Free Printables

Hundreds of free preschool, homeschool and kindergarten downloads, especially for teaching reading.

Resources for teachers, parents and other caregivers to use with children who are beginning to read and write.

Our free preschool, homeschool and kindergarten printables and beginning to read downloads are great learning resources for young children and teachers. They will be enjoyed by children in preschool and grade school as well as those who are home-schooled. Parents, caregivers and teachers will want to use these materials at home or at school with beginning readers and writers.

Our free, printable, early learning dowloads include high-frequency sight words for children learning to read, word family printables and word family flip books for beginning readers, alphabets, writing paper for kids, nursery rhymes, songs and fingerplays for preschool and kindergarten circle time, pictures of rhyming words, word searches, crossword puzzles, and more. These free teaching resources are great for children in preschool, kindergarten and the early primary grades. They are especially helpful for homeschooling families.

Most of these materials have been used with children in our Getting Ready to Read and Beginning to Read programs. In most cases, we print the materials onto cardstock, laminate them with our Scotch® Laminating Dispenser and are “good to go.” We have used the laminator in a home office for many years and have never had a problem with it. We like the convenience of a cool (no heat) laminator as it is always ready.

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Free Printable Alphabets

Storytime Standouts offers a variety of free printable alphabets for children in preschool, kindergarten and the early primary grades. We have grouped the alphabets together and you will find all of the free printable alphabets here. We suggest using the alphabets to make matching games, help a child to learn alphabetical order and/or letter sounds or decorate a bulletin board.

Free Printable Writing Paper for Kids

Storytime Standouts offers free interlined writing paper for children, visit our Writing Paper page to see the entire collection. We hope you will use the interlined paper to inspire young writers.

We have tried to match seasonal themes and the sort of topics a kindergarten or grade one child might write about. We regularly add interlined paper to the website.
If you would like to suggest another theme, please contact us using the email link.

Free Printable Preschool, Homeschool and Kindergarten Songs, Rhymes, Chants and Fingerplays

Use these songs, rhymes, chants and fingerplays with children in preschool, kindergarten and early primary grades. We have grouped them together on our Songs, Rhymes, Chants and Fingerplays page. We regularly add new songs, rhymes and chants to the website.

If you would like to suggest a song, rhyme or fingerplay, please contact us using the email link.

Free Word Family Printables for Beginning Readers

These word family printables are great for children who are learning to read. We have grouped them together on our Word Family Printables page.

For a beginning reader, discovering that cot, dot, hot, pot and rot are related is exciting. Children who are just learning to sound out words will be thrilled to learn that they can substitute the beginning sound and read three, four or more related words. We view learning about word families as a great springboard for beginning readers.

Free Printable Picture Dictionaries for Homeschool, Classroom and ESL Students

Helpful for beginning readers and writers, these picture dictionaries are all together on our Picture Dictionary page. We know young children get a great sense of satisfaction from using pictures to help them decode words. With these picture dictionaries, they can read a series of related words or they use the words to write a story.

If you prefer, by following the links below, you can access all of our free ESL, preschool, homeschool and kindergarten printables including pre-reading, reading and writing materials for children plus professional resources for caregivers and teachers.

• Writing paper for children who are learning to print or write
• Carolyn Hart’s sample booklists for Ready for Reading and other workshops
• Alphabets – bright and colourful upper case and lower case letters, alphabet dominos, alphabet matching and The Alphabet Song for children who are learning letter names and letter sounds
• Comprehension – including sequencing activities and other ways to support children with reading comprehension
• Fingerplays, Songs, Poems and More – preschool and kindergarten songs, fingerplays, chants and rhymes
• Nursery Rhymes – illustrated nursery rhymes to share with young children
• Phonemic Awareness – rhyming words and phonics activities including matching the beginning consonant sound and matching the ending consonant sound
• Sight Words – high frequency (Dolch) words for beginning readers as well as words together with pictures, arranged by theme
• Seasonal Early Literacy Resources
• Word Families – word family activities for beginning readers including words together with pictures
• Workshop Materials related to Carolyn Hart’s workshops; Ready for Reading, Celebrating Diversity and more

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  15 Tips for Supporting Young Readers and Writers

Storytime Standouts shares tips for parents who want to help children with reading and writing.

  Canadian Picture Book Crossword

  Crown interlined paper

Royalty-theme interlined writing paper for penmanship practise and story writing. Use it for writing about fairy tales.

  Father's Day #1 Dad Interlined Paper

Father's Day Number One Dad writing paper

  Father's Day Golf Interlined Paper

Golf-theme interlined writing paper for penmanship practise and story writing. Perfect for Father's Day.

  Father's Day Interlined Paper

Father's Day-theme interlined writing paper for penmanship practise and story writing.

  Half Interlined Paper

Plain, half interlined writing paper for beginning writers.

  Hockey Theme Writing Paper for Kids

Hockey-theme interlined writing paper for penmanship practice and story writing.

  My First Day of School 'Boom'

Free printable interlined writing paper for the First Day of School

  Pink Shirt Day Writing Paper #2

Pink Shirt Day-theme interlined writing paper for penmanship practise and story writing.

  Quilt Interlined Paper

Quilt theme interlined paper for children, could be used alongside The Quiltmaker's Gift

  St. Patrick's Day Fun Writing Paper

Free printable St. Patrick's Day theme writing paper.

  Storytime Fun with Bears

Storytime Standouts shares bear-themed printables and bear-themed picture book videos from well-loved authors.

  Teddy Bear Interlined Paper

Teddy Bear printing paper for children

  Today I am Thankful for...

"Today I am Thankful for..." interlined writing paper - great for Thanksgiving.

  Why sharing a bedtime story or two is not-to-be missed!

There are many great reasons to read aloud to your children

  Writing paper for kids

Interlined paper for beginning writers. Use with children who are learning to print and learning to handwrite.

  Writing paper for kids - Apple

Apple theme interlined paper for beginning writers.

  Writing paper for kids - Back to School

Free printable Back to school theme interlined paper for beginning writers.

  Writing paper for kids - Camping

Camping theme interlined paper for beginning writers.

  Writing paper for kids - Canada Day

Canada- theme interlined paper for beginning writers.

  Writing paper for kids - Child with Umbrella

Rainy day theme interlined paper for beginning writers.

  Writing paper for kids - Children Love the Earth

Green theme interlined paper for beginning writers.

  Writing paper for kids - Chinese New Year #1

Chinese New Year theme interlined paper for beginning writers.

  Writing paper for kids - Chinese New Year #2 (with Dragon)

Chinese New Year theme interlined paper for beginning writers.