Coloring Advent: how to use the 24-door calendar at home and in class
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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.
An Advent calendar is often a box of chocolates behind 24 small doors. The Coloring Advent from Amy Color Club works in a similar way, but behind each door there is a coloring page. From 1 to 24 December, one door opens each day. The calendar is free.
The doors are on the Coloring Advent page. A door opens at midnight, Amsterdam time, on its day. A door that has opened stays open, so you can go back to earlier pages at any time. After 24 December, the pages stay on the site.
Each page belongs to the Winter Forest theme. You open the door, look at the page and print it on A4 in portrait orientation. Print at 100 percent, as you would for any page on the site.
At home: one page a day
A calendar works best with a fixed moment. After dinner, before bed or on Saturday morning: choose one time and keep it.
If several doors are open, let your child choose which page to color. They can also go back to earlier days. Keep the printed pages in a folder. By the end of December, you have a small coloring book of your own.
If you want the page in your inbox every morning, you can sign up for the daily email from the Coloring Advent page. This is optional. You can also simply print from the site.
In the classroom: the whiteboard view
For classrooms there is a separate version: the classroom view of the Coloring Advent. It is made for a whiteboard or projector. The teacher shows the page of the day, and the children color on paper or on a worksheet.
A simple routine works well:
- Start with a conversation. What can you see on the page? Which season is it in the Winter Forest?
- Color for ten to fifteen minutes. A page with more detail takes longer. Let the children set the pace.
- Hang the pages up. After a week, the wall shows the whole month so far.
For younger children, choose a page with large shapes. Older pupils can choose a page with more detail. If you want to add a holiday page to the mix, try the Christmas star or the big Christmas bauble. Both are free to print.
Keep the pages clean
Print at 100 percent. Scaling the page to fit the paper moves the lines and can cut off the edges. If you print for a whole class, print one sheet first and check it before you print the rest.
Use ordinary printer paper. Crayons work well on it, and markers may come through. A thicker sheet is safer for markers.
Use the pages with care
The pages are free to print and color. The terms of use on the site apply to the pages in the calendar too, so read them before you share a page.
To finish
A calendar with 24 doors does not need to be complicated. One page a day, a fixed moment and a place to keep the printed pages is enough. If you want more winter pages in the same spirit, the winter coloring pages are a good next step.
