Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 5/19/2006 5:40:00 PM Author: Denise Garvy (kulpitgarvy@comcast.net) Subject: Coloring In Benefits Coloring is a great fine motor activity that can be creative in itself when the child is allowed to explore the use of color on his own. As long as the child is not restricted to printouts alone, coloring pictures of interest lets him feel as if he can draw, and in an indirect way helps him learn to draw. I teach a special education class with behavior disorders and coloring affords them an outlet for their aggressions which helps them to remain calm. We have no "rules" for coloring other than your choice and method of accomplishing the task. Name: Email: Subject

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