Kids Coloring Application

Mouse handling is one of the crucial part to acquire computer related knowledge. Usually for kids, it starts with some mouse-driven drawing application. Children draw arbitrary lines trying to control the movements of mouse-pointer and clicking of the mouse buttons. It is important to notice that accurate positioning and clicking is essential to draw even a simple line. I watched my 2 year old nephew drawing such arbitrary lines for almost a week. For the first time users, especially children, it becomes nearly impossible to control the mouse pointer on the screen. So I thought, that before anything else, I should teach him to control the pointer position on the screen. That was how, I designed a simple coloring application with “easy to pick” colors and paint parts of a pre-drawn picture. In the begining, I held his hands on mouse and taught him to pick a color and click on a part of the picture to fill that particular part with the selected color. A few days later, he was able to pick up color and paint pre-drawn pictures on his own quite accurately. He still draws arbitrarily, but now with more mouse control. I am sure, he will master it soon. Download Page: Source Code (VB6) for Kids Coloring Application. Below are a few coloring pages I created for the application.