Big curves make up the capital S and the lowercase s at the top of this letter S coloring page. Below them, a sun with eleven pointed rays smiles next to a snail with eyes on two stalks and a spiral shell. It is an easy page for ages 3 to 5, and both pictures start with the S sound.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "the capital letter S and the lowercase letter s side by side, drawn large as hollow outlined letters ready to color across the top half of the page, with a smiling sun and a snail below them". The sun and the snail sit side by side below the letters, and both have wide open smiles.

How to use it

Sun and snail make a good pair for a week on the letter S, and a speech therapist can have a child name each picture to practice S at the beginning of a word. The S and the s have long curves, so an occupational therapist can ask a child to color slowly along each bend and stay inside the outline. A family can count the eleven rays together, then color the sun yellow and the rays orange. To make a page with a child's favorite animal and the letter S, create your own letter page.