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

Displaying 201 to 225 of 254 preschool and kindergarten early learning printables.

Sight Words/Picture Dictionaries

  Fall Picture Dictionary

Free printable Fall picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Farm Animal Word Match

Simple farm-theme matching activity for beginning readers.

  Farm Picture Dictionary

Free printable farm picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Firefighter Picture Dictionary

Free printable firefighter picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Gardening Picture Dictionary

Free printable gardening picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Halloween Picture Dictionary

Free printable Halloween picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Ice Hockey Picture Dictionary

Free printable ice hockey theme picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one. Also great for English Language Learners.

  Royalty / Fairy Tale Picture Dictionary

Free printable fairy tale picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  School Picture Dictionary

Free printable school picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one. Also a great resource for ELL / ESL

  Sight Word Domino Game Part 1

Download and print Part 1 of our Sight Word Domino game for beginning readers. This can be used to help new readers to read high-frequency sight words confidently and fluently.

  Sight Word Domino Game Part 2

Download and print Part 2 of our Sight Word Domino game for beginning readers. This can be used to help new readers to read high-frequency sight words confidently and fluently.

  Sight Word Domino Game Part 3

Download and print Part 3 of our Sight Word Domino game for beginning readers. This can be used to help new readers to read high-frequency sight words confidently and fluently.

  Sight Word Tic Tac Toe

Download and print our Sight Word Tic Tac Toe game for beginning readers. This can be used to help new readers to read high-frequency sight words confidently and fluently.

  Sight Words 1 to 60

Download and print these high-frequency sight word flashcards for beginning readers to learn. This is the first set.

  Sight Words 121 - 180

Download and print these high-frequency sight word flashcards for beginning readers to learn. This is the third set.

  Sight Words 181 - 240

Download and print these high-frequency sight word flashcards for beginning readers to learn. This is the fourth set.

  Sight Words 61 - 120

Download and print these high-frequency sight word flashcards for beginning readers to learn. This is the second set.

  Spring Picture Dictionary

Free printable Spring picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  St. Patrick's Day Picture Dictionary

Free printable St. Patrick's Day picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Thanksgiving Picture Dictionary

Free printable Thanksgiving picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Time Picture Dictionary

Free printable Time picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Valentine's Day Picture Dictionary

Free printable Valentine's Day picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Vehicle Picture Dictionary

Free printable Vehicle picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Weather Picture Dictionary

Free printable weather picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.

  Winter Picture Dictionary

Free printable Winter picture dictionary for readers and writers in kindergarten and grade one.