JudoMom Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 (edited) I've never had a boy request coloring for school, but he wants extra coloring. I know I can just print off various coloring sheets, but does anyone have any great coloring book suggestions that seem a bit more productive than Star Wars or Transformers? He's already got the SOTW sheets, his Reason for Handwriting K sheets, and composer sheets to color. He likes patterns and letters. Edited August 2, 2011 by JudoMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Oh! Yeah - www.enchantedlearning.com They have some great stuff :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyagain Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 How about Rod & Staff's preschool series? Lots of coloring and learning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 For school topics -- history, science, geography -- I love the Color & Learn series. The drawings are appealing and interesting, but simple enough for younger ones. For the geometric stuff, have you looked at any of the Ruth Heller coloring books? I'm not sure if they'd be too complicated for him or if he'd just love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 My kids love the stained glass coloring books. Have you seen them? Here is a mandala one and a wizard and dragon one. Our museum always carries the ones appropriate for their special exhibits and they all look really nice when we've flipped through them. There's probably a coloring book for whatever history or science you are doing this year too if you search. I had an anatomy coloring book in college and it really helped with my class so I got one for DS when he was doing anatomy last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 There's light at the end of the tunnel! :D On currclick, there are Dan's Doodles - I think that's what they're called anyway. Some of the Dover coloring books are pretty intricate, but we have the dinosaur alphabet and love it. And I keep the little Dover books in my purse for emergencies. We've liked sea creatures, alphabet, Spanish alphabet, dino alphabet,farm animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundAbout Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I really like the Dover coloring books. They are detailed but we just pick one thing on the page to color carefully. I'm picky about coloring books because the ones with too much white space just encourage scribbling, and because we often like to use colored pencils. I always get Dover coloring books as souvenirs when we go to museums. Most gift shops will have several that are related to the theme of the museum. They also have them on Amazon of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learningmama Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I also recommend the Rod and Staff books. My 5-year-old son likes them and we will be using a few of them this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Dover often runs sales on their websites, which make their coloring books VERY reasonable. My DD especially likes the stained glass ones with markers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 My kids love the stained glass coloring books. Have you seen them? Here is a mandala one and a wizard and dragon one. Our museum always carries the ones appropriate for their special exhibits and they all look really nice when we've flipped through them. My dd loves them too. She's speech delayed (by choice) so these function as learning aids for her- every now and then she'll point and either talk about them or want me to talk about them. She talks about "vi-lins," "maids" (mermaids) and "dragons." :) I often use them as a sort of focus point for mini-unit studies. We have a set of fairy tale themed pics up on the lounge room window. I have a bunch in the mail for our letter of the week playing atm. 'Z is for zombie' :D Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 My 5yo hates to colour but she relly loves those Mosaic Hidden Pictures colouring books - I admit I am a bit addicted too :001_smile: http://www.amazon.com/Mosaic-Hidden-Pictures-Activity-BookA/dp/B000H82H2E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312330168&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 :001_wub: Awww, how could anyone resist such an adorable request? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathFour Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 How about doing a "color by numbers" thing? Take the "plain" coloring book and a fine-tip sharpie or ball-point and number the spots. Then assign numbers to colors. To make it more fun try these things: 1) Take a fat sharpie and divide the bigger spaces into smaller ones. Number them the same or try different numbers to make a cool pattern. 2) Use simple arithmetic to code them. So the 7-color could be in the 3+4 space or 2+5, etc. 3) Assign the colors in weird ways on random pages and in "normal" ways on others. Ask him before he starts to color if he thinks it will be a "normal" picture or a weird one. Get's him to think ahead and visualize. Notice that coloring is a forerunner to graphing higher order polynomial functions, so you're really doing some serious pre-math here! (It has to do with x-intercepts and vertical asymptotes and the fact that if a graph is on one side of the x-axis it must stay there (in essensce, stay inside the lines) until it hits an asymptote or x-intercept.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 My daughter likes the Dover books as well as the stained glass ones. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbsmrter Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 If you have access to Photoshop, this is a fun tutorial on turning your pictures into coloring sheets. Not exactly educational, but my kids get a kick out of coloring their own faces :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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