We are pleased to add to our colouring pictures collection, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back free colouring pictures-to print-and-colour. All are based on the wonderful characters in books by Theodore Geisel, who's pen name was, famously, Dr. Seuss. These wonderful colouring pictures should be part of your child's early childhood education program.
The famous cat in these colouring pictures is the same as the character from the Cat in the Hat. This character appeared in at least six of the Seuss books. Of course one of the things that is most lovable about this anthropomorphic feline is his human characteristics. Everyone, including young children, can see people they know in the way The Cat in the Hat behaves.
The fun plot in this book is instead of Thing One and Thing Two, the Cat brings along Little Cat A, nested inside his tall red and white striped hat. Little Cat A lifts his hat to reveal Little Cat B, who does the same introducing us to Cat C, and so on down to the microscopic Little Cat Z. In this manner Dr Seuss has introduced all the letters of the alphabet to your children.
Colouring activity is an important part of any child's early childhood education and development. While some may not see the educational benefit in colouring they are sorely incorrect. Colouring helps develop and maintain good eye to hand coordination. Colouring allows children to develop self confidence and creativity when they are allowed to color and re-color the same picture with different colour schemes.
Colouring pictures, when tied with the same subject parents are reading about to children develops a child's love of learning. This has the resulting fantastic benefit of teaching the joy and importance of books and reading.
Children engaging in colouring activity with other children, especially mixed boy and girl groups, get a head start on development of social skills and working with others. Children should be given multiple copies of any colouring picture and allowed the freedom to do what ever they want with those colouring sheets.
Children should not be forced to stay with in the lines, especially at the beginning. Even if they turn the sheets over and draw their own pictures it's okay. Let them explore, be creative and develop their own sense of art appreciation. Often you will find it an amazing experience just to provide the materials and then stand back and let them do their own thing. Just be there ready to help when they ask for it.Putting examples of all types of colouring for display after the children are done, not just the perfect examples, allows children to understand that creativity allows for wide variations and mutations of the same presentation. A valuable concept for children to grasp at a young age.
To access these color picture examples just click on the image you wish to use. The color examples can be enlarged and left on screen as a color guide if desired. Or it can be printed out on your own printer in colour.
The drawing that is not colored is meant for you to enlarge, save to your computer and give to your child. Just click on the drawing you want and it will enlarge. The using steps appropriate for your own computer, usually a right click with the mouse on the drawing, save to your computer and print out for use by your child. Please let us know how your child enjoyed The Cat in the Hat Came Back Colouring Pictures-to Print-and-Colour.
Click on Any Picture to Enlarge and Save to Your Computer
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