How To Teach Kids

Our two year old grandson loves to play educational games on our daughter’s iPhone.  It’s perfect to keep him occupied when they’re in the car, at the doctor’s office, or up in her office at work.  His favorite game right now is Toddler Teasers.  The games include letters, numbers, shapes, and colors.  These are available at the iTunes App Store.

It’s amazing to me that our grandson, who is two years and two months old, knows how to play games on an iPhone.   Technology is amazing and such a wonderful tool for learning!.

Here is a good selection of kids’ books that can be used to teach the color orange:

• An Orange for a Bellybutton by Haruo Fukami
• An Orange in January by Dianna Hutts Aston
• Autumn Orange by Christianne C. Jones
• Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman
• Each Orange Has 8 Slices by Paul Giganti  (Reprint)
• Mystery of the Flying Orange Pumpkin by Steven Kellogg
• Orange by Nancy Harris
• Orange Juice by Betsey Chessen and Pamela Chanko
  
• Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
• Orange:  Seeing Orange All Around Us by Sarah L. Schuette and Elena Bodrova
  
• Oranges by Inez Snyder
• Oranges to Orange Juice ( How Things Are Made) by Inez Snyder
  
• Otto’s Orange Day by Frank Cammuso Jay Lynch
• Star in My Orange: Looking for Nature’s Shapes by Dana Meachen Rau
  
• The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
• What Columbus Found:  It Was Orange, It Was Round by Jane Kurtz
  
• Why is an Orange Called an Orange? by Cobi Ladner

Here is a good selection of kids’ books that can be used to teach the color blue:

• And to Name But Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue by Laurie Rosenwald
• Blue 2: A Pop-up Book for Children by David A. Carter
• Blue Goes to School (Blue’s Clues Series) by Angela C. Santomero
• Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
• Blue Moo by Sandra Boynton
• Blue’s Best Rainy Day (Blue’s Clues Series) by Deborah Reber
• Blue’s Big Parade by Justin Spelvin
• Blue’s Checkup (Blue’s Clues) by Sarah Albee
• Blue’s Clues Chanukah (Blue’s Clues Series) by Jessica Lissy
• Blue’s Clues Holiday by Angela C. Santomero
• Blue’s Fall Day by Lauryn Silverhardt
• Blue’s Halloween Hide-and-Seek by Michael T. Smith
• Blue’s Snack Party by Kevin Cardinali
• Blue’s Thanksgiving Feast (Blue’s Clues Series) by Jessica Lissy
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Colors: Blue by Esther Sarfatti
• Counting With Blue by Lauryn Silverhardt
• Good Night, Blue by Angela C. Santomero
• Guess Who Loves Blue! by Deborah Reber (good for Valentine’s Day)
• Healthy Snacks With Blue by J-P Chanda
• In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck
• It’s Valentine’s Day! (Blue’s Clues Series) by Brooke Lindner
• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
• Old, New, Red, Blue (Step Into Reading – story about race cars) by Lagonegro
  
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
• Sky the Blue Fairy by Daisy Meadows
• Thomas and Friends: Blue Train, Green Train by Rev. W. Awdry
• Welcome to Blue’s Clues! (Blue’s Clues Series) by Angela C. Santomero
• One For Me, One For You: A Book About Sharing (Blue’s Clues Series) by Sarah Albee