[2girlzandhoney]

I am curious as to what age your child was when they were able to recognise colours with at last 75% accuracy. DS has had his eyesight checked. He does have a mild developmental delay however whilst he can verbalise blue, yellow, red and green and attempts to copy other colours he very rarely gets them correct.
He will be 5 in December and should start school next year so I am wondering if i should get this further investigated and if so where would i go??

[lsolaBella]

DS2 was nearly 5yrs before it clicked for him. His older nephew was similar age too. They are both very bright boys.

I had DS2 RE tested for colourblindness (in both sides of the family so I am testing all my kids), he was that bad.

Rawr DH is red/green colourblind but really only impacts him at Christmas with red writing on green background or vice versa. He does not use red tees for golf and hates it when the flag at the hole is red (as background is green trees/grass).



This post has been edited by lsolaBella: 19/02/2013, 05:04 PM

[vanessa71]

DD was 18months to 2 yrs and DS knew all of his colours by 3yrs.

[KnightsofNi]

About 2 for both my kids. I would definitely be concerned by 5.

[Escapin]

DD is 22 months and has blue, yellow, red and pink sorted. Green is a bit dodgy. 5 does sound a bit on the late side - do you have a good GP you can ask for some testing?

[SlinkyMalinki]

I could ask my DD1 to get me things by colour somewhere between 1 year and 18 months.

(My DD 2 is in that age group now, and wouldn't have a clue).

[baddmammajamma]

Hi there:

Is your son already under the care of a good developmental paediatrician -- that is, a specialist paed? If so, that would be one appointment I'd be booking as soon as possible. That way, you wouldn't just be limiting your probe to "Does he know his colors?"-- you'd be better able to understand whether there are underlying issues that are preventing your son from mastering some basic skills.

Alternatively or concurrently, you might also want to consult a good psychology practice that does developmental assessments for preschoolers (below is a sample of what I'm talking about):

http://sydneychildpsychologist.com.au/main...t_services.html

That way, you will have some answers about the extent or even cause of your son's delays -- and perhaps can make some traction against them -- before he starts school.

Where are you located? I'd be happy to pass along some recommendations in Sydney (I also have some good names in a few other big cities).

Good luck & let us know if we can help point you to some great professionals.

This post has been edited by baddmammajamma: 19/02/2013, 05:40 PM

[BabeBlossom]

DD has just turned 2 and has been getting the basics correct for a couple of months but now gets most of them right most of the time.

[deejie]

DS1 could point to the colours at ~18 months (eg show Mum the red car). I gathered at the time this was a tad on the early side?

Mind you, he was a late talker and didn't say most of the actual words until 26+ months, but we knew he knew them all well before that.

[Super Cat]

All five were between 18-22m.