Letter U Is for Umbrella Coloring Page

This page pairs a hollow capital U with a hollow lowercase u and stands an open umbrella below them, its canopy divided into a few large panels and its handle curling at the bottom. U is one of the friendliest letters in the alphabet because both cases are essentially the same single valley, a stroke down, around and back up, with the lowercase adding a short tail on the right. A child who can draw the capital can nearly always draw the lowercase straight afterwards. That makes this a good page to place after a harder letter. The umbrella repeats the same curve at a larger scale across the top of its canopy, so the sheet practises the shape three times without ever saying so. The canopy panels are wide and plain, which invites children to colour them in alternating shades, and the curved handle gives one last stroke to follow. Print it for an alphabet unit, a weather topic or a rainy day when an indoor activity is needed anyway.