Practical tips for home, the classroom and yourself. Every article links to free coloring pages you can print with one tap.
Coloring pages work well at a children's birthday party: as a table activity, as a name card or as a small keepsake to take home. Free pages with cakes and gifts.
Christmas coloring pages for the school holidays, with simple ways to use them at home. A tree, a reindeer, Santa and a present, all free to print.
The Coloring Advent has 24 doors, one for each day of December. Here is how to use the coloring pages at home, in the classroom and on a whiteboard.
Coloring is a hobby for adults too. Which detailed pages suit grown-up coloring, how to set up a calm evening and what you can reasonably expect from it.
What toddlers often do with a crayon at different ages, and which coloring pages suit them. Large shapes, thick crayons and short moments together.
Coloring uses the small muscles of the hand, which is a normal part of school and home life. What you can say about it, what you cannot, and which pages to choose.
A coloring page can do more than fill a quiet minute. Five short activities for the classroom: searching, storytelling, counting, a color rule and sharing work.
Print a coloring page properly: portrait A4, 100 percent scale, no header or footer, the right paper and as little ink as possible. Includes a one-sheet test.
Colored pencils, markers and crayons each do something different on paper. Which tool suits which coloring page, and which paper works best for each.
Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas) is celebrated in the Netherlands on 5 December. Here is how to use coloring pages during the waiting weeks, by age, with free pages to print.
Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas) is a Dutch tradition that many schools cover in early December. Practical coloring ideas for ages 4 to 8, with free pages you can print.
A rainy afternoon at home needs little planning. Coloring pages with rain, umbrellas and cozy indoor scenes, plus ideas you can start without any preparation.
From 1 to 24 December, at half past six. Ready before breakfast. Free, and you can stop whenever you like.
