Monday, July 11, 2016

Color-by-number: Rocking Horse

This color-by-number page include a color coded chart.
Description of Color-by-number page: young boy rides his rocking horse

Color-by-number practice sheets help children:
  • Decipher code
  • Recognize colors, color words and numbers
  • Condition eye and hand coordination
  • Practice small motor skills
  • Increase concentration levels
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Color-by-number: Breakfast

This color-by-number page include a color coded chart.
Description of Color-by-number page: two small children eat breakfast together, sister and brother, cereal, pitcher of juice or milk, kitchen table and chairs

Color-by-number practice sheets help children:
  • Decipher code
  • Recognize colors, color words and numbers
  • Condition eye and hand coordination
  • Practice small motor skills
  • Increase concentration levels
Don't forget to drag the png. or jpg into a Word Document and enlarge the image as much as possible before printing it folks. If you have a question about this coloring page, just type into the comment box located directly below this post and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can.

Color-by-number: The Slippery Slide

This color-by-number page include a color coded chart.
Description of Color-by-number page: little boy sliding on the playground, sneakers, color this page by matching the colors to their numbers

Color-by-number practice sheets help children:
  • Decipher code
  • Recognize colors, color words and numbers
  • Condition eye and hand coordination
  • Practice small motor skills
  • Increase concentration levels
Don't forget to drag the png. or jpg into a Word Document and enlarge the image as much as possible before printing it folks. If you have a question about this coloring page, just type into the comment box located directly below this post and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can.

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Color By Number Coloring Page Index

Every color-by-numbers page includes the chart above.
Pages like these help children work simple codes and learn to identify their numbers and color words in English.
        My color by number pages are similar to those frequently included in children's activity books. Each page includes a color by number chart that uses both a visual and lingual code identified with the numbers 1-12 for those children under the age of seven.  

Color-By-Number Coloring Sheet Themes:
  1. Slippery Slide
  2. Breakfast 
  3. Rocking Horse 
  4. The Wagon Ride
  5. Four Balloons
  6. Don't Cry!
  7. Shoveling Snow
  8. Stroll Through the Park
  9. Time for Bed
  10. Toy Train
  11. Fish 
  12. Share a Book
  13. Stacking Boxes
  14. Bear Bone
  15. Beware of Cat! 
  16. The Clothes Line
  17. The Tree Swing
  18. A Big Kite
Origins of The "Color-By-Numbers" Concept
       Paint by number kits were invented, developed and marketed in 1950 by Max S. Klein, an engineer and owner of the Palmer Paint Company of Detroit, Michigan, and Dan Robbins, a commercial artist.
       In 1951 Palmer Paint introduced the Craft Master brand which sold over 12 million kits. This public response induced other companies to produce their own versions of paint by number. The Craft Master paint-kit box tops proclaimed, "A BEAUTIFUL OIL PAINTING THE FIRST TIME YOU TRY."
       Following the death of Max Klein in 1993, his daughter, Jacquelyn Schiffman, donated the Palmer Paint Co. archives to the Smithsonian Museum of American History. The archival materials have been placed in the museum's Archives Center where they have been designated collection #544, the "Paint by Number Collection", and are available to both the public and museum staff for research and exhibition purposes. Artifacts which establish Max Klein as the inventor and main merchandiser of these items are part of the collection.
       In 1992, Michael O'Donoghue and Trey Speegle organized and mounted a show of O'Donoghue's paint by number collection in New York City at the Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery. After O'Donoghue's death in 1994, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History exhibited many key pieces from O'Donoghue's collection, now owned by Speegle, along with works from other collectors in 2001. Since then, the vintage kits and paintings have experienced a resurgence through yard sales and eBay auctions.
       In 2008, a private collector in Massachusetts assembled over 6,000 paint by number works dating back to the 1950s from eBay and other American collectors to create the Paint By Number Museum, the world's largest online archive of paint by number works.
       In 2011, The Museum of Modern Art in New York accepted four early designs of paint by number by Max Klein for its Department of Architecture and Design, donated by Jacquelyn Schiffman.
       In May 2011, Dan Robbins and Palmer Paint Products, Inc., together developed and brought to market a new 60th-anniversary paint-by-number set. This collectors' set was created in memory of the survivors and those who had lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and depicts the Twin Towers standing in spirit across the Manhattan skyline. A portion of the proceeds of this set is being donated to the charitable organization Voices of September 11th.

 Some very industrious ( and cute) students finish 
their color-by-number assignments.

Friday, July 8, 2016

"C is for Christopher Columbus" Primer Page

"When Christopher Columbus stood the egg upon
 its end,
 He solved a weighty problem that no one could
 comprehend--
Perhaps it was the puzzle whose solution clearly
 showed
 The psychologic motives of the hen that crossed
 the road.
 Perhaps cold storage minstrels never might have
 heard of this
 If it hadn't been for Chris"
Reading Level: 4th and 5th Grade
Genre: Prosody
Theme: Biography/Historical Figure

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

"G is for Galilei Galileo" Primer Page


"Galilei Galileo was an early man of
 science;
He was happy when inventing, or dis-
cussing an appliance;
 Pendulums, he found by study, were precise in
 every wobble-
Showing how old Father Time went in his never-
ending hobble."

Reading Level: 4th and 5th Grade
Genre: Prosody
Theme: Biography/Historical Figure

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"D is for Diogenes" Primer Page

"Diogenes lived in a tub
 His fellows analyzing;
 These words were carved upon his club:
 "First Class Philosophizing.""
Reading Level: 4th and 5th Grade
Genre: Prosody
Theme: Biography/Historical Figure

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The Second Half of Alphabet Animal Flash Cards by C. B. Falls

       A flashcard or flash card is a set of cards bearing information, as words or numbers, on either or both sides, used in classroom drills or in private study. One writes a question on a card and an answer overleaf. Flashcards can bear vocabulary, historical dates, formulas or any subject matter that can be learned via a question-and-answer format. Flashcards are widely used as a learning drill to aid memorization by way of spaced repetition.
       Paper flashcards have been used since at least the 19th century, with Reading Disentangled (1834), a set of phonics flashcards by English educator Favell Lee Mortimer being credited by some as the first flashcards. Previously, a single-sided hornbook had been used for early literacy education.
       The following set of Animal Alphabet flash cards are the second half of those alphabet prints designed by C. B Falls. (Get the first half here.)
N if for newt.
O is for orang.
P is for pelican.
Q is for quail.
R is for rooster.
S is for swan.
T is for turkey.
U is for unicorn.
V is for vulture.
W is for wolf.
X is for xiphius.
Y is for yak.
Z is for zebra.

Alphabet Flash Cards by Charles Buckles Falls

Samples of Alphabet Flash Cards.
       Charles Buckles Falls, also known as C.B. Falls (December 10, 1874 – April 15, 1960), was an American artist, most known for his illustrations and writings. He is the author and illustrator of several books, including The ABC Book. He is also known for his World War I poster advertisements, such as Books Wanted.
       Charles Buckles Falls was born on December 10, 1874, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In his early twenties he moved to Chicago, where he began his career as an architect's assistant and as a sketch artist for the Chicago Tribune. While working as an architect's assistant, he taught himself how to draft and ultimately became a freelance artist. Unhappy with his salary, Falls left the Chicago Tribune and moved to New York City around 1900. While in New York, he struggled to find work until he met the artist and author Joseph Pennell.
       On March 15, 1917, he married Bedelia M. Croly, with whom he had a daughter, Bedelia Jane. Many of his books were dedicated to his daughter, including The ABC Book, which he created to help her learn the alphabet. This book has since entered the public domain. I have cleaned it's pages for you to print for your own personal use. Make a set of alphabet prints for the nursery or classroom or laminate them to use as flash cards. (Second page of animal alphabet flash cards here.)

A is for antelope.
B is for bear.
C is for cat.
D is for duck.
E is for elephant.
F is for fox.
G is for giraffe.
H is for horse.
I is for Ibis.
J is for jaguar.
K is for kangaroo.
L is for lion.
M is for mouse.

Gem Numbers: Five

A fun way to color the number five, include colorful gems.
Description of Coloring Page: number four, gems or jewels, a number set fit for royalty by Kathy Grimm


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"F is for Franklin" Primer Page

"Fame twined a wreath on Franklin's brow
 A-many years ago-
 And yet, how many people now
 The reason for it know?
 Was it because he wisely wrote
 Poor Richard's Almanac
 (One of the few, we pause to note,
Which testimonials lack)?
Reading Level: 4th and 5th Grade
Genre: Prosody
Theme: Biography/Historical Figure

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Mosaic Numbers: Five

How many shapes can you find inside of the number five?
Description of Coloring Page: number five, mosaic, geometric shapes, identify the shapes

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