26 Free Alphabet Coloring Worksheets For Kindergarten!
Looking for some amazing alphabet coloring sheets for your kindergarten students or preschoolers?
The below free printables include alphabet pages for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet!
You might not be surprised to know that coloring your way through the entire alphabet has many educational benefits.
Young children can sharpen those fine motor skills as they color lowercase letters, capital letters, and pictures that start with the letter sound!
Coloring is such a fun way to work on these important building blocks of literacy.
The sheets are a great addition to any letter of the alphabet lesson plans. I even included notes for each letter and links to more alphabet printables that will teach letter recognition skills, writing skills, and more!
****At the bottom of the post you will find simple directions to help you download the pdf file today! No email!
Check Out Your Free Printable Alphabet Coloring Pages!
Letter A is for a-a-apple.
Have your student color the apple a classic red, bright green, or even pink.
Point out the uppercase letter and lowercase letter for this very first vowel.
At the bottom of this page, your child will see the word “apple” in block letters for more coloring!
What other words start with the /a/ sound?
The vowels can be very tricky for young learners. If you are just introducing the letters, stick to the common sound. All the other sounds, such as airplane and automobile, will come in structured reading lessons down the road.
****PSST! Again, each of these letter coloring pages has links to even more letter worksheets. Don’t miss out on more coloring, tracing, and learning!
B is for bear.
Point out the alphabet letters at the top of the page – upper case letter B and lower case letter b.
Have your student color the bear any fun color they would like.
Ask your child what other words make the /b/ sound. What kinds of bears are there?
C is for cat.
Kids of all ages will enjoy coloring a fun picture of a cat! Encourage them to color their dream pet, adding as many details and extras as they like.
D is for dog.
Is this a yellow dog or brown dog? A black dog?
Encourage your child to have fun coloring the dog and adding in any other details, such as dog toys, grass, and flowers.
E is for egg.
Here comes another vowel!
What kind of egg is it? A blue robin’s egg? A speckled egg? An Easter egg? A snake’s egg?
Have your child color the egg accordingly, and then add in whatever extra things they would like around their egg.
F is for fire.
What color is fire? Encourage your student to blend orange, red, and yellow together to make a realistic fire.
What sweet treat can you make over a fire? Smores! Encourage your student to draw a marshmallow and stick over their fire picture.
G is for guitar.
This is a great time to get out of your seat, turn on some music, and play the air guitar with your child!
That would definitely be lots of fun and a memorable way to learn the letter g!
H is for hat.
Color the hat and have a hat on hand for your student to wear all day long.
I is for igloo.
And another vowel is here!
Some kids may not know what an igloo is or how they work. Explain that the ice blocks and packed snow can actually make a warm shelter from the wind and cold.
****You might also want to point out that the capital letter sometimes looks like a lowercase l, and sometimes it has “feet” and a “hat.” It just depends on the font of the book they’re reading.
J is for juice.
Whew! Is it hot outside? You might be thirsty for a j-j-juice! Tell your child to color the juice box their favorite color.
What other words start with the j sound?
****This is another tricky consonant. Steer clear of giraffe, gem, and other silimar soft g words.
K is for kangaroo.
Students may or may not notice that /k/ has the same sound as /c/. If they point it out, simply say that in a later reading lesson you’ll explain when to use each letter. There is a reason!
For now, enjoy coloring your kangaroo and learning about other k words, like koala, kite, and key.
L is for lion.
A joke is a great way to open the activity – “L-l-lettuce color letter L today!”
Kids love a good pun!
Maybe have some l-l-lettuce for l-l-lunch l-l-later with a l-l-lemonade?
M is for mouse.
Your little learner might want to name this little furry guy. M-M-Mike, M-M-Michelle, or M-M-Matt?
Consider having some dried m-m-mango on hand so the child can have an M-themed snack!
N is for nose.
What is a n-n-ose for? Smelling things!
Have the child color the nose and potentially draw something that it is smelling, like a flower.
What other things start with the n sound? Nurse, needle, newt, and net!
O is for octopus.
Vowel alert!
Have the child stand up and move their arms like an octopus to help them remember the short vowel sound.
P is for penguin. So cute!
You may not be able to have hot p-p-pizza for your kids, but you can provide slices of pepperoni as a high-protein snack while they color the p-p-pretty penguin.
Q is for queen.
It would be so much fun to use a little glitter or gem stickers to really make this printable coloring sheet pop!
R is for rose.
Have your student color the rose red, yellow, or any different colors they like. Tell them that these days, roses can be dyed to just about any color – even multicolored!
What other things start with the /r/ sound? Rabbit, ram, and raccoon!
S is for snake.
The s-s-slithery guy on this coloring page may look dangerous, but maybe he just needs some bright colors to cheer him up!
For a follow-up activity, have your student walk and balance a small toy on a s-s-spoon as a fun activity.
T is for turtle.
This little guy may have just hatched from his egg and is about to go out to sea!
Have your child color the little turtle so he is ready for his adventure.
U is or umbrella.
Have your child color the umbrella and add drops of rain coming down.
If time allows, have the students draw themselves under the umbrella, safe from the rain.
V is for vase.
A v-v-vase full of flowers is always nice to have!
Have the student color the vase and add some flowers peeking out of the top!
W is for walrus.
What is this large animal with such long teeth? It’s a w-w-walrus.
Tell the student to color the walrus and add in a beach and ocean waves.
X is for x-ray fish.
Well, sort of.
The correct sound of /x/ is usually heard at the end of a word, such as box-x-x, fox-x-x, and ox-xx.
To get those kinds of coloring pages, see my Letter X Worksheet Packet.
Y is for yak.
One of my favorite ways to teach the letter Y is to make a yarn craft.
If time allows, get y-y-yellow yarn from Dollar Tree, cut it into short pieces, and have the student glue the pieces to this yak!
Such a fun and memorable activity.
Z is for zebra.
Should this baby zebra be black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes?
Look up pictures together and have the student color accordingly.
Why I Picked Each Image For This Free Alphabet Coloring Book
You may have noticed that the design details of these kindergarten alphabet worksheets were very carefully chosen. No coloring images that start with long vowel sounds, soft consonants, or consonant blends are to be found!
As I taught my own three children to read, I started to notice that so many early alphabet practice activities used words or letter sounds that could confuse a new reader.
For example, words like giraffe, knight, cent, ace, and ice show that consonants and vowels can have different sounds.
If your kid is just learning the sounds letters make, it can disrupt the learning process to introduce these complicated concepts too early.
Those are for a later, more structured reading lesson to be taught in late kindergarten or first grade.
So all of these printable activities have images that reflect the short sounds of vowels and the common sound of consonants (no silent letters, soft g, soft c, etc.).
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I hope that you and your kindergarten kids really enjoy these free alphabet coloring pages!
They are a wonderful way to build letter recognition of upper case and lower case letters, phonemic awareness, and maybe even some new vocabulary words!
Their hand muscles will be strengthened as an added benefit.
Once all the sheets are completed, staple them all together for a keepsake alphabet book AND future letter review.
If you are looking for more free kindergarten worksheets and fun activities to do with your students, be sure to check out the free worksheets below.
And grab your copy of the Letter of the Week Movie List for more letter learning fun!
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