Alphabet "R" Coloring Pages

"R" is for "Rabbit"

Alphabet "R" is the 18th letter of the 26 letters in the alphabet.
The word for this coloring page is Rabbit. It means usagi in Japanese.
On the left side, we drew a rabbit sitting quietly with its long ears standing straight up.
You can also see its round tail on its bottom.
Say "rabbit" out loud first, and then let's start coloring!

How to write uppercase "R" and lowercase "r"

You write uppercase "R" in 2 strokes.
Stroke ① is a straight line going from top to bottom.
For stroke ②, make a curve to the right from the top. Go back to the middle of the straight line, and then bring it slanted down to the right.
It looks like "P" with a slanted leg!
The height goes from the top line to the third line on the four-line paper.
Lowercase "r" is 1 stroke. Draw a straight line down, go back up halfway, and curve a little bit to the top right.
Write lowercase "r" between the second line and the third line.

Curl your tongue for the "R" sound

The name of Alphabet "R" is read as "aar".
Inside words, it makes a sound like "ru".
The trick is to curl the tip of your tongue slightly back without touching anywhere inside your mouth.
In Japanese, the "ra-ri-ru-re-ro" sounds touch the roof of your mouth, so it is a little different from English Alphabet "R".
Try saying rabbit, rainbow, robot, and rocket slowly!

Words that start with Alphabet "R"

In the middle on the right, there are 3 small pictures of words that start with Alphabet "R".
Rainbow is niji, Robot is robotto, and Rocket is roketto.
The word rainbow puts together rain and bow, which means a bow shape.
That is because it looks like a bow in the sky after the rain!
Try practicing the sound of Alphabet "R" while playing robot or rocket games with your family!

"Rabbit" has two "b"s

If you look closely at how to spell Rabbit, there are two "b"s side by side.
But when you say it, you only make the "b" sound once.
In English, there are many words with the same letter side by side like this!

Big Alphabet "R" with Two Colors

For the big Alphabet "R" and "r" on the top right, color inside the outlines with your favorite colors.
For Alphabet "R", make line ① red, and line ②'s curve and slant leg blue. This helps you learn the stroke order clearly!
It is also fun to make the big letters with rainbow stripes.

Colors for the Rabbit and Small Pictures

If the rabbit is white, add a little gray shadow to make it look soft and fluffy.
Making a brown or light gray rabbit is great, too.
Color the inside of the ears and the nose pink.
For the rainbow, color from the outside in this order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple. Then it will match a real rainbow!
The robot can be gray or silver, the rocket can be white and red, and the flames behind it are orange.

Tracing the Slant Leg Carefully

On the bottom right, there are 4 light gray Alphabet "R"s and "r"s lined up.
Trace them slowly with your pencil in the correct stroke order.
Here is a trick for Alphabet "R": bring the slant leg all the way down to the third line of the four guidelines.
For the lowercase "r", make the top-right curve short to give it a neat shape.
After tracing, try writing them by yourself in the empty space on the right!

Read the Word to Finish Up

The word "Rabbit" under the left picture has outlines, so you can color it in, too.
If you color just the first capital letter the same as the big letter on the top right, you can easily see how they connect!
When you finish coloring, trace the letters with your finger and read "Rabbit" out loud.
Connecting the picture, letters, and sound makes it super easy to learn!

The Secret of the Rabbit's Long Ears

A rabbit's long ears help it hear small sounds from far away.
That's not all! The ears also work to cool the rabbit down by letting out body heat.
A rabbit's front teeth keep growing forever, so it chews on hard grass to wear them down.

Where the Word "Robot" Comes From

The word "robot" became famous from a play written by Karel Čapek, a writer from the Czech Republic.
In that play, written in 1920, artificial people appear and do work for humans.
It is said that the name was created from a Czech word related to "working."

Look for Rainbows with the Sun Behind You

A rainbow happens when sunlight goes into tiny drops of water floating in the sky and splits into colors.
That is why rainbows show up in the sky on the opposite side of the sun.
In Japan, people say a rainbow has 7 colors, but some countries count them as 6 colors instead.

Rockets Move by Blasting Out Gas

A rocket burns fuel and blasts gas out of its back with great force.
Because it pushes forward with that force, it can move even in space, where there is no air.