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Toys and Games for Learning Colors

For Kids Ages 3-4

By , About.com Guide

Older toddlers and preschoolers (kids ages 3-4) are learning to name colors. If you are looking for toys and games for learning colors, there are some fun, family activities in this list.

1. Learning Resources Super Sorting Pie

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This adorable pie container has activity cards that can can be placed in the bottom. Children develop their hand skills to use the tweezers to sort the 60 different fruit pieces by category, color, or number! Developed for children ages 3 and up, this activity can be more difficult based on a child's skill level. All pieces and tweezers are stored directly in the covered pie container. 

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2. Play-Doh Shape and Spin Elmo

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This talking Elmo game allows children to learn about color matching and shape using their hands by molding and shaping Play-Doh! 

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3. Cranium Cariboo Island

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In this simple turn taking game, children match colors, numbers, letters and shapes, to search for the treasure coins. The first person that opens the treasure chest wins! The game includes both beginner and advanced cards, allowing the activities to get harder based on the child's developmental level.

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4. Uno Moo

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The game pieces include 28 colored balls (white, blue, yellow, red, green) with different animal faces on them. Players need to match by either color or animal, with the goal to get all of their pieces back inside the barn first. The player with one ball left yells, "Uno Moo!" This is a great game for preschoolers ages 3 and up.

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5. Playskool Alphie

Alphie the Educational Toy from Playskool - Alphie Teaches Preschool SkillsPhoto © Playskool

Alphie, a silly robot friend, encourages learning. 30 different, double sided cards include a variety of games. These cards are placed on the front of Alphie. He will ask questions that encourage children to learn about colors, shapes, numbers, animals, musical instruments, and letters. Skills also encourage kids to sound out letters, as well as rhyme and match. Kids will push the corresponding button next to the answer and Alphie will let them know if they answered right or wrong. Booster packs of additional cards are also sold separately.

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6. Candyland

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First children pick a card, then they move their game piece to the nearest spot on the board with that color. They can advance more quickly through the board if they find one of the special destination cards like "Cupcake Commons." However, they can also be moved backwards, too. The first person to the castle wins! This game teaches color matching, as well as encourages turn taking amongst siblings and friends. 

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7. Crocodile Hop

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This game takes up a lot of floor space and encourages children to roll dice and learn about colors, shapes and numbers. After rolling the dice and finding the nearest color to the start of the game, kids hop forward on the logs to the matching space and leave their individual marker. The next person takes a turn. The first person to make it across the logs and stones by matching colors, shapes and numbers wins! 

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8. Gamewright Splish Splash

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Children take a game card and then take turns rolling a numbered dice. After they identify the number, they drop the large wooden pebble into the pond of shapes to see what splashes from the pond. They fill up their game card with the shapes that emerge from the pond. The first to fill up their game card wins! Great for basic numbers, taking turns, and color matching.

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