Coloring books for daycares, preschools and early childhood specialists
For daycare staff, speech therapists, librarians and anyone who works with children ages one to three: what is in the book, which pages you may print free for a group, and how to order in bulk.
This page is for adults who use coloring pages at work rather than at home: toddler rooms in daycare centers, home visiting programs, early intervention and speech services, library story time, parent groups and church nurseries. What all of that work has in common is a group of children at different levels and very little time to prepare, which changes what makes a page usable.
Two features of a page matter particularly for group sessions. A thick, clearly visible outline suits children who still hold the crayon in the whole hand. And one large drawing per page helps to keep attention from being pulled away by extra detail.
The word printed under each drawing is there for the adult as much as for the child. It gives you something to say and something to point at, and it turns a coloring page into a short exchange about what is on it. In a Spanish speaking setting the word is in Spanish, because the Spanish edition is a separate book with its own words rather than an English book with a translated cover.
The free pages on this site may be printed in any number for children in your care, at home, in a classroom, in a daycare, in a library or in a waiting room. No permission and no attribution are needed. What is not allowed is selling them, putting them behind a paywall, or gathering them into a collection you pass on as your own work. Ten pages are available, taken from the book itself and in the same order, so what you print is an honest sample of what the book looks like.
For the book itself, the paperback is sold on Amazon in English and in Spanish and can be ordered in any quantity there. If you need many copies, a set for several rooms, or a printable file for a group, write to us and say what you need and how many children it is for. We answer in English, Spanish and Russian.
Where this kind of page is used
Daycare and toddler rooms
In a group, children may be at different points in the development of drawing skills. Large, simple drawings suit both those who still make sweeping marks across the sheet and those who are already trying to aim at the drawing.
Home visiting programs
What is left in the home has to keep working after you leave, which means the parent needs something to say rather than a worksheet to finish. The word under the drawing is that script: name it, point at it, let the child choose the color. Pages can be printed for every family on your list and handed over to keep.
Early intervention and speech services
Simple, easily recognizable pictures matter particularly for this kind of session. One drawing per page helps to keep the focus on a single word, and the printed word underneath lets an adult name the picture the same way every time. In the Spanish edition all the words are printed in Spanish.
Libraries and story time
A page handed out after story time has to be printable in unknown numbers and has to work for whoever walks in, at any age between one and three. The free pages here can be printed in any quantity with no permission and no attribution, and each one is a page from the book rather than a sample made to look good.
Parent groups and church nurseries
Here the adult and the child work at the same table, and the page has to give both of them something to do. The child colors, the adult reads the word out loud and asks what is on the page. For a Spanish speaking group the Spanish edition carries Spanish words, so the reading part is in the family's own language.
Buying for work
Four pages on what the book is, what it costs, how to get many copies and what you may print, written for the kind of work you do.
- A Spanish coloring book for speech therapy and early intervention with toddlers111 drawings, one per page, the word printed underneath in Spanish. Sold on Amazon in English and Spanish, and available in quantity for a caseload.
- A coloring book to leave with families: home visiting programsA book in the family's own language that stays in the home. English and Spanish editions on Amazon, any quantity, one per family on your caseload.
- The same book for everyone in the room: parent groups and librariesOne title, fifteen copies, one language for the whole room. English and Spanish editions on Amazon, and ten pages free to print for a session or a giveaway.
- Coloring books for a toddler room: daycare and family child careOne book per child or one for the shelf, in English or Spanish. 111 drawings, ordered in any quantity on Amazon.
What is in the book
- 111 drawings, all different, hand drawn
- Thick outlines, no small detail
- One drawing per page
- The word under each drawing, in outline letters that can be colored too
- 8.5 by 11 inches, separate English and Spanish editions
Printing for a group
Ten pages from the book, free, in US Letter and A4. Print as many copies as you need for the children you work with. No permission, no attribution, no account.
See all free pagesFull terms of useWhich page suits a specific child
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Many copies, or something we do not sell yet
Write to us and say what you need and how many children it is for. Larger orders, sets for several rooms, a printable file for a group: if it is possible, we will say so, and if it is not, we will say that too. We answer in English, Spanish and Russian.
Frequently asked questions
Can I print your free pages for my whole group?
Yes, in as many copies as you need, and no permission or credit is required. That covers homes, classrooms, daycare centers, libraries and waiting rooms. The one limit is that the pages may not be sold, put behind a paywall, or collected into a set that is passed on as someone else's work.
Can I photocopy pages from the book for a group?
No. The free pages on this site are made to be printed in any number, and copying the book instead is not something we can allow. If you need one copy per child and a bulk order is a problem, write to us and describe the situation rather than working around it.
How do I order many copies at once?
The paperback is on Amazon in English and in Spanish, and any quantity can be ordered there directly. For larger orders, sets for several rooms, or anything an ordinary order does not cover, write to us and say how many children it is for.
Is the Spanish edition a translated version of the English one?
It is a separate book. The drawings are the same, and the word under each drawing is in Spanish, not an English word with a label added. It is sold under its own title, so a Spanish speaking family or classroom gets a Spanish book rather than a translated one.
What age is this book actually for?
The book is made for children aged one to three, though it is better to look at what a child can do as well as at their age. Past about three and a half, many children find pages like these too simple. The sign is a loss of interest rather than neat coloring.
Can I give the printed pages to families to take home?
Yes. Printing pages and handing them to the families you work with is exactly what the free pages are for, and no permission is needed. The only thing that is not allowed is selling them or presenting them as a collection of your own.
Where the developmental facts come from
Ages on this site are typical ranges, not deadlines. Children reach these points at their own pace, and a few months either way is ordinary.
- Learn the Signs. Act Early.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Hand and Finger Skills: 2 Year OldsAmerican Academy of Pediatrics, HealthyChildren.org
- Developmental MilestonesStatPearls, National Library of Medicine
- Developmental Milestones: Fine Motor and Visual Motor SkillsChildren's Hospital of Orange County