Letter Y Coloring Page

Print Y and make a yellow day of it: color the letter yellow and name other yellow things. Say the Y sound and offer words such as yes, yard, yarn, yellow and yo-yo. Coloring takes ten minutes. Teachers can hang the page with a yarn string or a toy yo-yo. If a child prefers a screen, Color online lets them fill the letter by tapping it with a finger.

Y combines a V on top with a short stem below, so it uses diagonal strokes that meet and a vertical line. Children usually write the V part well and then forget where to attach the stem. Coloring the stem in a separate color teaches the join. Y is also unusual because it acts as a consonant at the start of yes and as a vowel at the end of happy, a point worth sharing with older children later.

The Y has a fork on top and a stem below, so color the two arms in one shade and the stem in another. Yellow is the natural pick, though yarn-style stripes or yogurt pink work as well. Color the stem first if it tends to get forgotten, then add the arms. For a variation, let the arms be a pair of raised hands. Press New version for another bubble pattern.

Why is Y sometimes a vowel?

At the end of words like happy or my, it makes a vowel sound. At the start, as in yes, it is a consonant. Leave that for later and begin with the consonant sound in yes.

How do I help with the stem of the Y?

Color the stem first in a different color, then add the V on top. Children see the stem as a base that holds the arms up, which fixes the join in memory.

What activity goes with a yellow Y?

Make a yellow table: banana, a yellow crayon, a yo-yo, some yarn. Ask the child to find the letter sound in each name. Hang the colored Y beside the collection when finished.