3 Benefits Of Coloring For Teens and Adults

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3 Benefits Of Coloring For Teens and Adults

Coloring is not just an activity for kids anymore! Coloring books and coloring pages for adults and teens are extremely popular.

Here are three benefits:

Coloring takes adults and teens away from the present.

You don’t need an airline ticket to relax and get away, simply bring out your crayons and download some coloring pages. This will help you relax and unwind without having to leave your home.

After students have finished a required assignment for an English class, savey teachers will have optional coloring pages available for those who finish early or for students to take home. One of the top TPT sellers, Tracee Orman, has coloring pages for Romeo and Juliet that are sure to take Shakespeare to a more meditative level in the classroom and beyond.

Coloring activates both parts of the cerebal hemisphere.

When we use logic to pick up a color for a particular shape or pattern, we use the analytical part of the brain. Yet, when we choose to mix and match colors, we use the creative side of the brain. This helps incorporate both areas of the cerebral cortex which controls vision and helps with coordination and fine motor skills.  This is one of the reasons that young children are taught to color early on as their coordination and fine motor skills are developing.

Utah Roots has incorporated this knowledge into color-by-number products which not only keep kids engaged in learning, but also encourages them to use both creativity and logic.

“Kids like to color and it's relaxing, it keeps them engaged in learning.  For me, that's the biggie.  With color by number work they are not so intent on “being done” as they are with the usual kind of worksheet.  They want to get the right answers because if they get wrong answers it ruins the picture.  They'll even say things like, ‘Wait, that answer doesn't make sense because I'd be using PINK for that part of the picture.’  So then they take another look at the question and see where they made a mistake.” 

Another popular resource by Utah Roots is Color by Numbersheets which are edible.

Classroom teachers may purchase them on TPT and customize them by

creating unique lessons for their own classrooms. Her templates can be incorporated into a variety of subjects and/or center activities.

Coloring is theraputic.

Are you in a rut? Do you need a change in your daily routine? Coloring pages can help adults and teens be more comfortable and relaxed at the end of a long day. For those who multi-task, coloring can provide a reliable “safe” task to do each evening that will help relieve the tension created during a stress filled day. You might even rediscover yourself and find out you can write that comic book you always thought about, or you can create a notebook of your poetry and illustrate it yourself. You could even create stationary and greeting cards to sell on etsy?

Students with epilepsy have found that coloring easily calms them down and allows them to relax, which, in turn, helps alleviate epileptic attacks. Coloring can help them prepare for holding a pen or pencil for classroom writing.

One of the most important benefits of coloring books for adults is that they help spark creativity. Coloring books and pages help people become more creative in their jobs, analytical thinking activities, work and play.  Coloring transports a person back to the stress free days of childhood. Those happy memories promote relaxation and optimistic for the future.