First Words Coloring Pages for Toddlers
One big picture. One word underneath. Color it, say it out loud, and the word comes along with the coloring.
First words coloring pages pair a single familiar object with its name printed underneath. The child colors the picture; the adult names it. The word is set in hollow outline letters, so it can be colored in as well. There are no busy backgrounds and no second object on the page competing for attention.
Three real pages, exactly as they are printed in the books: the drawing, and the word under it in hollow letters.
How to use them
1
Color
Hand the page over and let the child color. One object, thick outlines, nothing else on the sheet to get lost in.
2
Say
Name what is on the page while they work. Cat. A cat says meow. Where are the cat's ears? Nothing to prepare, you already know the words.
3
Notice the word
The word is printed under the picture in hollow letters, so it can be colored too. Point at it, read it out, move on. No drills, no testing.
First words by topic
A toddler's world is already full of words: animals in picture books, food on the table, buses outside the window, socks on the floor. Pick a topic your child already loves and start there. Every page shows real drawings and lists all 333 words, book by book.
Try a few free first
Twenty animal pages, the same big drawings with the word underneath, ready to print at home. See how your child takes to them before buying anything.
Where these pages come from
Every drawing on this page is a real page from one of our coloring books. Three books, 111 pictures and 111 words in each, one per page, in English or in Spanish.
Questions parents ask
What are first words coloring pages?
Coloring pages that show one familiar object with its name printed underneath. The child colors; the adult names the object and points at the word. The word itself is drawn in hollow letters, so it can be colored in too.
Does my toddler need to read the word?
No. The printed word is there for the adult to say out loud and for the child to look at while coloring. Recognition comes from seeing the same word beside the same picture, not from being asked to read it.
Can a two year old learn words from coloring pages?
A coloring page does not teach on its own. What it does is give the adult an easy, unforced reason to name something and talk about it while the child is busy and happy. The naming is what matters, and the page makes it effortless.
Why only one picture on each page?
A page with one object gives a small child a job they can finish. Two or three pictures on a sheet split attention and the page gets abandoned halfway. One object also means one word, with nothing to point at by mistake.
Should the word be uppercase or lowercase?
Ours are printed with a capital first letter and the rest lowercase, the way the word appears in a book. The letters are hollow and wide, so a child can color inside them long before they can write them.
Are the pictures the same in the English and Spanish books?
Yes. Same 111 drawings, same order, same page layout. Only the printed word changes: Cat in the English edition, Gato in the Spanish one.
Can I print these at home?
The free sample pages, yes, on ordinary printer paper. The full books are available as printed paperbacks and as printable PDF files in US Letter and A4.