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Coloring In

Kindergartners learn to color a picture — picking colors, coloring inside the lines, and adding lots of color — building the fine-motor and focus skills that art helps grow.

KindergartenMaking Art25 minutes1 class periodArtistic ProcessExplicit teaching4 StandardsNCAS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Pick a color.
  • ✓Color inside.
  • ✓Stay in the lines.
  • ✓Add lots of colors.
Essential Question

Coloring is so much fun — you get to fill a picture with pretty colors! How do you color a picture?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Coloring Steps

Project this and have children put the coloring steps in order — pick a color, color inside, all done!

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The Lesson · Artistic Process (Look · Explore · Create · Share · Reflect)

25 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Look — Fill It In

3 min

Coloring is fun — you fill a picture with colors! How?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a coloring page.
  • Ask how to color.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Explore — Coloring In

7 min

Children explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Order the Coloring Steps.
  • Order them.
  • Say each one.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order them.
  • Say them.
  • Name.
3

Create — Create

7 min

Children create.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pick a color.
  • Color inside a shape.
  • Add more colors.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Pick it.
  • Color it.
  • Add more.
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Share — Share

5 min

Children share.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show your picture.
  • Name a color you used.
  • Be kind.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Show it.
  • Name it.
  • Be kind.
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Reflect — Reflect

3 min

Children respond.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name the first step.
  • Show good coloring.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • Show it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Visual Arts).

NCAS
VA:Cr2.1.K

Use crayons to make art.

NCAS
VA:Pr4.1.K

Prepare art to share.

NCAS
VA:Cr1.2.K

Plan colors for a picture.

NCAS
VA:Cr3.1.K

Care for a finished artwork.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Coloring-step cards.
  • Sentence frame: “First ___, then ___.”
  • Color together.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with pick and color.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Color a big shape.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Color a whole page.
  • Blend two colors.
  • Stay in the lines.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 💻Order the Coloring Steps
  • 📄Coloring pages
  • 🌈Markers
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

colorto fill with crayoncrayona coloring stickinsidewithin the lineslinesthe edges of a shapepickto chooseaddto put morepicturea drawingartsomething you make
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What do you do FIRST to color?
Pick a crayon color.
QUESTION 2
Where do you color?
Inside the picture, staying in the lines.
QUESTION 3
What can make your picture pretty?
Adding lots of colors.

Reflect: color a picture.

Have children color a picture at home, staying inside the lines and using lots of colors. A printable coloring sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Coloring InPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: add, art, color, crayon, inside, lines, pick, picture
  1. to put more
  2. the edges of a shape
  3. within the lines
  4. a coloring stick
  5. a drawing
  6. to choose
  7. to fill with crayon
  8. something you make

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What do you do FIRST to color?
  2. Where do you color?
  3. What can make your picture pretty?
Answer key — Part A: 1) add · 2) lines · 3) inside · 4) crayon · 5) picture · 6) pick · 7) color · 8) art
Part B: 1) Pick a crayon color. 2) Inside the picture, staying in the lines. 3) Adding lots of colors.