Coloring a shape

I am fascinated by motor and cognitive development. In the past week or so, I realized that Elisabeth can completely color in a given shape. (That doesn't mean that she stays within the lines; it means that there is no white space left within when she is finished.) I had been trying to teach her to stay within the lines, and her first step was not to do that, but to fully shade the area within.

Just today we tried the same experiment again, and one figure she filled in entirely (with lots of overflow) and another she stayed entirely with in the lines, but drew only a few lines (and didn't fill it entirely). It will be fascinating to see how quickly that next milestone comes.