Alphabet "B" Coloring Pages

"B" is for "Banana"

"B" is the 2nd letter of the alphabet.
The word on this coloring page is Banana. It sounds almost the same in English and Japanese!
On the left side, there is a picture of a bunch of 3 bananas.
Underneath, the word "Banana" is written in outline letters, with the pronunciation in Katakana too.
Say "banana" out loud, and then let's start coloring!

How to write uppercase "B" and lowercase "b"

You write uppercase "B" in 2 strokes.
Stroke ① is a straight vertical line from top to bottom.
Stroke ② starts from the top of the line, goes out to the right, and makes the top bump and the bottom bump in one go.
Making the top bump a little smaller and the bottom bump a little bigger makes it look great!
Lowercase "b" is just 1 stroke. Write a vertical line from top to bottom, and without stopping, draw a circle to the right.
Count the 4 lines from the top: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th line. The dark 3rd line is the baseline where the letters sit.
Both "B" and "b" are tall letters that go from the 1st line to the 3rd line.

The name and sound of "B"

The name of Alphabet "B" is "Bee".
Inside words, it makes a quick "b" sound that comes out when you close your lips and pop them open.
The trick is to keep it short without making an "oo" sound at the end.
The "ba" sound in Banana comes from putting this "b" sound together with the "ah" sound.
If you hold your hand in front of your mouth and say "b", you can feel a little puff of air hitting it!

Other words that start with "B"

In the middle on the right, there are 3 small pictures of words that start with "B".
Bear means a bear, Ball means a ball, and Bus means a bus.
People use the words Ball and Bus the same way in Japanese too!
The picture for Bear shows a cute bear sitting down.
Try saying "Banana, Bear, Ball, Bus" out loud, and check if they all start with the "b" sound!

Let's compare uppercase "B" and lowercase "b"

Uppercase "B" has 2 bumps on the right side.
Lowercase "b" has only 1 bump at the bottom.
When you look at them side by side, "b" looks like "B" with the top bump taken away!

Color the Big Alphabet "B" with Your Favorite Colors

Color inside the big Alphabet "B" and "b" at the top right with your favorite colors.
If you color line ① of Alphabet "B" red and the bumps ② blue, you can easily see the stroke order.
It is also fun to use yellow or orange to match the bananas.

How to Color the Bananas and Little Pictures

Color the bananas yellow. Make the stems and tips brown or dark brown.
If you want to make unripe bananas, you can color them yellow-green.
Color the inner curved part of each banana a little darker to make them look nice and round.
Color the bear brown. Use different colors like red, blue, and yellow for the ball. The bus is fun to color yellow or green.

Trace carefully along the bumps

At the bottom right, there are 4 light gray Alphabet "B"s and 4 "b"s in a row.
Use a pencil to trace them slowly in the correct stroke order.
For Alphabet "B", draw the straight line first. Then go back to the top and draw the bumps.
Make sure the bottom of the letters rests right on the third dark line.
When you finish tracing, try writing them by yourself in the open space on the right.

Finally, let's read the words out loud

When you finish coloring, try coloring the word "Banana" on the left in yellow too.
Point to Alphabet "B" with your finger and read them in order: "B, buh, Banana," "Bear," "Ball," and "Bus."
It is a great idea to keep your finished coloring page by hanging it on the wall or putting it in a folder.

Bananas are members of the grass family, not trees

Banana plants grow tall, so they seem like trees, but they are actually a type of grass.
The part that looks like a trunk is made of many leaf bases layered together.

A bunch of bananas is a "hand" in English

A cluster of bananas is called a hand in English.
And each banana can be called a finger, which means a finger on a hand!
That is because the bananas lined up look just like a hand and fingers.

"B" and "d" are easy to mix up

Lowercase "b" and "d" look like they are flipped left and right.
For "b", the straight line comes first, and the circle comes next.
For "d", the circle comes first, and the straight line comes next.
If you remember the stroke order, it gets easier to tell them apart!

A Bus is a Vehicle "for Everyone"

The word Bus is short for omnibus.
It came from an old Roman word that means "for everyone."
That is the perfect name for something anyone can ride!