Coloring Pages & What We’ve Been Reading
Coloring Pages
My daughter is just starting to really enjoy coloring with crayons. Since she’s just learning, though, I don’t particularly want to invest in a real coloring book (she may be more interested in ripping out the pages than coloring the pictures. So, I went online to see if I could find some pictures that I could just print at home for her to color.
TwistyNoodle.com has as a lot of coloring pages that can be printed from their site. You can browse by theme (ex. “Halloween”), season (“Autumn”), and more. I like that there was a good selection of pages with very large images. My daughter isn’t ready for images that are too detailed yet. I used “Autumn Leaf” as one of the images for my daughter.
What We’ve Been Reading
Sense & Sensibility: A BabyLit Opposites Primer by Jennifer Adams — 3 stars
I liked the idea of the BabyLit series, using classic books as the inspiration for teaching concepts, so much that I wanted my daughter to like it. She wasn’t very interested in this one for understandable reasons. I realize what the book is trying to communicate when it shows a wooden chair with the text “Hard,” and a sofa with the text “Soft,” but just looking at images of those things probably doesn’t mean much to someone so young that she doesn’t automatically realize what it’s like to sit on those items.
Baby Einstein Master Pieces — 4 stars
I was actually skeptical of how much use this book would get. I bought it at a library sale for less than a dollar, though, so I figured it was worth a shot. It is a large book with a lot of flaps to lift on each page. That is part of the reason my daughter liked it so much. She did like looking at the pictures, too.
Edgar Gets Ready for Bed: A BabyLit First Steps Picture Book
- 5 stars
I bought the hardback version of this book, and my daughter absolutely loves it. It uses Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” as inspiration for the book, and there are nice little details for adults to laugh at, like a jack-in-the-box with a head like Edgar Allan Poe. Lovely book! Sweet ending, too.
On the Farm (What Can You Find?) by Philip Dowell — 4 stars
Simple book, but it was very useful for my daughter to learn to identify a variety of animals, names for them at different stages of life (ex. chick, rooster), and sounds associated with them (I made these when she pointed at each animal).
- 5 stars
For months this was my daughter’s favorite book as she learned basic concepts. Each page focuses on a different area of life (“at the park”, “getting dressed”) and has flaps to lift for the picture and its word. Simple but effective and enjoyable.
