My Book Of Coloring (Kumon)

Both my 3 and 5 year olds love this coloring book! The book includes pictures with empty white spaces the child is instructed to color. Each page has simple instructions, easily identifiable colors to be used, and a sample picture of what the fully colored in picture should look like. The pictures get progressively more difficult by including more than one color and white spaces of different shapes. The backs of each coloring page also include a very simple maze of sorts; i.e. "draw a line from X to Z without touching any ladybugs". My 3 year old barely fills the white spots but can easily identify the colors and loves the mazes. For its intended purpose, it is too easy for my 5 year old, however I got her one to encourage coloring in the lines and to provide opportunities for her to practice writing her name (each page is set up like a worksheet) and reading instructions independently. So far, I've enjoyed all of the Kumon books. The pages are thick and it includes instruction for parents like me, who don't always intuitively know how to gently encourage certain skills. For a $5, this is definitely worth the buy and would easily make a fantastic gift!

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. My son is always amazed that if he colors neatly, and the colored pencil he chooses really matches the surrounding printed ink color, that it's hard to tell where he colored it! Printed on heavy white paper, My Book of Coloring is a far superior book to the junky coloring books printed on flimsy newsprint paper that you find at the local store. I think any child just learning to color would love this book, and I think it will please parents too! Note: cover art does NOT represent the inside art. Be sure to also give a nice box of crayons or colored pencils when you give this book to a child! I recommend Prismacolor colored pencils and Crayola twist up crayons.

We love Kumon workbooks! I got these for my 5 year old and my 3 year old. The color books are awesome at teaching children to stay within the lines and to color with the appropriate colors. This book is for a beginner colorer. It stars off very simple and advances the child into different shapes. After each page there is also a maze type dot to dot to help the child learn to stay in the lines. By the end, they are color an intricate picture. Some days, my kids can do 20 pages but at the end of the book sometimes it takes a few sittings to finish the picture. I love the weight of the pages and the simple instructions. These are great workbooks.

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. I do not see how my busy, high energy threenager is going to be able sit still to accurately complete the back of page. SO, I will start with the front pages for now and see how he progresses. Some children who are able to sit for long periods of time, i.e. more than 5-10 mins at a time or who like to color, will benefit greatly from this book. Those of us with wiggle worms will struggle; however, the overall concept of this book is worth trying. Kids are not just developing fine motor, but learning colors, shapes, and spatial relations as well.

Tres bon livre pour apprendre les jeunes enfants les bases du graphisme, les couleurs et quelques formes géométriques. Le papier et l'impression sont de excellente qualité. Les exercices augmentent rapidement en difficulté et mon fils de 3 ans aime faire le même exercice plusieurs fois donc je met les pages du livre dans des pochettes en plastique (celles qui ont une ouverture sur le cote) pour les utiliser avec les feutres effaçables. Après on utilisera les crayons en cire directement sur le papier. On a également my first book of tracing et my book of easy mazes du même éditeur. A recommander.

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I had ordered this as well as a few more Kumon books for my 3 year old kid. My idea was to give him more options to learn. To say the least, these books are amazing. The content is not only interesting but also laid out very thoughtfully and clear. I'm assured now that any long holidays for my kid will be joyful as well as fruitful. I can spend time with him with these books. I can get him to concentrate more on spending time with books. Honestly put, these are better than the school books that my kid has. Even if your kid just completes these books and not worry about other school books, you can feel safe that he will be in a good position to get into the mainstream schooling. This is the first I ordered these books and believe me, I will keep ordering them as long as my kid enjoys spending time with them. The only gripe I have is the fact that the time taken to ship these books is very long. Amazon has informed in advance that these will take more time to ship. But as a customer, I would prefer that I get them as early as I can. But I cannot honestly take away any stars as it was informed in advance. But the quality of packaging is perfect and the books are in mint condition when I received them. I should still say Thanks amazon for making them available at my place.

Ótimo produto para colocar em prática em casa o método Kumon para que não tem condições de pagar a mensalidade da franquia.