By Christel Daundaratne,  For Children

Coloring is a remarkable tool that helps children develop their motor, cognitive and behavioral skills. We all start our fun battle with crayons, color sticks, and pencils by scribbling universally quite messy art works on almost every surface we can find. Then, gradually, basic coloring skills emerge through time, practice, and trial and error. Certainly, as a parent you would feel proud of the child at each phase of their learning despite the new questionable additions to your pre-art white wall of living room. Here, we offer free coloring pages and a load of valuable information and guidelines on why and how to use coloring effectively for best outcomes for children and the parents. Prior to further talk, please acknowledge that I will not be talking about child development standards relevant to specific age as found as norms by studies. Instead, as a spectrum that is unique to each individual. Today, we have to accept that differently-abled children are also part of us and their unique attributes of development stages don’t go align with the “norm”. So, here, I will only be referring to as “child” for any stage of their development as means of inclusion.