Inspiring kids to learn new reading skills is the reason we created Reading Buddies. Use these coloring sheets and activities to inspire your new reader to develop the skills they need to become lifelong fans of reading.

Let’s Have Some Fun!

Coloring Pages

ACTIVITIES

Follow along with Dott and Dusty with handwriting strokes for letter formation through the illustration of familiar objects!

Curriculum Focus:  Introduction to letter stroke language (directionality) through drawing activity.

  • Episode 1: Dott adds grass to Alphabott’s illustration and introduces Dusty to the term vertical.

  • Episode 2: Dott adds ladder rungs to Alphabott’s illustration and introduces Dusty to the term horizontal.

  • Episode 3: Dott finishes Alphabott’s illustration by adding rooftops and introduces Dusty to the term diagonal.

  • Episode 4: Dusty gets a lesson in making counterclockwise circles as Dott completes Alphabott’s flower petals.

  • Episode 5: Dott draws wheels on a bike while introducing the term clockwise.

  • Episode 6: Alphabott’s drawing of a cat serves as an introduction to the concepts of half circles and curves.

  • Episode 7: The terms vertical, diagonal, and counterclockwise are reviewed as Dott teaches Dusty about stick figures.

  • Episode 8: Alphabott’s submarine needs a periscope…Dott teaches Dusty a new word and a formation that uses a curve and a vertical line.

  • Episode 9: Alphabott’s pirate drawing gets a hook as Dusty learns about the shape of a curve.

  • Episode 10: Concentric circles are the subject of Alphabott’s drawing of lollipops.

  • Episode 11: Curves are the focus of another drawing, this time by adding ears to a face.

  • Episode 12: Half circles forming a wave are made by Dott as she finishes Alphabott’s drawing.

  • Episode 13: Dott finishes Alphabott’s caterpillar drawing by making counterclockwise circles.

  • Episode 14: Dott demonstrates how to make a horse by using a vertical line and a curved hill.

  • Episode 15: The term vertical is revisited as Dott helps Alphabott finish her rocket ship drawing.

  • Episode 16: The terms half-circle, curve, and horizontal are reviewed as Dott finishes Alphabott’s sunset drawing.

  • Episode 17: Alphabott’s drawing of a mountain range is completed as Dott adds diagonal lines.

  • Episode 18: Dott uses a curved line to draw the door to an elf house on Alphabott’s drawing.

  • Episode 19: Alphabott’s sundae gets topped with a cherry that Dott draws with a counterclockwise circle.

  • Episode 20: Dott finishes Alphabott’s bird drawing by making a beak with diagonal lines.