Teacher Coloring Pages: 25 Free Printables for Kids

Celebrate Inspiring Educators With Teacher Coloring Pages

Enjoy teacher coloring pages to celebrate the educators of the world. There are 25 black-and-white images featuring many school scenes for you to color and customize.

Teachers have been around since Ancient Egypt, and they have formed an integral part of every society since.

It’s important for people young and old to receive an education, and teachers provide this service every single day.

This collection features 25 friendly teachers for you to color, and they are drawn in all sorts of styles and detail levels that artists of any age or skill level can enjoy!

As you work through the collection, there will also be a few facts and statistics that can help you have a better idea of just how hard teachers work every day.

25 Free Teacher Coloring Pages To Print And Color

Smiling teacher holding a notebook free coloring page pdf

1. Smiling Teacher With Her Notebook Coloring Sheet

The first happy teacher that we will meet here has her notebooks ready to go. Teachers need to make sure they have all of the school supplies they need to give effective lessons. Many schools around the world don’t have the budget to supply everything teachers need, so many of them have to use their own money to buy supplies.
teacher and students in a classroom fun coloring sheet

2. Teacher And Her Students In Class

The students in this classroom scene are enjoying the lesson that their teacher is giving! Many early forms of education were meant for boys only, but thankfully that has changed and now everyone can access various forms of education.
Teacher and students raising hands in detailed coloring sheet

3. Students Raise Their Hands

When a teacher asks a question, students will raise their hands when they want to answer it. The students in this scene are all competing to answer the question. Using speech bubbles, you could show what question they are answering. It could be something from your favorite subject, which could be anything from math to spelling.
Teacher celebrating with students free coloring page pdf

4. Gifts For The Teacher

Teachers work very hard, and at the end of the year they may celebrate with gifts from their students. This teacher is getting deservedly spoiled with gifts! An apple is the most famous gift to give a teacher, but there are many things you could give them such as a homemade picture. You could even gift one of the pages in this collection to your teacher once you’ve colored it.
Teacher coloring pages

5. Enthusiastic Teacher Gives A Lesson

You can sense the enthusiasm of the teacher in this scene! Interestingly, the majority of teachers in the US are women, and they make up over 70% of the workforce in schools across the country.
Teacher giving a gold star to a student fun coloring sheet

6. A Student Earns A Gold Star

A gold star is something a teacher can give a student to signify some kind of achievement or good behavior. Instead of coloring the star in this scene, you could place a little gold star sticker over the one that’s drawn.
Teacher giving a lesson with a pointer coloring page for kids

7. Learning The Alphabet With A Teacher

In schools that teach English, learning the alphabet is a formative subject for students around the world. While many languages use the same alphabet as English, many others such as Japanese or Arabic use entirely unique alphabets.
Teacher grading papers at a desk free coloring page pdf

8. Teacher Grading Papers

Students may not always pay attention to the fact that teachers work long after they get to go home. Teachers need to finish a lot of work like grading in their own free time.
Teacher handing out assignments free printable coloring page

9. Teacher Handing Out Assignments Free PDF

Teacher helping a student with homework detailed coloring sheet

10. Student Getting Some Help From His Teacher

Teachers don’t only teach facts but also offer guidance to students who may need help when they’re struggling with a subject. This teacher is taking some time to help this student complete his homework in an encouraging way.
Teacher helping kids with art projects detailed coloring sheet

11. Arts And Crafts With A Teacher

It’s important to learn things like math and the alphabet, but creativity is also important for growing minds. This teacher is helping her student with an art project so that he can express himself better.
Teacher holding a globe fun printable coloring sheet

12. Learning About Our Planet

Using a globe like the one that this teacher is holding is a great way to help students visualize the planet we all live on. There are schools around the world, and it’s believed that the first schools were formed in ancient Egypt around 2000 BC.
Teacher holding a report card fun coloring sheet

13. A Perfect Report Card

You can see why this teacher is so happy to hand out this report card, as the student achieved As in all subjects. You could write your name on this report card to make it look as if you achieved these scores.
Teacher leading a science experiment printable coloring page

14. Fun With Science Experiments

Doing science experiments in class helps to make learning more exciting, as students can see the results of chemical reactions instead of just reading about them. You could use a light coat of watercolor paints to make different colored fumes around the test tubes.
Teacher reading a book to students detailed coloring sheet

15. Teacher Reading A Book To A Student Coloring Page For Kids

Teacher reading a story to young children detailed coloring sheet

16. Story Time At School

The teacher in this scene is really putting her all into bringing this book to life. Reading books and stories is not only fun for kids but also really important, as it can help with comprehension skills, memory and general creativity.
Teacher sitting at a desk with an apple detailed coloring sheet

17. Teacher Ready For The School Day Ahead

It’s the calm before the storm for this cartoon teacher as she’s ready for the day ahead. The board behind her is blank, so you could draw some details to show off what she will be teaching.
Teacher sitting at a desk with books coloring page

18. Teacher Sitting At His Desk With Books

Teacher standing by a bookshelf free printable coloring page

19. Teacher With A Full Bookshelf

Ideally, schools will have lots of books for students to read and study, and this teacher has her students covered. There are some books that are commonly studied by American students, and some popular ones include To Kill A Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby.
Teacher standing in front of a chalkboard coloring page for kids

20. Shapes On The Chalkboard

There are some shapes drawn by the teacher on the chalkboard in this scene, and she could either be teaching younger kids or using the shapes for math being taught to older ones. Chalkboards used to be very common, but while they’re still used in some cases, many schools use pens and whiteboards or even digital screens instead.
Teacher welcoming student to free coloring page pdf

21. Teacher Welcomes A Student To Class

Schools are at their best when they have a welcoming environment. This teacher character is making sure that this student feels nice and welcome. You could add some details to the background to make this scene look like it takes place in a school you’ve been to.
Teacher with a stack of books fun printable coloring sheet

22. Teacher With A Stack Of Books

This teacher carrying a stack of books looks like she could use a bag to carry them in. You could draw a bag that she could use to make her job a bit easier.
Teacher writing a welcome message on the board coloring page

23. Back To School Welcome

Kids may dread going back to school after a vacation, but this teacher is trying her best to make it as welcoming as possible. Interestingly, schools around the world don’t have semesters at the same time of the year. In the USA, schools typically start around August or September, whereas schools in places like South Africa start the school year in January.
Teacher writing math problems on the board coloring page

24. Teacher With Math Problems On The Board Coloring Page

Teacher writing on a whiteboard fun printable coloring sheet

25. Teacher Working On A Famous Math Problem

Things are getting complex as this final teacher works on a complicated math problem. The equation of E=mc² was proposed by famous theoretical physicist Albert Einstein and has become perhaps the most iconic mathematical equation in history. What it all means is lost on me, but this teacher seems confident in explaining what it’s all about!

After You Color Your Teacher Pages

  • Add some details to these teacher characters to make them look like teachers you have had in your life.
  • Customize the backgrounds to look like real schools you’ve attended or seen in TV shows and movies.
  • Look up some interesting facts and write them in some speech bubbles so that the teachers can include them in their lessons.
  • Color and frame one of your favorite pages and gift it to a teacher in your life.
Teachers are often unsung heroes in our society, and so I hope that you enjoyed giving them some praise and love with these pages. There are many ways to have fun with these scenes, so don’t be shy about adding your own details or trying out some interesting art tools and mediums. You can show off your finished art by sharing your pages on social media for all to enjoy!

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