If you have never used music coloring pages for first piano lessons, then these adorable unicorns music coloring pages and dinosaur music coloring pages are calling to you!

As a piano teacher, there are probably many beginning piano students coming through your studio doors, and often they are very young.

If your new pupils are between the ages of five and ten or even older, you need to have a variety of ways not only to keep them engaged, but more importantly, keep them learning during their time with you.

Enter these two sets of adorable, coordinating music coloring pages that your students are bound to love: unicorns and dinosaurs!

The set of four dinosaur music coloring pages for first piano lessons is absolutely FREE…

And the set of four unicorn music coloring pages for first piano lessons is less than a cup of coffee!

So even if your budget is tight, you can certainly afford these fun but essential music coloring activities for your students to complete.

In each set of music coloring pages for first piano lessons, here’s what you’ll receive in your digital download:

1. Four different pages with North American terms (quarter note, half note, etc.)
2. The same four images, but with U.K. terms (crotchet, minim, etc.)
3. Coloring pages that review piano finger numbers, white piano keys, beginning music symbols, and notes of the middle C position
4. Answer keys that show the completed pictures

Why Use Music Coloring Pages for First Piano Lessons?

Many decades ago when I was a seven-year-old, brand-new piano student, there weren’t any cute musical pictures to color as part of my piano lesson curriculum.

However today, teachers have a myriad of games, activities, and “tricks” up our sleeves that make learning fun.

Oh how I wish there had been cute images like this to color way back in the day when I was just a little girl! There are so many reasons to use these music coloring pages for first piano lessons:

• They provide an interactive and hands-on approach to learning.
• Students who love to colour will be fully engaged in the learning process.
• With the teacher’s help, students will experience success, both in terms of creating a beautiful picture and in learning fundamental musical concepts.
• Off the bench activities such as completing these unicorns music coloring pages and dinosaur music coloring pages is recommended by modern piano teachers as a way to switch things up at the lesson so that young learners don’t get bored!
• When students are having a fun, positive experience at your studio, student retention will soar!

For more insight into fun first piano lessons, read 9 Essentials to Include in a First Piano Lesson.

And now, let’s look at five ways to use these extra special music coloring pages for first piano lessons in your studio.

1. Use Music Coloring Pages in Your Summer Music Camp

Last summer, I ran a couple of music camps that were 2 1/2 hours each day, Monday to Friday.

I used an inexpensive curriculum that definitely needed tweaking. Adding games and activities such as coloring was a must.

I asked the students, “What do you know about dinosaurs?” Every hand went up; they all wanted to contribute their knowledge.

Then I told them that there were actually musical dinosaurs to color that day, and these children were thrilled!

Dinosaurs have been interesting to children and adults for a very long time.  As the teacher, you already have their attention if you can provide them with cute dinosaurs to colour. 😀

So when your summer music camp students need some quiet time, break out the unicorns music coloring pages for first piano lessons and dinosaur music coloring pages for first piano lessons and help them learn as they color!

2. Assign Music Coloring Pages for First Piano Lessons Homework

Right from the beginning, I like my new beginner piano students to learn and follow a certain routine.

One part of the routine is for them to expect a very small amount of written work to do at home in addition to the piano practicing that is expected.

Even after the very first lesson, during which students learn their piano finger numbers, follow up review at home is essential.

Let your students choose between coloring a friendly dinosaur or a whimsical unicorn.

Both of them provide clearly marked segments such as “RH 5” or “LH 3” to color in.  What a novel way to practice finger numbers at home!

3. Complete Music Coloring Pages for First Piano Lessons in the Studio

You may or may not have time for students to completely finish a worksheet during a piano lesson, but here’s what I had in mind:

• Teach a concept such as the white piano keys and the black key groupings in your usual way.
• (For an in-depth guide on teaching piano keys, check out Piano Keys Are a Breeze! 11 Introductory Piano Key Recognition Activities)
• Near the end of the lesson, show your student how to color the related worksheet and have them begin the process with you.
• While the student is waiting for her sibling to have her lesson, she can finish coloring the image at a small table in your studio.
• Alternatively, if a student comes to his piano lesson early, hand out a coloring page that relates to a concept already covered, such as basic music symbols (treble clef, bass clef, double bar line, etc.).
• Ask the student to begin the coloring process while you are finishing up with the previous student’s lesson.  This will hopefully keep the students in the waiting area quiet and give them a head start on their own lesson!

4. Use Music Coloring Pages as a Binder Cover

Do your students have a piano binder in which handouts and sheet music are stored?

If the binder has a clear plastic pocket in the front, simply slip in a completed picture and voila! It will be a proud reminder of your student’s accomplishment.

In the case of a binder that does not have a plastic pocket in front, you can laminate a completed unicorns music coloring page or dinosaur music coloring page and tape it securely to the front of the student’s binder.  I’ve done this and it works!

5. Have a Coloring Contest Just for Your Beginner Students

The notion of having a coloring contest in your music studio has been discussed more thoroughly in 3 Creative Ways to Use St. Patrick’s Day Music Colouring Sheets.

However, the basic idea is that this contest would be exclusively for your beginner piano students who have had three months of lessons or less.

Let them choose among the unicorns music coloring pages and dinosaur music coloring pages and give them a limited time to complete their page.

If possible, ask another piano teacher to be the judge, just to ensure fairness in the judging.  Award a small prize to the winner, and display all the pretty pictures in the studio for at least a week or two.

I recently ran a coloring contest for my students using the St. Patrick’s Day colouring pages, and I was amazed at the participation rate.  Kids love coloring contests! Try it and see!

If your 1-2 year students want to have their own coloring contest, check out the more advanced coloring page, 12 Fabulous Springtime Color by Note Worksheets for Your Young Musicians.

Bonus: Celebrate Unicorn Day, Dinosaur Day, or just have fun!

National Unicorn Day is April 9 and National Dinosaur Day is May 15 and June 1.

But your students will love to complete these unicorns music coloring pages for first piano lessons and dinosaur music coloring pages for first piano lessons any day of the year!

Unicorns, llamas, and dinosaurs continue to be popular with kids, and you can capitalize on their interest by providing these educational and sweet color by music activity pages for them to do.

Grab yours today and watch the learning begin!

• Get unicorns music coloring pages for first piano lessons here
• Get dinosaur music coloring pages for first piano lessons here

For even more fun piano teaching ideas, check out these activities:

• Preschool Rhythm Activity Cards for Engaging Piano Lessons
• The Perfect Keyboard Geography Game for Beginner Piano Lessons
• Save Time With Over 200 Print-and-Go Music Theory Worksheets!