Grades 3–4
Color by Multiplication: Butterfly
Multiplication facts that share products (3 × 4 and 2 × 6 are both 12). Solve every square to see a butterfly.
Classroom activity · Educational coloring pages
Color by Addition: Rocket
Addition facts within 10 in every square. Solve, color and blast off: a rocket appears.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–2
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Practicing a skill through coloring, Following a key, Fine motor control
What kids do
“Solve the problem in each square. Find the answer in the key and color the square that color.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Tip: color lightly with crayons or colored pencils. What picture did you make?
Teacher tip
Let kids use counters or fingers to solve the facts.
How to use it
- Go over the color key together before kids start.
- Have kids solve each square before coloring it.
- Model the first move or the first answer on the document camera.
Watch for
Kids coloring without solving. Ask them to show you one answer.
Talk about it
- What picture did you find?
- What strategy did you use?
Take it further
Have kids design their own color-by key on grid paper.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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Color by Part of Speech: Sailboat
Grammar meets coloring: five parts of speech, five colors and a sailboat on the water.
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Color by Number: Ladybug
The first color by number: just 1, 2 and 3. Big squares, three colors and a ladybug.
Grades 1–2
Color by Subtraction: Ice Cream Cone
Subtraction facts within 10 in every square. Solve, color and a cone with a cherry on top appears.
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