If you have very young children you may be placing them down for an afternoon nap. Older children can spend time with entertaining themselves with this fun activity. Then they won't be creating noise that can make it harder for the little ones to get the rest they need. You can print out just a page or two at a time if you like.
B is for Butterfly – Learning the alphabet is critical for young children to learn to read, and there are also coloring pages available to help them. Butterflies are a great source for learning the letter ”B”, as well as learning about their metamorphosis from larvae, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, to adult butterfly. So coloring butterflies also helps these young students learn about these insects and the world around them. Learning about Species – Butterfly coloring pages also help children learn about the diverse species of butterflies. Not only can they learn about the assorted colorings, this also helps them learn about the ways in which they migrate around various parts of the world, and it helps improve their memories with different memory games that can be played once the various pages are colored.
A peaceful, productive way for a child to pass her time is a coloring book and a package of crayons; whether in a waiting room, in the car, at school, or other places. It can be a healthy imaginative release and, for numerous parents, a much-needed respite! The net, activity booklets in dollar stores, family restaurants, or even sometimes at public libraries are sources of coloring pages, simple black and white drawings most commonly of cute cartoon characters. Coloring pages are also very popularly showing holiday ideas, pictures, and characters (such as Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny), as well as biblical images, animals, educational themes, storybook themes, scenes in nature, and long retired cartoons. Even rudimentary objects have been changed over into coloring page format, like food, buildings and planes.
Occasionally, you'll find official cartoon or TV character sites (such as PBS programs) will make available coloring pages for free to their fans. And there are many other sites that distribute coloring pages of those copyrighted characters. Sounds like dangerous legal ground ...but, surprisingly, I've never heard of any of these sites being prosecuted for copyright infringement. So they'll probably continue to make them available.
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