's what I was asking.....Since this could be a deleopmental issue at this age, I'll not worry so much till much later... But lately he seems to get frustrated when we ask about a color. When asked, he will often try guessing a few colors, then saying, "mommy, I just don't know" and not wanting to play that game anymore. Aww..it is a lot of pressure to always be asked to play games you don't know the answer to...especially if you usually know all the answers to other things! And when he gets frustrated with it, we stop and go on to other things immediatly. We have backed off colors just because it frustrates him so. :-) No sense in frustrating him I agree. Just go to pointing out colors. My kids used to like to do a grab bag. Reach in and get a piece of felt and match it to something in the room that was the same color. That sound like fun too.....we will try that in a couple of months..let him get past his frustration first.. I don't think you need to worry about not knowing colors until the child is 4yo or so. Good. That seems to be the general agreement. Thanks Nikki, jojo |
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