The Sixth Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities for Ages 6 and Up

by Susan Striker

Book Overview

'In light of the increasing use of coloring books, color fill-in workbook activities, and other predesigned materials that block originality, stifle imagination and creativity, and become a substitute for valid and appropriate art education programs in elementary education, I therefore call for immediate and permanent curtailment of the use of such methods, activities, and procedures.' - National Art Education Association Presidential Proclamation.'A...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080500873X
• ISBN13: 9780805008739
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 3 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

Creative Activities for Young Artists

One in a series of "so-called" coloring books that are actually a lot more than that! Lots of Questions like,"What have you spotted in the sky?" and "What was the funniest thing that ever happened to you?"-with a blank ot just a small illustration with plenty of room to draw ones "answer." Our eight year-old granson, who loves to create and draw his own "characters" loves this series. it provides hours of fun! He also liked "The Mystery Anti-Coloring Book", which has questions like,"What do you spy through the keyhoe of suspense" and a child is shown looking through a keyhole with space "on the other side" of the keyhole for a drawing.

Great for Creativity!

These books are great for allowing children to be creative. Each page presents an idea for the child to expand upon by drawing and coloring her own picture. There are no lines provided to be colored in. Each book in the series provides new pages and ideas for imaginative drawing, and the pictures created depend upon the child's imagination. I gave these books to a 7 and an 8 year old who absolutely love them. (Their parents liked them, too!) Older children would be able to expand upon the same ideas and create even more detailed pictures.