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.
Classroom activity · Educational coloring pages
Color by Number: Ladybug
The first color by number: just 1, 2 and 3. Big squares, three colors and a ladybug.
- Grade level
- Grades K–1
- Time
- About 15 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
“Read the number in each square. Color it the color in the key. Leave the 1 squares white.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Tip: color lightly with crayons or colored pencils. What picture did you make?
Teacher tip
Have kids color all the 1s first, then the 2s, then the 3s.
How to use it
- Go over the color key together before kids start.
- Have kids solve each square before coloring it.
- Use it as a center, an early finisher choice, an indoor recess activity or a sub day page.
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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