Shouldn't a nearly 4 year old know their colors?

@SW-User i feel like if a child can sing the latest pop songs and dance the corresponding dances, learning colors shouldn't be a problem.

@iamnikki You just have to be persistent with them and show them books with colors that's how my nephew learnt i also showed him some nursery rhymes about colors so they were in printed in his mind just keep teaching them everyday don't give up.

@SW-User i cant teach everyday. Its not my child

@iamnikki The parent should be more active in teaching the child.

@iamnikki if the kid is more interested in music the kid will learn that first...I hope you aren't laying all of this irrational concern on some poor little kid

@Fernie it's not irrational, it is MY niece, so I should be concerned. A child will learn first what they are most exposed to, no doubt.

@iamnikki I see it as overreacting which is usually irrational. The kid isn't even 4 yet for cripes sake!

@Fernie ok, and I don't see it that way

@iamnikki not alll children.

Former preschool teacher and early childhood education major here.

Children learn at their own pace.

Of course exposure early can speed things up but knowing a few colors and numbers at 4 is normal and the more it is practiced the better but nothing is wrong with your neice and you are being irrational and sticking your nose where it does not belong. Neice or not she is not your child.

@SW-User How do we know the parent is not active? Do the parents work? Feed and cloth the child? Care for her. Roof over her head. Stahhhhp

@JaggedLittlePill I know she isn't my child, that is what the word "niece" implies. I have every right to be concerned about my niece. Any caring aunt would be. Concerned as in, "she should have been taught" not as in " something is wrong with her". I do not care if you are education major or not.