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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.
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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
Displaying 176 to 200 of 254 preschool and kindergarten early learning printables.
Nursery Rhymes
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a classic Nursery Rhyme written by Jane Taylor
Phonemic Awareness
Match the Beginning Consonant Sound
Cut the pictures apart and have children match the initial consonant sound - a great way to support the development of phonemic awareness.
Match the Ending Consonant Sound
Another way to help children develop phonemic awareness. Matching the ending consonant sound is more difficult than matching the beginning consonant sound.
Match the Rhyming Words
24 Pictures of rhyming words (king, ring, bee, tree, hat, cat, mouse, house, bed, red, clock, lock, tire, fire, bear, chair, train, chain, skate, gate, fox, box, frog, dog)
Match the Rhyming Words - Set 2
24 pictures of rhyming words (whale, sail, hook, book, wig, pig, stamp, lamp, wet, jet, five, hive, hair, stair, fish, dish, flower, tower, clip, hip, moose, goose, ghost, toast)
Short Vowel Word Match Game
Pictures to match with words.
Seasonal
Father's Day Word Search
Free printable Father's Day-theme wordsearch for children
Five Little Pumpkins
Use as a action chant or a felt board story
St. Patrick's Day Word Search
Free printable St. Patrick's Day Word Search for children.
Thanksgiving Day Crossword Puzzle
Free printable Thanksgiving-theme crossword puzzle for children.
Things You Can Learn From Mom
Wordsearch
Valentine's Day Crossword Puzzle
Free printable Valentine's Day crossword puzzle for children.
Winter Fun Word Search
A free printable Winter theme word search for children
'Twas The Night Before Christmas Crossword Puzzle
Challenge older children with this crossword based on the traditional Christmas poem by Clement Moore
Sight Words/Picture Dictionaries
Baking Cookies Picture Dictionary
Free printable baking cookies picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten, grade one and ESL.
Bathtime Printable Picture Dictionary
Free printable picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.
Beach Picture Dictionary
Free printable picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.
Christmas Picture Dictionary
Free printable Christmas picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.
Color Picture Dictionary
Free printable color picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one. Also great for ELL and ESL
Easter Picture Dictionary
Helpful for children who want to read and write about Easter, this picture dictionary is also suitable for English Language Learners.
