I like coloring books.

This is a picture of a coloring sheet. A perfectly good coloring sheet.

I may sound like the worst future teacher in the world, but I have no problem with coloring sheets. They, when used in the right way, can be a very resourceful tool. When a teacher gives children the same worksheet and tells them to color, of course it's not good. But when they're there with things like labels (so the children know what the picture is) or pictures that go along with the lesson plans, they become a resource. Sometimes children need something to go off. When they're expected to know the difference between a crocodile and an alligator, how are they supposed to learn? By the teacher showing them pictures and telling them the differences? No. When the children get a sheet that has a picture of a crocodile and a picture of an alligator, they can color and learn at the same time. In a classroom, especially with younger children, when you ask them to draw you a house, you get scribbles, which is a house for them, but it doesn't accomplish the purpose. It's easier to have different coloring sheets of houses and let the children decorate it how they want. It's still their work and their creativity, but it also serves the purpose of the assignment.

Coloring sheets also help show development. When a child starts to color inside the lines, they've reached a new stage of development. They can't do that if there aren't any lines. So, coloring sheets are a good thing, even if I am the only person in the world that thinks so.