Generate a Custom Alphabet Colouring Book
Sample document, instructions, and caveats
Responsible Use
Respectful Use is Key: This tool is intended for positive and educational use. Please be mindful and avoid submitting themes that are overtly inappropriate, harmful, or offensive. Our system is designed to automatically detect and prevent the generation of content that violates these guidelines.
Understanding Context: We recognize that language can be complex, and sometimes themes might have unintended interpretations. To ensure the safety and appropriateness of the colouring books, our system may rephrase or augment your inputted theme.
Sensitive Topics: We are particularly cautious when dealing with potentially sensitive subjects. While topics like body safety and sexual education are incredibly important, this tool is not designed to provide accurate or comprehensive illustrations for such complex themes. In these instances, we will likely adjust the theme to focus on general well-being, positivity, and safe interactions in more general settings.
Review first! ALWAYS!: We use a combination of tools and processes to create your custom colouring book, including generative AI technology. While we have implemented safeguards and checks to minimize inaccurate or inappropriate content, always review the final output before sharing the book with children.
Spot the Oops!: Our AI is a creative beast, but sometimes it gets its wires crossed. Expect the unexpected β maybe a dinosaur sprouts an extra leg, a cat meows "woof," or penguins end up in the Sahara. These quirky errors can be hilarious teaching moments! Spot the mistake with your child, talk about why it's funny, maybe colour over the errors. But remember, while silliness is encouraged, inappropriate content isn't. Always review your creations before letting your child loose with the crayons!
How It Works & What to Expect
We Start with a Story: To create your colouring book, our system first generates a short, theme-related story packed with vocabulary. This story helps us find words for each letter. It also gives you ideas for talking to your child about the colouring book. For an example, check out 'Sheet 2 (Parent Guide)' of our Sample Colouring Book.
Word Choice Quirks: Sometimes, the word assigned to a letter might seem a bit unexpected. For example, if you create a dinosaur colouring book in Romanian, you might expect "brahiozaur" (brachiosaurus) for 'b', but instead get "bunΔ" (hello). This can happen if the story doesn't mention brachiosaurs specifically, and opens with a greeting like "BunΔ copii!" ("Hello kids!"). The system will then use common words from the story when no other word is found. We are actively working to refine this process!
Missing Words: On rare occasions, a suitable word simply can't be found for a letter. In these cases, we will still include a beautiful, topic-related colouring page for that letter. The letter will be printed, but a word and example sentence will not be included. This keeps the alphabet complete!
Language Tweaks: Although we work hard to ensure accurate spelling and terminology, sometimes English or anglicized terms might slip through (like "Brachiosaurus" instead of "brahiozaur" in a Romanian book). We are continuously improving language accuracy. Your patience is appreciated!
Good things take time! Our system generates word-sound associations and corresponding images for every letter and n-gram in your chosen alphabet. This process typically takes 10 minutes or more. In some cases, especially during periods of high demand, generation may take longer, potentially up to 5 hours. We appreciate your patience!
Where to Find Your Book: Once your colouring book is ready (and successful!), it will be available for download in the "Tool Usage" section of your My Account page.
You will only be charged if the process is successful.
A full history of your colouring book creations, including any failed attempts, is available on your My Account page.
Sample Colouring Book
Alphabet colouring book preview: Dinosaur-themed Romanian (beginner) vocabulary with cursive font on writing guide lines, A4 landscape
Download the PDF preview
The sample PDF illustrates the colouring book's structure and potential quirks:
Sheet 2 (Parent Guide): The left panel includes a story related to the theme, providing the source for most of the colouring book's words.
The right panel offers example sentences for letters or n-grams not found in the story, giving you, the parent, ideas for discussing the theme with your
child. Important Note: The story and example sentences on the Parent Guide sheet are always printed in a standard printed font,
regardless of the writing style selected for the
colouring pages. The writing style selection only affects the letters and words on the colouring pages themselves.
Sheet 3 (colouring Pages): Sheet 3 shows a typical colouring page layout: page 1 is on the right, and page 22 is on the left.
This arrangement is designed for easy at-home assembly. See Usage Tips below.
Sound & Image Association: Each colouring page focuses on a specific letter or n-gram sound. Children will color an image related to a word that reinforces that sound. While we prefer words beginning with the sound, sometimes the sound is best practiced within the word (middle or end).
"Fallback" Words Happen: Sheet 3, left panel (for 'a'), shows "astΔzi" ('today') instead of a dinosaur-related word.
This shows our system using common words when theme-specific ones aren't available. See How It Works for details.
English Creep: Sheet 4 right panel (for the letter 'n') shows an example of English text sneaking into an image.
Sheet 7 right panel (for the letter 'q') shows an example of an English word having gotten through our checks.
This is more likely with rare letters (the letter 'q' is very uncommon in Romanian), and something we're working on.
Again, see How It Works.
Instructions
- π¨ Generate the Colouring Book: Navigate to the Colouring Book Tool Page, fill out the form, and click "Generate". The generation process will take 10 minutes or longer. You can download the finished product from the confirmation page if you remain on the page, or from the "Tool Usage" section of your My Account page.
- π¨οΈ Print the Book: Print the entire colouring book.
- βοΈ Prepare the Cover and Parent Guide: Remove the first two sheets (cover and parent guide). Cut these sheets along the cutting guide lines.
- π Cut the Colouring Pages:
- Divide into Smaller Batches (if needed): Depending on the capacity of your paper cutter, you may need to divide the main stack of printed colouring pages into smaller batches (e.g., 10 sheets at a time).
- Cut Each Batch: For each batch, carefully cut the pages in half along the dotted line in the middle.
- Create the Left and Right Stacks: After cutting each batch, you'll have two stacks of pages: a left stack and a right stack.
- If you cut all the pages in one batch: place the ENTIRE LEFT stack on top of the ENTIRE RIGHT stack. This will arrange the pages in the correct order.
- If you cut the pages in multiple batches: keep all the LEFT stacks separated from all the RIGHT stacks as you cut your batches. Place all the LEFT stacks on top of each other, in order. Then do the same for the RIGHT stacks. Then place the ENTIRE LEFT right on top of the ENTIRE RIGHT stack. This will arrange the pages in the correct order.
- In case of mix-ups: Use the small numbers printed in the bottom corner of each page to re-order them.
- π Review and Remove Unwanted Pages: Carefully review all the pages and remove any pages you deem unsuitable for your child. Please email heretohelp@linguwhee.com with the problematic pages and a description of the issue. Your feedback helps us improve the quality of the generated content.
- π Assemble the Book: Place the back cover on the back and the front cover on the front.
- π Staple the Book: Use a heavy-duty stapler to staple the book. For easy page turning, staple in the corner. For the 'real book style', place three staples evenly spaced, vertically, along the gray strip on the cover page.
- π Present the Colouring Book: Share the colouring book with your child! Read and discuss the story, color the images, trace the letters, and practice the sounds.