Free For teachers and classrooms

Draw the buddies with your whole class

Put a lesson on the classroom screen and a pencil draws each step, one part at a time. Everyone copies it on paper, and by the end the whole class has drawn a buddy. It is free, it runs in a web browser, and there is no sign-up.

Open whiteboard mode Open the Colouring Book

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Printable A4 sheets

Made for the classroom

Free to use
No accounts or sign-up
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Whiteboard mode
A4 sheets to print
Steps read aloud

Three ways to use it

Whiteboard, paper or tablets

Use one, or mix all three in the same lesson.

On the classroom screen

Draw along on the whiteboard

Open whiteboard mode on your classroom screen. It shows one step at a time in big text, and a pencil draws each new part in blue. The children copy it on paper.

Next button←→ arrow keysPresentation clicker

Show me again replays the step for anyone who missed it.

No devices needed

Print sheets

Press Print in the Colouring Book and choose a sheet. How to draw puts every step on one A4 page with a box to draw in. There is also a tracing sheet and a colouring page.

Every sheet has a space for a name, and none of them need a device in the classroom.

At their own pace

Tablets or computers

Children follow the lesson on their own: tracing first, then with a dotted guide, then freehand. Read-aloud can read each step to children who are still learning to read.

On a shared device, open Settings and choose Start fresh for the next child.

Tap the buttons to try each level of help

What’s inside

Nine buddies to draw, and more to colour

Every buddy has their own step-by-step lesson. Pick one to meet them.

Buddy 1 of 9

Redy

The original!

9 drawing steps
Colour it in
Draw it from memory

Every lesson ends with a challenge

Simple enough for younger children with the tracing help.

Draw it step by step
Colour it in
Draw it again from memory

Bigger pictures to colour

Unia’s Times Tables and Dino’s Fractions are busy scenes full of things to colour in, with times tables and fractions hidden in the picture.

Every picture has a colouring page, with shapes that fill in one tap. There is also a blank page with buddy stickers for drawing anything.

Colouring Book pages: Redy coloured in, with Unia’s Times Tables and Dino’s Fractions

Skills

What children practise

Following instructions

One step at a time.

Seeing pictures as shapes

Circles, ovals, squares and curves.

Pencil control

From tracing, to a dotted guide, to freehand.

Drawing from memory

Remembering the order of the steps.

It isn’t tied to a particular curriculum, so use it wherever it fits your planning.

Tips for a class lesson

Run a lesson in four moves

Let the pencil finish before the children startThen press Show me again for anyone who missed it.
Hand out a How to draw sheet as wellChildren can look back at the earlier steps at their own pace.
Finish with the memory challengePaper turned over, and draw it again without looking.
Simple tools are on by defaultOlder children can switch to the full set of artist’s tools.

Privacy

Safe for school

No accounts, no sign-up and no adverts. Pictures and progress are saved only in the browser on the device being used. Nothing is sent to us or anyone else.

Read-aloud uses voices built into the device. To remove everything from a shared device, open Settings and choose Start fresh for the next child.

No accounts
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Saved on the device only
Device’s own voices

Questions

Teachers often ask

Is the Colouring Book free?

Yes. It is free to use on this website. There is nothing to buy, nothing to install and no sign-up.

Do children need an account?

No. There are no accounts. Pictures and lesson progress are saved only in the browser on the device being used, and nothing is sent to us or anyone else.

What do I need for a whiteboard lesson?

A classroom screen with a web browser. The children only need paper and pencils. Open whiteboard mode, and move through the steps with the Next button, the arrow keys or a presentation clicker.

Can I print sheets for my class?

Yes. Press Print in the Colouring Book and choose a sheet: How to draw, a tracing sheet, a colouring page or a child's own picture. Every sheet is A4, with a space for a name.

Is it part of the Maths Jumper games?

No. It is a drawing app with the same buddies as our games. Two of the bigger pictures, Unia’s Times Tables and Dino’s Fractions, have times tables and fractions in the scene.