Colouring is the one learning activity a child will ask for. That is worth more than it sounds: a word met while a child is enjoying themselves goes in without any of the resistance that comes with being taught.
These ten animal colouring pages each carry the animal’s name in English, Hindi and Telugu. Your child colours the drawing, and the word is sitting underneath when they finish. There is no exercise to complete and nothing to mark.
Ten animals, one large drawing to a page, named in three languages. Eleven A4 pages including the cover. Free to print, no signup, no watermark.
Why colour and name together
A child colouring a lion spends two or three minutes looking closely at it. They notice the mane, the paws, the shape of the face. That attention is already doing half the work, because the word lion now has something specific attached to it rather than a vague idea of a big cat.
Compare that with a flashcard, where the picture is on screen for a second and a half. The colouring page is slower on purpose. Slow is what makes it stick.
The ten animals, in three languages
Every page has the English name in large type, with the Hindi and Telugu underneath. If your family speaks one of those at home, say both names. Children learning English alongside a home language do better when the two are allowed to sit next to each other rather than kept apart.
| English | हिन्दी | తెలుగు |
|---|---|---|
| Cat | बिल्ली | పిల్లి |
| Dog | कुत्ता | కుక్క |
| Fish | मछली | చేప |
| Bird | पक्षी | పక్షి |
| Elephant | हाथी | ఏనుగు |
| Butterfly | तितली | సీతాకోకచిలుక |
| Cow | गाय | ఆవు |
| Rabbit | खरगोश | కుందేలు |
| Turtle | कछुआ | తాబేలు |
| Lion | शेर | సింహం |
Ten animal colouring pages on 11 A4 pages, each named in English, Hindi and Telugu. Free to print, no signup.
How to use these without turning it into a lesson
The quickest way to ruin a colouring page is to ask questions while your child is still colouring. Let them finish. The drawing is the thing they came for, and interrupting it to test vocabulary teaches them that colouring now comes with a quiz attached.
When the page is done, three things work well:
- Point and name. Point at the finished drawing and say the English word once. Let your child say it back if they want to. Do not ask twice.
- Ask about the colours, not the animal. “What colour did you make the elephant?” gets a real answer, and it practises a colour word and the animal word in one sentence.
- Put it up. Pin the sheet where your child walks past it. A word seen fifteen times in a week without being asked about is doing more than a word drilled on Monday.
Say the Hindi or Telugu name too
Parents sometimes worry that using Hindi or Telugu will slow English down. It does not. A child who already knows हाथी does not need to learn what an elephant is, only what it is called in English. The home-language word is a shortcut, not a competitor.
There is more on this in our guide to speaking Hindi or Telugu at home while learning English.
Printing notes
The drawings are vector line art, so they stay sharp whatever size you print them. Print in black and white; there is nothing on the page that needs colour ink. If your child is young and still working on control, print at A4 rather than scaling down, because the large shapes are what make the page possible to colour neatly.
You do not need to print all ten. One sheet at a time lasts longer than a stack handed over at once.
What to do after the colouring
The animals here overlap with the animal section of our 100 easy English words list, which adds an example sentence for each one, and with animal names and sounds, where the same animals come with the noise they make. A child who has coloured a cow is unusually willing to moo at it.
Each of those has its own free printable, and you can download all 10 printables from one page.
A note on what this is not
This is a colouring set, not a curriculum. There is no level, no age on the cover and no order to work through. If your child colours the butterfly four times and ignores the rest, that is a perfectly good outcome: they have met one English word properly instead of ten in passing.
Frequently asked questions
Are these animal colouring pages free to print?
Yes. All ten pages are free to download and print for home or classroom use, with no signup, no email and no watermark. Please link to the page rather than reposting the file.
What age are these colouring pages for?
No age is printed on them on purpose. They suit any child who can hold a crayon and is starting to meet English words, which is roughly three to eight, but follow the child rather than the number.
Which animals are included?
Cat, dog, fish, bird, elephant, butterfly, cow, rabbit, turtle and lion. Each gets one full A4 page with its name in English, Hindi and Telugu.
Should I use the Hindi or Telugu name as well as the English one?
Yes. A child who already knows the animal in their home language only needs the English label, not the whole concept. Using both is a shortcut, not a distraction.
Do I need colour ink to print these?
No. They are black line drawings on white, so black and white printing is all you need. Your child supplies the colour.
Keep reading
Animal Vocabulary in English for Kids: Names and Sounds
Twenty eight animals and the sounds they make, in short sentences, with a free printable and animal games.
Vocabulary100 Easy English Vocabulary Words for Kids to Learn at Home
Simple everyday vocabulary children can see, hear, say and use, with a short example sentence for every word.
Will Speaking Hindi or Telugu at Home Slow Down My Child’s English?
Does speaking Hindi or Telugu at home hold back a child’s English? Here is what the research actually says.
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