15 Back to School Coloring Pages to Ease First-Day Jitters

New backpacks, new teachers, new routines — the start of the school year is exciting, but it can also bring on real nerves for kids who like predictability. Coloring pages built around school scenes give kids a low-pressure way to get familiar with what’s coming, before the first day actually arrives.

Turning Nerves Into Familiarity

Talking through “what will happen” is one of the best ways to ease first-day anxiety, and a coloring page gives you a natural prop to do it with. Coloring a school bus, a classroom desk, or kids walking through the school gate is a chance to walk through the routine together in a relaxed, no-pressure way.

15 Back to School Pages

• Teacher Desk
• School Library
• School Music Class
• School Sports Day
• School Friends
• Packing School Bag
• School Bus Stop
• Welcome Back to School
• Lunch at School
• Happy Kids Going to School
• Cute School Bus
• First Day of School
• School Backpack
• Classroom Desk
• Teacher and Students

A Simple Countdown Activity

Try coloring one page a day during the last week of summer — by the time school starts, the routine already feels a little familiar. Find the rest in our Back to School collection.