Guides for Parents and Teachers

Short, plain answers to the questions we hear most, with sources where it matters.

• Benefits of Coloring for Kids: What It Really Helps With

  What coloring does for young children, from hand strength to focus, what the evidence supports, and what it does not.

• What Age Do Kids Start Coloring? Scribbles to Pictures

  When children usually start scribbling, holding a crayon and coloring pictures, and how to help at each stage.

• Best Paper for Coloring Pages: Crayons, Markers and Pencils

  Which paper to print coloring pages on for crayons, markers and colored pencils, and how to stop markers bleeding through.

• How to Print Coloring Pages for Free (Phone, Tablet or Computer)

  Print free coloring pages at the right size from a computer, phone or tablet, save ink, and pick Letter or A4.

• Color by Number for Kids: How It Works and What It Practices

  How color by number works, what it gives kids practice in, when to start, and when free coloring is better.

• Ad-Free Coloring Apps for Kids: What to Check Before You Download

  What "no ads" should mean in a kids coloring app, the in-app purchase traps to watch for, and a checklist for parents.

• Coloring Pages for the Classroom: Ideas, Printing and Rules

  Ways teachers use coloring pages in class, how to print a class set cheaply, and what our free pages allow.