With a preschooler · coloring guide

Start with one page and a few broad shapes.

1. Show three pictures and let your child choose one.
2. Offer two or three colors. Coloring just one large shape is enough.
3. The example is not an answer key. White space and colors outside the lines are welcome.

A few pictures to start

• Autumn Orchard ApplesMostly broad areas

  The apples, bowl, and two leaves are broad and separated with little internal detail.

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• Cat on a Reading ChairMostly broad areas

  The chair and sleeping cat form a few broad shapes with no background detail.

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• Acorns beside a LanternMostly broad areas

  The centered lantern and three acorns have wide, clearly separated shapes.

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These picks have had their visible shapes and detail reviewed. Age suitability, completion time and usability have not been established through user testing.

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Printing and sharing

Print free copies for home, classrooms, childcare, care and healthcare activities. Line art works in black and white. Do not sell or redistribute the source files. Terms

Match the PDF paper size and test one single-sided page per sheet. Do not apply two-up printing again to a PDF that already contains two drawings.

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