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coloring - 11/16/2008 2:10:02 PM
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nerakr
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My almost-5 yr. old still scribbles. How did you teach your children to color in the lines?
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RE: coloring - 11/16/2008 6:34:35 PM
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PrincessDonna
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I have one kid (8) that hates coloring and if he has to color code something, is anything but neat. I only make him color as part of an assignment to show me he knows the answers of whatever he's coloring (usually math...color all the ones with answers of 14 blue...I allow him to just mark the spot once if he wants). He hates it and I do not consider coloring a necessary life skill, so I do not care.
I have two (7 and 3) who are very detailed in their coloring and I encourage them to do their best. They enjoy coloring, so that's great.
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RE: coloring - 11/16/2008 7:24:38 PM
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The only time I found coloring a "required skill" was at the doctors office when I needed them to keep their hands busy. And then, I couldn't care less if they stayed in the lines as long as they were quiet!
Most likely your 5yo is a boy who doesn't care about coloring. Don't sweat it!
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RE: coloring - 11/17/2008 4:49:10 PM
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I believe the point of staying within the lines is to develop fine motor skills. The future benefit is to strengthen the hand muscles for better penmanship later.
I personally feel that coloring is a rite of childhood that shouldn't be turned into a stressful situation. There are other ways to develop those same muscle skills...and all of them can be fun too: sewing cards, handling play-do, and painting with a small paintbrush, (messy but it meets the same principle as coloring).
My daughter's personal favorite was when I would draw a small circle in the middle of a clean sheet of typing paper. She would then use a big colored marker and draw a circle around the smaller circle. Then I would choose another color and do the same...so on and so on. The goal was to see how many circles we could fit on a page without them touching. We tried to "best" ourselves each time. Eventually we graduated from big markers to colored pencils.
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RE: coloring - 11/17/2008 4:57:59 PM
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karlie
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I didn't "teach" them to color inside the lines...it was a skill they picked up on their own as they developed better coordination and fine motor skills. I used to color a lot with them becuase it was one of our favorite together activities, but, I never, ever told they they needed to work on that, or stressed perfection, and they always seemed proud of their work. It was just a fun activity we all enjoyed and they picked up on the finer points over time, in their own time.
I certainly don't think it hinders them later on to learn those things in their own time. One if my girls(the sloppier one, in fact) is now an amazing artist...sketches and oils. I think I could have ruined that for her if I had pushed her to "do better" when there really was no need.
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RE: coloring - 11/17/2008 11:18:07 PM
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narnia
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I didn't teach my blessing to stay in the lines either. I did comment a few times and dh did, but that was it. All of a sudden she started staying in the lines herself.
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RE: coloring - 11/18/2008 1:18:17 AM
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A child who enjoys coloring will at some point naturally learn to stay in the lines. A child who hates coloring will never care enough to bother. If he doesn't like to color, toss the crayons and find something he does like.
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RE: coloring - 11/18/2008 11:55:34 AM
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cynthia
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lol His, read that again. She didn't say to tell him to toss the crayons. She said that if a child doesn't like to color to "toss the crayons." Mr. Manly never liked to color. I didn't stress over it. I think that is what Cindy is saying, that it's not a bad thing if they don't want to color, as there are plenty of other things to do.
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RE: coloring - 11/18/2008 3:27:18 PM
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nerakr
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My child is a boy, and he's only been interested in coloring for about a year or so. I finally pulled out the coloring books a few days ago, and today he finally understood what they were for. (He wanted me to read them to him, but there were no words). He did scribble on a few pages as long as I colored with him. Maybe watching me will rub off on him eventually.
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RE: coloring - 11/18/2008 3:54:43 PM
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cynthia
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I used to color with my daughters and they enjoyed it. My son never did, but if your son is showing an interest, it might be a fun thing to do together. He will likely watch to see how you do it and copy you.
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RE: coloring - 11/18/2008 9:09:38 PM
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My ds never liked coloring! When he was in ps K, the teacher would give them a color sheet when they were finished with their work. He was usually the 1st one done & then got into trouble because he would be talking to the other kids who weren't finished. When I found out she was giving him a color sheet, I asked her to give him a blank paper & pencil to draw or a book to read. He did much better with those! He's 13 now & still only likes to color something he's drawn. Dd however, still likes to color at 10!
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RE: coloring - 11/19/2008 11:16:48 AM
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narnia
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It may take him a while to stay in the lines, since he only started coloring. My blessing started coloring when she was two ,but it was only a few months ago that she started staying in the lines. She is the same age as your son.
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RE: coloring - 11/24/2008 11:39:05 AM
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Auben
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None of my four boys like coloring. Only one of them was mostly in the lines by 5.
Instead we draw, do mazes, do dot-to-dots, paint, ect. All of them considered coloring boring. They wanted to create.
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RE: coloring - 12/15/2008 11:20:01 PM
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goodnsimple
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ds11 got one of those velvet marker posters for a gift...he paid his little brother to color it for him.
It was a cool picture, and he wanted it..but hates to color.
when he 'had' to color in school, there would be like a red line on Santa's suite...each reindeer would have a scribble of brown. That is about as colored as it got.
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I wouldn't force him... just allow him to be creative and express himself the way he wants to. 
