[senco-forum] can't name colours despite lots of support

Have a 5 year old boy in my class who has been struggling to name

Hi Kitty,
I have a 5 year old with precisely this problem too. I too went  
through all the matching, finding one like this etc.
Could you forward any replies that you receive off forum please?

Thanks,

Liz

On 20 Jul 2006, at 22:13, Kitty McKenzie wrote:

> Have a 5 year old boy in my class who has been struggling to name  
> colours all year. He can sort into different colours and can  
> consistently name black and white but no others. We have tried  
> using his love of Chelsea to get him to recog blue, but he just  
> calls the shirt colour 'Chelsea'. I have tried PORIC (e.g  a week  
> identifying red/not red). We are delighted because he then finds  
> all the red objects in school. Then we moved onto green and now  
> everything is 'green'.
> Have not had a child unable to name colours this late in year. He  
> has no trouble naming other categories e.g. animals, food
> Any ideas as to why he has this particular difficulty and how I can  
> help are welcome (still a week to go!).
>
> Kitty

Liz Marshall
KS1 SENCO/ICT Co-ordinator
Kirklees
http://www.ains.co.uk