Teachers can explain the differences amongst coloured pencils, crayons, and markers, so students can make the most out of their materials.
Just Enough! Colouring
The Book
Just Enough!
Written & illustrated by Steven Huynh, published by Steven De GC
The narrative encourages students to take only what is needed (ACPPS006, ACPPS022 – Foundation to Year 2 Health and Physical Education), reinforcing fairness in sharing resources like classroom materials. It also explores the negative consequences of overuse by addressing the basic needs of animals—food, water, and shelter (ACSSU002 – Foundation Year Science) —demonstrating how overuse impacts wildlife and habitats. Highlighting environmental changes caused by resource depletion (ACSSU019 – Year 1 Science), fostering the awareness of sustainability. With its rich themes of sharing and environmental stewardship, this story inspires young learners to adopt mindful, responsible habits in their daily lives.
Resource creator
Steven Huynh
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Learning Intentions
• Students learn that different materials, such as coloured pencils, crayons and markers, have different purposes.
• Students learn to use different techniques to make their colouring neat and appealing.
Successful Criteria
• Students can colour in using coloured pencils and/or crayons.
• Students can outline using markers.
• Students can complete their colouring without leaving any white spaces (mouse holes).
Curriculum Alignment
ACAVAM107 8.4 (Visual Arts Foundation,Year 1,Year 2): Use and experiment with different materials, techniques, technologies and processes to make artworks
• exploring a range of natural and man-made materials and technologies to visually express their experiences, for example, paint, pencils, ink, sand, photography and graphically
• comparing the qualities and properties of materials such as paint, crayons, clay and found objects and select appropriate applications to represent something or someone they like
• using techniques to demonstrate various compositional effects, for example, overlapping or crosshatching
• following technical processes and safe practices to make artworks, for example, drawing onto Styrofoam to print on paper
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