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Date: 6/14/2003 5:02:00 PM
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Author:
Jessica
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Subject:Looking for websites, and printable colour ins
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Hi,
I'm a childcare teacher looking for some good printable b&w; colour ins. I've had a look around and collected a few pictures, but not found as many as I would have first thought. Does anyone know of any good sites?
I'm looking for pictures in these categories:
*Animals
*Butterflies
*Insects-Bugs
*Flowers
*Umbrella's
*Fruit
and *The 4 seasons.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks.
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Date: 6/20/2003 4:06:00 AM
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Author:
Tara
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Subject:3 websites
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www.coloring-page.net
www.crayola.com
www.enchantedlearning.com
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Date: 7/14/2003 12:44:00 PM
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Author:
Ms Shannon
(LaurelPreschool@aol.com)
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Subject:I think they have some nice pages at www...
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I think they have some nice pages at www.childfun.com. They also have an awesome message board for providers there too.
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Date: 8/17/2003 1:27:00 PM
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Author:
margaret
(msmargaret957@hotmail.com)
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Subject:Color Pages
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try www.preschoolcoloringbook.com its great
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Date: 8/17/2007 2:18:00 PM
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Author:
valerie
(valfont@hotmail.com)
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Subject:great webpage with free downloads activities and projects
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i found a great new site where you can download free activities.
i found it really useful. you might also check the storybooks and related activities from the products.
www.littletalentum.com
hope you enjoy it!
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Date: 7/5/2003 4:23:00 PM
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Author:
swebby11
(swebby11@yahoo.com)
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Subject:coloring sheets for kids
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some other sites that are helpful are:
Creative Teaching Press Downloadable Activities Area
DLK's Printable Crafts for Kids
abcteach.com
abcbabysit
Alphabet Soup
I hope this helps
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Date: 9/14/2003 9:21:00 PM
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Author:
nowon
(nowon@egix.net)
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Subject:color pages
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A great search engine for color pages is www.ivyjoy.com
I can usually find any subject I need there!
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Date: 3/15/2006 11:32:00 AM
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Author:
sallyanne
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Subject:Why on earth would you be using colouring in print outs?
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Can someone explain to me what clouring teaches a child apart from how to stay in the lines- and the fact that they cannot yet draw like that?!?
Why not give the child blank paper and allow them to explore with their pencil control and learn to write and draw what and how they want? i.e actually learning skills of value?
Just a thought. I guess colouring in provides a far easier option for those wanting to be less involved with the children :)
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Date: 4/8/2006 11:45:00 AM
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Author:
brenda
(bibpainter@bellsouth.net)
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Subject:Amen to sallyanne
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Give the chldren paper and crayons, washable markers, paints, ect. and let them do thier own thing. Creativity is the the most important thing.
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Date: 4/21/2007 10:26:00 AM
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Author:
Chris
(vstchris@yahoo.com)
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Subject:what coloring sheets teach
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It teaches them about color. It allows the children who like coloring to do it. It helps them to further refine their small muscles. It gives them another opportunity for choice. It lets them see how lines and shapes come together, encouraging them to make their own drawings. I hated coloring but my sister loved it and colored with her twin boys all the time. They all loved it. One of them is now a clothes designer. I use to think that their was no place in the preschool classroom for coloring a picture but now, after years experience, I realize that it's just another choice. It how it's presented by the teacher that is the problem. They are the ones restricting children's creativity, not a coloring sheet. What I learned about coloring is that no door for learning should be shut from a child. A child is not wrong for wanting to color a coloring sheet. I have to admit that I have never done it in the classroom because it was banned in Head Start but since I started finding out how many truly creative people loved it, I started to change my view. I challenge you to go and ask the most creative people you know about it and see what you get.
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Date: 7/7/2007 11:29:00 PM
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Author:
misty
(misty_y_@hotmail.com)
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Subject:I think Sallyanne that u are one ignoran...
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I think Sallyanne that u are one ignorant who obviously knows nothing about children or their development. Thank god I wasn't born to a mother like u and I pity any child who has to be in your company. Colouring is a favourite activity amongst young children. They learn alot more than staying in the lines and maybe if you spent some time colouring you wouldn't be so ignorant and you might find your intelligence level may go up.
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Date: 3/22/2006 5:41:00 PM
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Author:
Jade Renee
(jrlea2@student.monash.edu.au)
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Subject:colouring in
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Thanks Sally Anne, i was thinking the smae thing! Colouring in sheets dampen childrens creativity and most are developmentally inapropriate for pre schoolers anyway.
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Date: 5/19/2006 5:40:00 PM
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Author:
Denise Garvy
(kulpitgarvy@comcast.net)
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Subject:Coloring In Benefits
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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.
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Date: 5/31/2006 5:17:00 PM
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Author:
Bob Bigellow
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Subject:Absolutely
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I agree.
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Date: 6/12/2006 1:21:00 PM
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Author:
sarah
(sarahnic@ntlworld.com)
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Subject:in reply to sallyanne, some children HAT...
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in reply to sallyanne, some children HATE drawing' feel useless and not interested in this side of creativity yet we live in a world where pencil control is important and uncreative colouring in is a less threatening way of practising this and they actually feel a sense of achievement
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Date: 7/30/2006 1:03:00 PM
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Author:
annette
(zwe@acegroup.cc)
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Subject:in reply to Sarah
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I agree that some children do HATE to draw. I had one. They want you to draw the picture for them. I usually refused. Sometimes I would draw them a picture. I also agree that the children do need to explore their own creativity in which they draw, color, paint, etc. on a plain piece of paper. LET'S KEEP THE IMAGINATIONS ALIVE!!
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Date: 7/30/2006 6:11:00 PM
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Author:
bobbi
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Subject:drawing
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so, the kid hates to draw. so, let him or her discover another creative way to express himself. Art isn't limited to paper and pencil. don't forget clay, play-dough (they are completely different mediums, with different outcomes!) drama, music, paint, jus let the kids create. Too much TV robs kids of their creativity. government studies proved this. TV has robbed kids today of creative problem solving skills. One kid walks around saying he is bored, you try to give suggestions but he says those ideas are dumb.... The other kid is happily banging away on a trash can lid (making his own drum).
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Date: 8/13/2007 5:41:00 AM
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Author:
Dayaram Thurayya
(daraurayya@x4co.org)
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Subject:I know its hard to believe,
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You don't know how lucky you are bo. Dayaram Thurayya.
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Date: 7/31/2006 7:11:00 PM
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Author:
sheryl
(sher2292@yahoo.com)
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Subject:clasroom structure
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I am recently employed as a preschool teacher in a center with three year olds. as far as I have heard teacher has quit quite often in that clarom because of the children. The children are not interested in any structure at all. I am a dedicated headstart teacher with lots of experience. I dont know what else to do I need your help on ideas how to get these children interested in learning again
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Date: 6/1/2007 4:25:00 AM
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Author:
Linda Arocho
(HappyHands12302@aol.com)
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Subject:Childrens Behavior
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No offense, but children are never "interested" in structure, but they THRIVE in it. That teacher saying she quit because of the children... I'm sorry, but she was in the wrong line of work. If she couldn't handle it, that was on HER, not the children... Implement a structure for those children and all really will be fine. Have a schedule, but KNOW that you need to be flexible at the same time. You can allow for freedom of choice in a structured room - set up learning centers that are FUN and interesting... Believe me, children are always ready to learn. You just have to tap into their natural, already existing curiosity. So long as they're curious and allowed to be, they're into learning. Tap into that.
And to the rest of the group - yes, it's "developmentally inappropriate" for preschool children to use coloring sheets, but like it or not, it's one more skill they need to have under their belt in Kindergarten. When they get into K, the teacher will be looking at their skill level and ability when it comes to that. It's part of Kindergarten screening around here.
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