Magic Colouring
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30 hidden drawings, sorted by level: one calculation per box, and the drawing only appears if the calculations are correct. Free PDFs, immediate, no email — with solutions.
One level, one programme, 5 hidden drawings
Each PDF follows the class calculation programme — choose your child's level. Hidden drawings: a heart, a shooting star, a fish, a rocket, a tulip, a butterfly, a sailboat, a mushroom, and a crown.
🦉 Kindergarten · 5-6 years old
Recognising numbers from 1 to 8 — 5 colouring pages + solutions.
🐟 CP · 6-7 years old
Additions up to 10 — 5 colouring pages + solutions.
🦁 CE1 · 7-8 years old
Additions, subtractions, and the 2 and 5 multiplication tables — 5 colouring pages + solutions.
🤖 CE2 · 8-9 years old
Multiplication tables of 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 — 5 colouring pages + solutions.
🦖 CM1 · 9-10 years old
Multiplications, divisions, and large calculations — 5 colouring pages + solutions.
🏰 CM2 · 10-11 years old
Decimal numbers and divisions — 5 colouring pages + solutions.
150 calculations per page, and they want more
Magic colouring is probably the best disguised calculation exercise ever invented The child's motivation is to reveal the drawing — not to finish a worksheet. As a result, they complete more than 150 calculations per page without ever asking, “Is it almost finished?”
And self-correction is built in: a calculation error means a box is the wrong colour and stands out in the drawing. The child sees it alone, corrects it alone — no one needs to point out the mistake. It’s exactly the same principle as our memory aids: learning better while feeling like playing.
Everything you need to know
A hidden drawing in a grid: each box contains a calculation, and the legend associates each result with a colour. The child calculates, colours, and the drawing appears — only if the calculations are correct. It’s a calculation exercise disguised as a game.
Yes, 100%. Each level is a free PDF to download and print immediately, no email and no registration, with solutions at the end.
Go by your child’s level: numbers from 1 to 8 in Kindergarten (age 5-6), addition in CP (age 6-7), addition/subtraction and the 2 and 5 times tables in CE1 (age 7-8), times tables in CE2 (age 8-9), bigger calculations and division in CM1 (age 9-10), decimals in CM2 (age 10-11).
The Kindergarten colouring pages help children recognise numbers, the CP ones are all addition up to 10, and the CE1 ones mix addition and subtraction. See the magic colouring pages for CP and CE1.
The CE2 level is entirely dedicated to the tables from 3 to 9, and CE1 works on the tables of 2 and 5. A complete colouring page means more than 150 multiplications solved without thinking about it.
Because the child does more than 150 calculations per page without realising it: their motivation is the drawing, not the exercise. And the mistake is obvious — a box of the wrong colour stands out — so they correct themselves without us having to point out the error.