Colour in with Numbers

Turn number recognition into a colourful adventure where every correct choice helps reveal the picture.

Children love colouring, but when colouring also requires them to recognise numbers, follow a key and carefully match each number to the correct colour, playtime becomes valuable learning time too.

Colour in with Numbers is a printable activity resource designed for children aged 5 years and older. It contains 13 different colour-by-number pictures, each divided into numbered sections. Children use the colour key provided at the top of each page to work out which colour belongs in each section and gradually bring the hidden scene to life.

What’s Inside?

The booklet includes a variety of fun, child-friendly scenes to complete. The activities feature pictures such as a caravan, frog, butterflies and a ball, a merry-go-round, a campfire scene, swings, a camping scene, a castle, an underwater scene and more. Each picture uses its own number-and-colour key, so children need to pay attention to the instructions on every new page.

Depending on the activity, children work with numbers matched to colours such as blue, green, yellow, purple, pink, red, orange, brown and grey. Some pages use up to 9 different number-and-colour combinations, providing a little extra challenge as children progress through the booklet.

Why Teachers and Parents Will Love It

Sometimes the best learning activities are the ones children don’t immediately recognise as “work”.

While they’re concentrating on turning a black-and-white page into a colourful picture, they’re also practising number recognition, matching, following instructions and paying attention to detail.

That makes this resource useful for more than simply keeping little hands busy. It provides a calm, purposeful activity that can be used in the classroom, during homeschooling, for additional practice at home or whenever children need an enjoyable independent task.

And because every page presents a new picture and colour key, children have a fresh little puzzle to solve each time.

Advantages of This Resource

• Reinforces number recognition in a fun and visual way
• Includes 13 different colour-by-number pictures
• Encourages children to match numbers with the correct colours
• Develops concentration and attention to detail
• Gives children practice following a simple set of instructions
• Encourages visual discrimination and matching skills
• Colouring supports fine-motor control and pencil/crayon handling
• Different colour keys encourage children to check instructions rather than rely on memory
• Provides an enjoyable independent activity
• Suitable for classroom activities, homeschooling and extra practice at home
• Pages can be printed individually, allowing teachers and parents to choose activities as needed
• Combines creativity with early number skills

Age: 5+ years
Pages: 17
Activities: 13 colour-by-number pictures
Format: Digital PDF

This is a digital, printable product. No physical booklet will be shipped. After purchase, download the PDF and print the activity pages you would like to use. Colouring materials are not included.

Give children a reason to practise their numbers without another page of ordinary number drills. With Colour in with Numbers, every number they recognise brings them one step closer to discovering the colourful picture hiding on the page.