You say: "Color the ball blue."
You say: "Color the dog brown."
You say: "Color the sun yellow."

Each of these is an instruction. That is three instructions in a very short time. When you think about it, none of these instructions is important.

You talk about what you're doing: "I like coloring."
"I'm making a yellow sun."

At the end of the activity, you give an instruction: "It's time to put the crayons in the box."

This is an important instruction that you do want your child to do. If you eliminate the first 3 unnecessary instructions and save your use of instructions for the really important one you help your child.