Series: Kumon Workbooks
Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Kumon Publishing North America; US ed edition (August 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1933241284
ISBN-13: 978-1933241289
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.3 x 11.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 3 - 5 years
Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
My son had a lot of fun with the Kumon First Steps book "Let's Color" and so when Kumon just recently released "My Book of Coloring", I bought him one. It is very very similar to "Let's Color", only is in a bigger format. There are 40 pictures to color, all on the right side pages. On the left side pages, are "mazes" for the child to go thru, to learn crayon control. The coloring pages are in full color, the maze pages are in black and white. The coloring pages have only partial white areas for the child to color, a white circle in the cherries, a white sqare in the cheese, a white triangle in the fire truck. Later pictures have more than one white space to color, and then it becomes coloring things like, the stripes on the tiger, the spots on a giraffe, the strawberries on the cake. Some of my favorites are at the back: finish coloring the prince and princess, the robot, the magician, the tropical fish. Artwork is pleasing and fun, cute, but not babyish. The book is recommended for ages 2-4, but I think older children will like it too. My son is 8 and he likes it. Some children don't like coloring; a whole blank page to color can crush the spirit of some children to even start. Kumon gives the child only small areas to finish in the picture, so the completion of the coloring page is more quickly realized, and the child is satisfied. I guess I would have liked to see this coloring book be a bit beyond the first "Let's Color", and have had more pages like the ones at the end of the book, with a bit more white areas to color. The purpose of the book is for the child to learn control of a crayon/pencil (my children have all enjoyed coloring with colored pencils best), and to match colors. This book teaches these skills in a fun way.
Much better than the Let's Color series! This book is bigger! It is a full 8.5 x 11 page, which makes it a bit a easier to see than Let's Color. The bound is also bound on the left and you can easily open the book and press down the pages to make the book stay open which is impossible for Let's Color. The pages like Let's Color are not perforated, which would be helpful if I could tear them out, but since the book stays open that's less of concern. The pages are also heavier than most coloring books, which is a plus for me. There is a total of 80 pages, so 40 overall "lessons".The concept behind this coloring book is to help further fine motor skills. Each page has a front and back. On the front there is a picture. Cherries, grapes, a dog, a kite and on each picture part of it (in the shape of a circle, triangle, or square) is not colored in. The goal is pick the correct color and color in the white shape to make the picture complete. For example, on the first page there is a picture of two red cherries. One of the cherries has a white circle in the middle. The instructions state to color the white area below with a red crayon. Your child colors in the white circle with his red crayon to complete the picture.On the back of the page there is a black and white pattern of whatever picture that was on the front. So, on the first page, the back has a pattern of cherries. In one corner of the page there is a circle and in opposite corner there is a star. The goal is draw a line with the red crayon from the circle to the star without touching the cherries.As you move along in the book, the pages become progressively more challenging.The front of the page is more for 2-3 year olds while the back of the page is more for 3-4 year olds.
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