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The Fun of Coloring Books For Children
Author: Daniel Millions
Entertaining small children on rainy days can be a real challenge. A great way to keep them happily occupied can be to give them a coloring book. In this day and age, some parents choose to plug their children in: they turn on the television, a video or even a video game. Choosing a coloring book engages more of their mind.
There are so many different types of coloring books you can choose for your little one. There are coloring books with animals, people, buildings, cars/trucks and even fantastic imaginary creatures from space. Perhaps your child loves teddy bears, then you can easily get them a coloring book featuring these cuddly toys. Or if your child loves the ocean, you can get them a coloring book full of the beauty of the sea.
Coloring books can also be an easy teaching tool to use with your children. Most children learn by being exposed to images of things. They see a picture of something and they learn the word for it. Giving your child a coloring book of anything you would like to teach them would be ideal. It can be a fun way to build their vocabulary and encourage them to learn more about the world around them.
Stress tests have discovered that simple coloring of pictures actually relieves stress. It is easy to understand that this activity when given to children would most likely put them in a calm and tranquil mood. Giving a child a coloring book for twenty minutes could be a great way to get them to settle down. Some children have such a challenging time setting down during the day.
Coloring pictures together is also a great way to spend time with your child. This is a low-cost activity to do with your child and it is also something that most children enjoy. Your child will have fun drawing pictures and then sharing them with you. You can even color in pictures together, having fun selecting the colors and selecting the colors as you go.
An inexpensive way to make a coloring book for your child is to enlarge images from clip art and print them from your computer. Most clip art can be created in black and white and then is available for your child to color. This is a great way to create your own coloring book if you don’t have time to run out to get another.
Holiday coloring books are a fun way to celebrate the holidays. This is also a great way for your child to learn more about the traditions and celebrations that surround that specific holiday. Holiday coloring books can be used during quiet time before or even after the holiday. A Christmas coloring book can be fun to prepare for this popular holiday. Most children have heard of Santa and they would have fun coloring in pictures of his jolly red suit and white beard.
Coloring books have been used by children for years. Your parents colored in coloring books and it is certain that your children will color in coloring books. Coloring books are an ideal activity that just about every child will enjoy!
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When I was teaching, my 7 & 8th grade girls loved Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (it’s great for a boy or girl, though). Also popular in middle school and just below were the Inkheart novels by Cornelia Funke, Harry Potter, Series of Unfortunate Events, and some liked the Lois Duncan thrillers. The Matt Christopher sports books were popular too.
– A math or science book (not a workbook) geared for young preschool / Kindergarten aged girls or girls and boys. I’m looking for practical and simple, non-technical writing that my daughter could understand. She enjoys learning about volcanoes, plants and animals, the human body, physical science, basic math, word problems, etc. The books I find are usually too technical or geared for gradeschool or they seem geared for boys (i.e. getting dirty and gross with slime). I’m interested in finding something that is not so gender-specific either. For example, not looking for princess stuff. Just something that a preschooler/Kindergartener can grasp and remember. I think kids around this age ask a lot of “why” questions. My daughter can get pretty technical and can grasp things if I use simple language. Typical questions might be: “Why do hot things make steam?” and “Why are owls awake at night?” Today she told her grandma what nocturnal meant: Nocturnal means when animals are awake at night because that’s when they hunt for their food and they sleep in the morning. Sorry if I’m going on and on, just trying to give you some ideas here.
I’d also like to see more Learn-To-Read series of books, something like the Biscuit dog series. I’d like to see basic sight words worked into an engaging story, more modern pictures. I don’t mean abstract, I just mean something newer and more updated. The illustrations and basic story line play a big role in how much my daughter wants to read the series. The story line can be kept pretty simple with the holidays, basic play, manners, etc.
-Illustrations should have a simple, colorful but entertaining style. I see a lot of stuff that’s either too stylized, too CG or animated looking, dated, or cluttered.
-Really enjoy books that have lift-up flaps and things to pull but they often get stuck or torn. Wish there was a way to make this work better and also that there were more books with these features that were not just meant for toddlers. One set of books that were terrific that were age appropriate were In The Country and At School by Francesco Pittau and Bernadette Gervais
You can actually see inside this book if you click on the picture of the cover here:
http://www.amazon.com/Country-Lift-Flap-Learning-Book/dp/2020694182/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241033751&sr=1-1#
Just some suggestions, hope this helps.
The Curious George collection is good, Dr Suess of course, Where the Wild Things Are is classic, and don’t be afraid to challenge them. Our eight year old read Harry Potter to our five year old. It was a wonderful experience for both.
I think there are lots of them, but it’s a little hard to identify them because they don’t always state that they’re “gifted.”
Here are some I can think of that may apply:
Roxaboxen / Alice McLerran: A hill covered with rocks and wooden boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends. Marian called it Roxaboxen. (She always knew the name of everything.) There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill — nothing but sand and rocks, some old wooden boxes, cactus and greasewood and thorny ocotillo — but it was a special place: a sparkling world of jeweled homes, streets edged with the whitest stones, and two ice cream shops….
Christina Katerina and the Box / Patricia Lee Gauch: Christina finds many uses for the large box that housed the new refrigerator.
The Big orange splot / Daniel Manus Pinkwater: When a seagull drops a can of orange paint on his neat house, Mr. Plumbean gets an idea that affects his entire neighborhood.
Meggie Moon / Elizabeth Baguley: Normally, no one dares to play in the yard where Digger and Tiger spend all their time, but when a girl invades, they soon realize that she has some brilliant ideas for playing with the junk found there.
The legend of the Indian paintbrush / Tomie De Paola: Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.
The fossil girl : Mary Anning’s dinosaur discovery / Catherine Brighton: In simple cartoon style, tells the story of a twelve-year-old English girl’s discovery in 1811 of an ichthyosaurus skeleton.
Emma’s rug / Allen Say: A young artist finds that her creativity comes from within when the rug that she had always relied upon for inspiration is destroyed.
Benny : an adventure story / Bob Graham: When Benny the dog steals the show from Brillo the magician, he is forced to look for a new home where his rare talents such as juggling and tap dancing will be appreciated.
My family plays music / Judy Cox: A musical family with talents for playing a variety of instruments enjoys getting together to celebrate.
Granite baby / Lynne Bertrand: Five talented New Hampshire sisters try to care for a baby that one of them has carved out of granite.
Looking for Daniela : a romantic adventure / Steven Kroll: Antonio, a street performer who admires a rich merchant’s daughter, must use his talents in juggling, tightrope walking, and guitar playing when he rescues her from bandits and tries to get her home again.
The seven Chinese sisters / Kathy Tucker: When a dragon snatches the youngest of seven talented Chinese sisters, the other six come to her rescue. (And of course the Five Chinese Brothers by Clare Huchet Bishop, or the Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy)
213 valentines / Barbara Cohen: Wade has trouble adjusting when he is transferred to a special fourth grade class for the gifted and talented, so he plans to send himself 213 valentines signed by celebrities.
Amanda Bean’s amazing dream : a mathematical story / Cindy Neuschwander: Amanda loves to count everything, but not until she has an amazing dream does she finally realize that being able to multiply will help her count things faster.
Frosted glass / Denys Cazet: Gregory the dog’s vivid imagination gets him in trouble at school, leading him to draw cities and spaceships when he should be doing something else, but his artistic ability does not go unrecognized.
Painted dreams / Karen Lynn Williams: Because her Haitian family is too poor to be able to buy paints for her, eight-year-old Ti Marie finds her own way to create pictures that make the heart sing. Ti Marie dreams of being an artist. Whenever she gets some time away from watching her little sisters and helping Mama in their market stall, she finds a cement wall or a scrap of waste paper and lets her imagination soar….
Alistair and the alien invasion / Marilyn Sadler: When aliens invade from outer space, boy genius Alistair is the only person able to save the Earth.
This is the story of Archibald Frisby : who was as crazy for science as any kid could be / Michael Chesworth: Archibald Frisby, mad about science and wise beyond his years, is sent to camp to have fun and ends up broadening the horizons of his fellow campers.
Herbert Binns & the flying tricycle / Caroline Castle: Herbert Binns is such a clever mouse that some of the other animals are jealous of his talents and plot to sabotage his new invention, a flying tricycle.
Baby Brains superstar / Simon James: A musically gifted baby is invited to play the electric guitar at a star-studded rock concert.
Alphabet soup / Kate Banks: A boy’s ability to spell words with his alphabet soup comes in handy during the magical journey he takes in his mind with a friendly bear.
Porkenstein / Kathryn Lasky: Lonely after his two brothers are eaten by the Big Bad Wolf, Dr. Smart Pig invents a wolf-proof friend to keep him company on Halloween.
M & M and the super child afternoon / Pat Ross: When best friends, Mimi and Mandy, turn out to be more talented at each other’s special choice in a “Super Child” class, they decide to go their separate ways after school.
First graders from Mars. Episode 4, Tera, star student / Shana Corey: Although she is smart, Tera must learn the importance of working together on a group project. Tera is a star student. So when Pod 1 is assigned a group project to build the solar system, Tera is sure she has all the answers. But with her overzealous nature and her know-it-all ways, Tera ruffles a few tentacles. Why does being right sometimes feel so wrong?…
Regards to the man in the moon / Ezra Jack Keats: With the help of his imagination, his parents, and a few scraps of junk, Louie and his friends travel through space.
Try amazon they have some good ones:
http://www.amazon.com/tag/pagan%20childrens%20book
Doctor Dan the Bandage Man- sexist and stereotypical. In my opinion he behaves in a condescending manner while interacting with his female playmate and treats her like she is inferior just because she is a girl.
I found one site but you can find more by searching “Un livre à lire en ligne pour les enfants” in http://google.fr
That long? I’d be willing to bet that it come up around 2010, just in time for the next election.
You can try http://www.unilibro.com and http://www.ibs.it they are on line italian bookstores or the always classic http://www.early-advantage.com home of Muzzy.
I’m italian and I order books from both of the italian bookstores listed.
I remember reading Charlotte’s Web in the second grade, above reading level. This was a great vocabulary book with wonderful morals.
What are the best children books to read for five year old?
I need to know what are the best children books to read. I have a four year old son and I want to buy many good books to read to him.
It can be any genre.
What are some of the worst children’s books. I mean books that are for children around toddler ages?
What are the worst childrens books regarding sexism, racism and others. What are the names of books you have noticed that show boys working or girls only playing with dolls. What are some good resources to find these books which children should be steered clear of. I want a list a NO books so that I do not include any of them in my classroom please help, I want to know what children books have the worst ideas regarding to sexism and racism, thanks
children books that deal with gifted characters?
I am looking for books that contain gifted characters. I am aspiring to be an elementary school teacher and have been unable to locate any children books that deal with gifted characters. There are many childrens books that deal with special needs or children with disabilities, but I can’t seem to find any that deal with the opposite. Children like to hear about characters they can relate to. So if you know of any short children books that have gifted characters in them please let me know.
By children’s book, I mean a short 20-30 page book with pictures, Not a novel.
What are some favorite children’s books?
I’m trying to get a feel for what types of books children enjoy (especially today’s generation), so I’m not asking for recommendations to classics, award winners, etc., most of which I’ve read many times over. What I’m asking for are specific books that you or your children particular like or liked, particularly in the 4th- to 8th-grade range.
Where can I find children books written in Italian?
Where Can I find Italian children books?
for ages 2 and over? any recommendations? titles of book or author.
I would love to teach my child how to read italian..it’s her 3rd language.
I live in Blainville, Quebec. Thank you . Serious answers please.
Any recommendations on good pagan books for children?
I’m looking for some good pagan children books for my toddlers. I’d love some recommendations… Thanks!
Now that Iowa is pro gay marriage, how long before children’s books are rewritten to accommodate this reality?
I give it ten years for gay activist to successfully sue the board of ed to include same sex children books in their curriculum.
Your thoughts?
What are some children books you might like to see be published?
I am wanting to write a children’s book or maybe more than one but I am trying to figure out some ideas for what parents might like to see in books. Any help would be great! Thanks!
What are 3 children books that are developmentally appropriate for a diverse 3rd grade class?
the 3rd grade class is very diverse (african american, hispanic, chinese, etc.) What are three books that are developmentally appropriate for this group? How are the books developmentally appropriate? What interest does each book have to the various ethnic backgrounds?
Where can I read french children books online?
I am in French class in High School and I want to read some children books online.
Is there a website where I can read them online for free?