Art Educator & Content Director
Art educator with 12+ years of classroom experience. Certified in Art Education and Child Development. Helping families and teachers unlock the power of creative play.
12+ Years
Teaching experience
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Emma Brooks is a certified art educator with over 12 years of experience teaching visual arts to children ages 3 through 14. She holds a B.F.A. in Art Education from the School of Visual Arts and a graduate certificate in Child Development from Bank Street College of Education.
Emma spent eight years as a lead art teacher at a progressive elementary school in Portland, Oregon, where she developed curricula that integrated coloring activities with social-emotional learning. She has written for national parenting publications and presented at NAEA (National Art Education Association) conferences on the therapeutic benefits of coloring for children.
As Content Director at Top Coloring Pages, Emma combines her classroom experience with evidence-based research to create guides that help parents, teachers, and caregivers make the most of coloring time. When she is not writing, she is testing new coloring supplies with her two kids or leading community art workshops at the local library.
Can coloring actually reduce stress? I dug into the research on coloring pages for stress relief and found the science is more solid than expected. Here's what works, what doesn't, and how to build a coloring practice that actually helps.
Everything from holding the pencil right to advanced blending techniques. A practical guide to getting better at coloring with colored pencils, no art degree required.
Easy Christmas coloring activities for families with kids of all ages. From advent calendars to DIY ornaments, here are ideas that actually work.
Coloring pages aren't just time-fillers. Teachers use them for transitions, subject reinforcement, differentiated learning, and motor skill development.
A practical guide to choosing between crayons, colored pencils, markers, and gel pens for coloring pages. Recommendations by age group and budget.
That quiet coloring time is doing more for your kid than you think. Here's what the research says about motor skills, focus, and emotional development.