SweetandSimple Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 I know that this might sound strange, but my first grader LOVES whenever a coloring page comes up in one of her workbooks (BJU Science and BJU Heritage Studies have these occasionally.) She also gets jealous whenever she sees her older brother doing map work, and complains that she doesn't get to do "fun school" like he does. Oddly enough, she isn't as interested in coloring books or random coloring pages that I print off of the internet. She seems to find the coloring to be more meaningful when it is a school assignment... especially if the page actually comes out of a workbook, or if it is something that we just read about during a lesson. We've been doing some narration drawings, but she doesn't love that. She really just wants more coloring mixed in with her school subjects. Most of the things that I am finding are for younger kids. But I would like to find something more advanced--- is there any kind of language arts, math, history, or science workbooks that include coloring pages? (I know about Story of the World... is there anything else out there?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 History and Literature Pockets by Evan Moor come to mind-they're kind of the definition of crayola curriculum. There are some scholastic e-books of math line designs that could then be colored. At the very advanced end-there are zoology, Anatomy and biology coloring books that are high school level, if not above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCEmom Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Elemental's Adventures in America history curriculum has a coloring page for each week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsH Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Dover also puts out beautiful coloring books. Maybe you could get one to go along w/ a topic you're already studying? If you're doing nature study, do one of the fairy or flower books, or the one that's about the woods. I'm getting Medieval Tapestries for my kids this year, and last year my dd11 used the Coral Reef one while she was doing some ocean science. They have EVERYTHING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebbyribs Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 We supplemented the human body unit in RSO with My First Human Body Coloring Book http://store.doverpublications.com/0486468216.html It has great diagrams of the body systems and blood circulating through the heart. The Singapore Math workbooks for 1st grade have some coloring. History Pockets have quite a bit of coloring too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetandSimple Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 Thank you for all of the wonderful suggestions! I just ordered the scholastic line design books from the dollar sale today-- she will love those. I am going to see what other suggestions I can work into our day. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Do you do Bible? CLE has some nice, simple workbooks that include coloring. I bought them for my 2nd grader for just that reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Story of the World has coloring sheets in the 1st 3 vols' A.G.s. You can buy a separate set for the 4th, or just use their timeline cards and flags for coloring in your timeline book at that point and find some sheets online for some of the chapters, which is what we did. Rod and Staff reading workbooks and the extra worksheets had a lot of coloring and cutting and pasting in the 1st grade. I think it slows down after that. Their 2nd grade science had a coloring sheet for every reading. We use Peterson Color in Field Guides for nature studies. We have the wildflowers and birds ones that we carry when we go on nature walks or to the zoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetandSimple Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Thank you for more wonderful suggestions! She will be very happy to have some of these added to our daily schedule! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizaG Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 The Dover coloring books are often too complicated for my first graders, but the Edupress Color & Learn ones are a big hit with all the children. They have them for countries and continents, historical periods, ocean life, etc. We get them at our local teacher's store for about $4-5 (and they're reproducible). For the more advanced colorers, Bellerophon also has a huge selection of interesting books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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