The Letter "U" is for umbrella

U stands for Urn, Ursula and Unicorn.

       The letters U, V and Y were all taken from the letter "Upsilon," and it may have been derived from the queer Hebrew form of "Ayin" which closely resembles Y. the letters U and V were interchangeable. Upsilon, known as the "Samian letter,"  was used by Pythagoras as an emblem to represent the parting of ways--the young man making a choice in life.

Our "U" Coloring Pages Thus Far:

• "U is for umbrella" alphabet coloring page, letter recognition, plus sentence and letter tracing for both upper and lower case Uu
• Color by Letter Uu

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More About The Letter "U":

• The Illuminated Letter "U" at The Grimm Scriptorium

The Letter "V" is for violets, veggie man and vegetables

       The letters U, V and Y were all taken from the letter "Upsilon," and it may have been derived from the queer Hebrew form of "Ayin" which closely resembles Y. the letters U and V were interchangeable. Upsilon, known as the "Samian letter,"  was used by Pythagoras as an emblem to represent the parting of ways--the young man making a choice in life.

Our "V" Coloring Pages Thus Far:

1. "V is for violets" alphabet coloring page, letter recognition, tracing upper and lower case Vv, trace a sentence including the word "violets"
2. "V is for vegetables" alphabet coloring page, letter recognition, tracing upper and lower case Vv, a sentence including the word "vegetables" 
3. "V is for veggie man" alphabet coloring page
   

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More About The Letter "V":

• The Illuminated Letter "V" at The Grimm Scriptorium
• V is for Vine Primer Page

The Letter "W" is for: window, wise men, wake up!, waiting, woodpecker, walnuts, woman and weightlifting

       Our Anglo-Saxon forefathers contributed two letters, W (wen) and another often confused with Y, called "thorn." These were introduced during the thirteenth century. The French always called the former letter double vay, and in English it may be said to represent double U, as its name indicates. The letter "thorn" had the value of the digraph "th," and "ye" in old English should be pronounced "the" like the definite article.

Our "W" Coloring Pages Thus Far:

1. "W is for wise men" alphabet coloring page, for Christmas coloring, letter recognition
2. "W is for walnuts" alphabet coloring page, word and letter recognition, upper and lower case Ww,  practice tracing your letters
3. "W is for woman" alphabet coloring page, word and letter recognition, upper and lower case Ww,  practice tracing your letters
4. "W is for warm winter coat" alphabet coloring page, word and letter recognition, upper and lower case Ww,  practice tracing your letters
5. "W is for wake up!" alphabet coloring page, practice upper and lower case letter Ww, tracing Ww and sentence, letter recognition
6. "W is for weightlifting" alphabet coloring page
7. "W is for waiting" alphabet coloring page, practice upper and lower case letter Ww, tracing Ww and sentence, letter recognition
8. "W is for wreath" alphabet coloring page
9. "W is for woodpecker" alphabet coloring page, practice upper and lower case letter Ww, tracing Ww and sentence, letter recognition
10. "W is for warthog" alphabet coloring page
11. "W is for window" alphabet coloring page , practice letter Ww
12. "W is for watercolor" alphabet coloring page, Ww in the context of a sentence 
13. "W" is for walking in chilly weather... 
14. "Ww" is for Weasel Writing and Coloring 

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More About The Letter "W":

• The Illuminated Letter "W" at The Grimm Scriptorium
• W is for Wagon Primer Page

The Letter "X" is for xylophone

       Although we have no direct need for the letter X, for Z can be substituted for it when it is used as an initial letter, and "ks" when used elsewhere, it has remained in the alphabet since its frequent use by the Greeks. It came from the Roman X (eex) which may have been derived from the Greek "ksi." The latter resembles the Phoenician character "samech," meaning a post or support.

Our "X" Coloring Pages Thus Far:

• "X is for xylophone" alphabet coloring page, plus tracing letter Xx, recognizing capital X, the word "xylophone" used in a sentence
  

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More About The Letter "X":

• The Illuminated Letter "X" at The Grimm Scriptorium

The Letter "Y" is for yellow

       The letters U, V and Y were all taken from the letter "Upsilon," and it may have been derived from the queer Hebrew form of "Ayin" which closely resembles Y. the letters U and V were interchangeable. Upsilon, known as the "Samian letter,"  was used by Pythagoras as an emblem to represent the parting of ways--the young man making a choice in life.

Our "Y" Coloring Pages Thus Far:

1. Color the things that are yellow because "Y" is for yellow
   

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More About The Letter "Y":

• The Illuminated Letter "Y" at The Grimm Scriptorium
• Y is for Yard Primer Page

The Letter "Z" is for zebra and zoom!

Z stands for Zany, a foolish Young Fellow.

       The dagger "zayin" from which we obtain our Z must have been important in the daily lives of the Greeks, Hebrews and Phoenicians for it occupies the sixth place (Zeta) and the seventh in the latter alphabets. The Romans did not change its name or shape, but although there has been little change in 2,000 years we see little resemblance to the short sword in the letter the Romans gave to us.

       Many slight changes that have occurred in the formation of the letters of the alphabet may be accounted for. At first the Greeks wrote from left to right in one line and from right to left on the next line -- a mode of writing which has been termed "boustrophedon" because it runs as an ox plow does in a field, up one furrow and down another. It is due to this fact that many letters were reversed from their original prototypes. 

       The small letters of the alphabet, sometimes called "lower case" letters because printers keep them in a case below the capitals, or "minuscule letters" in contrast with "majuscule," or capital letters, illustrate further changes due to rapid writing of capitals in a cursive or running hand.

       The few characters selected by Phoenicians, the great traders, artificers and farmers of the ancient world, not only influenced Greek literature and life, Roman and modern nations of Europe, but also spread eastward to the very walls of China. The Hebrews copied them as a whole and retained the original names with only slight variations. They did change the shapes because a different writing instrument was employed.

       According to a legend, Jehovah gave the letters to Moses, hence all the left curves in Hebrew letter form turn upward-as symbols of a finger pointing heavenward.

       The Phoenician alphabet is also the parent of the Arabic, Indian, Javanese, Corean, Tibetan, Coptic syllabaries and alphabets. No small country ever gave such a great gift to humanity; no large country could have given a greater gift. by Otto F. Ege

Our "Z" Coloring Pages Thus Far:

1. "Z is for zoom!" alphabet coloring page, plus upper case letter Z tracing and sentence including the word "zoom"
2. "Z is for zebra" alphabet coloring page, letter recognition and trace Zz 
3. Color Letter Zz
   

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More About The Letter "Z":

• The Illuminated Letter "Z" at The Grimm Scriptorium
• Z is for Zachary Primer Page

"B is for burro" alphabet coloring page

A family of burros.

Description of Coloring Page: three burros, landscape, fence, trees, farm, upper and lower case b, letter recognition and coloring

How to Use This Alphabet Coloring Page:

1. Help little ones to become familiar with reading and writing every day. Don't be too demanding of any child under five years of age. Just repeat the words and point out the upper and lower case letters. Gradually he or she will begin to retain the information.
2. Talk about other words that start with the same letter.
3. Talk about how words may rhyme with the words used on the page.
4. Remind your young student of the shared experience both while you are coloring the sheet and practicing their writing and when you may be seeing or doing a similar activity depicted on the coloring page. Example: "Remember when we colored a burro and wrote the word burro?
5. Practice coloring and writing for just a few minutes everyday; especially during mid-morning when children are most alert and do not tire as easily. Practicing regularly helps develop their small motor skills and also conditions young students for academic environments.

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Color this wastepaper basketball challenge...

Description of Coloring Page: a little boy challenges his dad to a game of wastepaper basketball, pet cat, table, crumpled paper

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Talking with Dad Coloring Page

 

Description of Coloring Page: a small girl talks happily with her father, easy chair, toys on the floor, teddy bear, doll, pet cat

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The kid gloves

Description of Coloring Page: I've drawn this from a very early watercolor by Grace Drayton; it is a derivative work folks. winter muff, winter coat, kid gloves, large felt hat trimmed with roses

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She so shy and polite...

Description of Coloring Page: I've drawn this from a very early watercolor by Grace Drayton; it is a derivative work folks. long dress, ruffles, old-fashioned bonnet, net gloves, big bows, shawl 

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She spies the nest...

Description of Coloring Page: I've drawn this from a very early watercolor by Grace Drayton; it is a derivative work folks. candlestick holder, bird's nest, mamma and papa birds, nightgown, curly locks, smile

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