Z comes last in the alphabet, and this letter Z coloring page ends an alphabet unit with a zebra and a zipper. The zebra smiles on the left, with stripes on its body, legs and neck and a tuft at the end of its tail. On the right, a tall zipper stands upright with its pull tab in the middle and its two sides spread apart at the top. The letters are big, empty outlines, so the page is easy for ages 3 to 6.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "the capital letter Z and the lowercase letter z side by side, drawn large as hollow outlined letters ready to color across the top half of the page, with a zebra and a zipper below them."

How to use it

A speech therapist can have a child say zebra and zipper before coloring each one, since both start with the z sound. A preschool teacher can show the path of the Z with a finger. It goes across the top, down at a slant and across the bottom. The narrow spaces between the zebra's stripes suit an occupational therapy session on careful coloring. To put a child's favorite animal under any letter, start a letter page with that animal.