Number 15 With a Sailboat Coloring Page

Fifteen is the number where the teens stop being predictable for a moment, because it is the first one whose spoken name changes the sound of the digit. Five turns into fif, and children who are carefully sounding numbers out often stall right here. The fix is to show them that the written number has not changed at all. Point at the 5 on the page, say five, then say fifteen, and let them see that the same digit is doing both jobs. The number is drawn very large as two open bubble outlines with plenty of white space inside. A simple sailboat rests below it on gentle waves with two plain triangular sails, which colour in quickly and give the page something to look at without competing with the number for attention. If your child wants more to do, ask them to colour the sails differently and say which one is bigger. Download the free PDF and print it at full size on US Letter paper.