When Should A Toddler Start Coloring. And even the elderly can color as long as they can still hold a marker or crayon. Baby babble will start forming into words somewhere around 12 months although the sweet sound of your childs first words may appear as early as nine months says Kimberly Scanlon a speech.
Hollier says It is typically a bit later that toddlers are able to name colors. For example 1 yellow pom-pom 2 red pom-poms 3 green pom-poms etc. What we see here is that around the age of 3 children start being developmentally capable of trying to stay in the lines.
However it takes them a little longer to be able to name the colors.
And even the elderly can color as long as they can still hold a marker or crayon. The skills they need for coloring in are going to be the start of your child writing. But regardless of how long you spend on it coloring is a really beneficial activity for kids of. Why should kids color.