The humpback was first identified as baleine de la Nouvelle Angleterre by Mathurin Jacques Brisson in his Regnum Animale of 1756. In 1781, Georg Heinrich Borowski described the species, converting Brisson’s name to its Latin equivalent, Balaena novaeangliae. In 1804, Lacépède shifted the humpback from the family Balaenidae, renaming it B. jubartes. In 1846, John Edward Gray created the genus Megaptera, classifying the humpback as Megaptera longipinna, but in 1932, Remington Kellogg reverted the species names to use Borowski’s novaeangliae. The common name is derived from the curving of their backs when diving. The generic name Megaptera from the Ancient Greek mega- μεγα (“giant”) and ptera/ πτερα (“wing”), refers to their large front flippers. The specific name means “New Englander” and was probably given by Brisson due to regular sightings of humpbacks off the coast of New England.
The time to open the lines of communication with your child is when they are young. A two or three year old may not be able to have an hour long conversation and tell you everything that is running through their mind or that may be bothering them, but if you take the time to pull out some coloring pages and sit with them for some creative play you will find that they do have their own ways of communicating with you. When children are allowed to fill in coloring sheets they will often display parts of their personality by favoring some colors over others or by coloring in a particular fashion. For example, one little girl may color her princess coloring pages with short, careful strokes so that she is certain not to go out of the lines while another little girl with the same princess coloring pages scribbles quickly in a hurry to get done first.
The vast numbers of benefits to children practicing on coloring pages simply can not be overstated from a psychological point of view. It's important to start children on easy images so that they can experience a sense of achievement. As their coloring skill improves, they can be given more complex patterns and images to color. Giving children books and pages to color is a highly effective way to help them become better artists and writers, to enable them to concentrate better, to reduce the likelihood that they will suffer from mental problems, and to teach them important life lessons and values. Children who begin coloring at a young age will enjoy the benefits it can bestow for years to come.
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. 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.
More than just as a stress reliever - Coloring is being used in formal therapeutic settings such as eye-hand coordination development and to help heal victims of trauma. Regardless of your needs, there is so much to be gained by spending some time coloring.
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