Coloring teaches preschool and early primary students a handful of skills. The best part is that kids are learning and do not even realize it at all. The basic manual task of coloring help improves the strength in their little hands. This helps them prepare to write and even type. This is often taken for granted but is something needs to be recognized. This always improves their fine motor coordination that will help them improve their penmanship by improving their grip on pencils. Coloring kindles their creative spirit. When you color you can easily express your emotion or the emotion you want the picture to express based on the color scheme that you use. Above all coloring teaches us how to color within the lines, which seems simple enough, but it helps build our attention to detail and sheer writing endurance. How else can we teach these skills to youngsters while they are having fun?

This pack of coloring worksheets incorporates a small writing sample. Students will be provided with a writing prompt and an active picture. We encourage kids to explore the work by themselves. Take your words where the brainstorm takes you. Many left-brain thinkers will just answer the question or write the next logical step in the process. More creative writers will create an entire story. Some students will amaze you with how creative they can be. There are always two kids in each class that will take the process in an entirely different direction. That is what often makes teaching a super rewarding process.