PRP - Sixth artefact, colouring examples

I was browsing the internet to find some inspiration for colouring activity when I came across a page advertising interactive colouring. The article from 'Surfing the Net with kids' explains how colouring sheets have been provided all across the internet however, it has now become more apparent that virtual colouring is becomming increasingly popular for young children.

The interactive colouring pages provide children with a colour activity sheet on the computer.

There were three in particular that myself and Kirsty had fun playing on, which shows that these sites can be fun for everyone.

Coloring.com


Coloring.com offers children a range of images to colour. Almost identical to a standard colour activity sheet coloring.com allows the children to colour and if a free account is open, you can save all of the pictures that you create and advertise them on the website. It is a simple yet fun interactive activity that children would enjoy. However it makes me wonder whether the children will enjoy it more if the application allows them to colour outside of the image lines, making the picture a lot messier.

Kaleidoscope painter


I have never played with something like this before however I could not stop making patterns. The Kaleidoscope painter creates a picture by the movement of the mouse. Every direction you go the paint will follow and make a pattern. You are given the option to set the paint to automatic and watch a pattern be created however there is no fun in that. This activity is suitable for all ages but I am not too sure how long a younger audience would be amused by it.

Up to ten


This site has been previously mentioned in another post however, it has come up in this article so I am going to briefly blog it. Like the first activity page mentioned up to ten allows the children to create a variety of images. The site offers a number of different colouring activities that will be sure to amuse children. This one is not so appealing the older audience although as this site is aimed at a younger audience it does its job.

It is becoming apparent that virtual colouring is appearing on the internet, with paint a very popular application on computers its now a question of how long until this is updated to a more virtual experience.