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Birds coloring pages for 3 year olds

19 birds coloring pages pitched at 3 year olds, free to print with no account and no watermark. Most are straightforward, with five that step up for a child who is ready for more.

A wide sweep of the bird world, from a peacock with its tail feathers fanned fully open to an owl in glasses, an eagle, a parrot and a flamingo.

They assume a child who copies vertical, horizontal and circular strokes, which is typical at three. If that is not there yet, the age 2 sheets are the better place to start.

Sheets in this set include Round Robin Coloring Page, Know Your Birds: Name and Color and Swan on the Water Coloring Page. Each is one page on A4, laid out with margins wide enough that nothing is lost printing on US Letter.

Five to ten minutes at a time is plenty at this age, and going outside the lines is the expected outcome rather than a mistake. Print in grayscale to save ink, or slide the sheet into a sheet protector and hand over a dry-erase marker so the same page lasts a month.

What most 3 year olds can do

  • •Copies vertical, horizontal and circular strokes
  • •Counts objects up to five with one-to-one pointing
  • •Sorts confidently by a single attribute like color
  • •Begins to recognize the letters in their own name

Averages, not targets. Children vary enormously at this age.

18 birds coloring pages and 1 worksheet for 3 year olds