Ever get stuck looking for quality FREE printable for kids? I do! All the time, just as I think I’ve found a great one I land up on a site that wants to charge me for it or I land up on something utterly different. I’m not going to tell you some of the disasters I’ve had.
With our children stuck indoors and potentially missing periods of school, we need all the resources we can get! If you follow AllThingsMomSydney you will know that I’ve been collating great FREE Online Resources For Kids which will keep your child entertained for a little bit without you having to be too involved.
After that post went live a few people reached out to me asking for help with information about where to get good printables.
Now, after a search I’ve found some really really great FREE Printables For Kids. I’ve tried to ensure that there is no need to “login” or “subscribe” to anything to be able to access these free printables.
While there are thousands and thousands of these online, I’ve checked all of these and printed out some of them for my own kids so hopefully they are all easy to access and trustworthy for you too. If you have any issues with these, please reach out to me so that I can resolve it immediately.
FREE Printables for Kids
I’ve tried to focus on printables that are beneficial to our kids education or skills. Slightly beyond colouring in, these should help with pencil control or letter formation, writing or mathematics or understanding abstract or conceptual ideas.
Most of these are for kids who are in preschool or just started school. I know that these are easy for my son who is 7 but he will still like just doing them to keep busy so I would say that they are probably not challenging at all for kids ages 6+ but rather just fun to play with. But… But all kids are at different levels so there is no guarantee really, is there.
I am so unbelievably grateful to all the people who created these FREE printables for kids. Being stuck inside is no fun when you have kids who need to be entertained so this is a great way to get it done at the moment.
Pencil Control
This is such an important basic skill. It’s where all the fine motor skills come together. You may brush this off as boring or too simple but it is absolutely essential. Especially now with a lot of learning going online and kids typing more than writing.
Links:
This one is a little harder with lots of sharp twists and turns.
Link: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/71/8d/7c/718d7c03d3efde9a9c96e5e31bc79507.jpg
The next link is to a site called Planes and Balloons and it’s brilliant with lots of activities. I’ve added a link to tracing circles from this site which is really difficult for kids in junior school, not just the little little ones. This is great for pencil control and fine motor skills.
Link: https://www.planesandballoons.com/2018/02/26/tracing-circles-worksheets/
Literacy
This covers everything to do with reading and writing.
Colouring In Letters
Your child can work their way through the alphabet, colouring each letter as they go and understanding how it works in words and what it looks like in Upper Case and Lower Case.
Link: Kindergartenworksheets.net https://www.kindergartenworksheets.net/alphabet-worksheets/letter-a-coloring-worksheet.html
Tracing Letters
Again, this seems really easy to do but good letter formation is the key to writing properly later on. I know, I have a 5 year old whose handwriting is better than my 7 year old and it all comes down to having not been strict with his letter formation years ago.
Links:
- https://www.supplyme.com/collections/digital-downloads/products/free-lowercase-letter-tracing-worksheets-a7591?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=Social
- http://123kidsfun.com/app-extras-123-kids-fun-alphabet/?epik=dj0yJnU9QzZYTVlMN2QteUdPYVV1TEo4M0pHVlJIWW5mWDhRODMmbj1SYmJFbnRQbm1JUjBNQVFQQUZsREZnJm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRjNwcGpz ; or
- http://123kidsfun.com/images/pdf/alphabet_extras/123kidsfun_com_alphabet_1.pdf for a single sheet
Find The Letter
I love this activity sheet and it has to be one of my favourites of the free printables for kids!!
I printed it out as soon as I saw it. Your child has to find the letter. What is interesting is that younger kids know their alphabets and can identify the letter but not always if you muddle the order up or stick a letter in which a bunch of others. This is a good way to test letter recognition.
What I did to prolong the activity is have them colour each letter in a different colour or shade of colour so it became a colouring-in activity too.
Link: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f8/cb/27/f8cb275625c07b3000df41c87fc86b93.jpg
Alphabet dot-to-dot
Well I have never done an alphabet dot to dot but my 7 year old assures me it is something he has done before. Thank goodness for school hey!
Link: Education.com https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/alphabet-dot-to-dot-doghouse/
Read and Colour
To colour in the picture correctly you have to read which colours to use. Even if your child can’t read the entire sentence, just identifying the name of the colour is a huge development.
Link: Educativeprintabe.com https://educativeprintable.com/free-printable-worksheets-for-5-year-olds/
Maths
Number Tracing
This is the second step to pencil control. Once they’ve practiced following those curves on the pencil control exercises, move on to actually tracing numbers or letters as above. Link:
Links:
- https://www.kindergartenworksheets.net/numbers-worksheets/traceable-numbers-worksheet-printable.html
Counting and Writing Numbers
Count the insect and write in the number. This is just a single page.
Link: https://media.madebyteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/25020357/Cute-Insects-Write-How-Many.png
Counting and colouring
Colur in the number of blocks or circles you need to match the number.
Link: (a single page) https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8a/bc/35/8abc354cb68ae7a75765b60ea93f977b.jpg
Link: (not English) https://zelenaucionica.com/brojevi-8/
Draw the correct number of spots on the ladybird.
Link: (a single page) http://www.preschoolactivities.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/animal-number-count-worksheet-6.jpg
Fill in the missing number
Here your child has to work out where the missing number fits in the sequence. I wish I could find more of these from a good source, these are really great.
Link: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/af/e0/65/afe065b8530c3788ec394285a8d975db.jpg
Patterns
Make or complete a pattern. I’ve heard that patterns are the start of coding…
Link: (a single page and it’s in Russian, I think but we can still use it to teach patterns).https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/e8/10/a1e810f49946b43e36b138e83cbaabac.jpg
Link: (a single page again) https://i.pinimg.com/originals/65/07/3c/65073c2412b023a92b9ca5caa3c9041e.jpg
Dot-to-dot // Connect the Dots
A whole bunch of Easter themed dot-to-dots.
Link: https://www.woojr.com/easter-connect-dots-printables/ or for a single page head to https://www.woojr.com/easter-connect-dots-printables/easter-eggs-dot-to-dot/
An easy dot to dot for the little ones.
Link: (a single page) https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a7/66/e2/a766e24239d96fd39f8db3dd17b41282.jpg
Not sure how this one will turn out when you print it but thought I would share it anyway. Let me know if you try it. It’s just the one page.
Link: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8b/e9/1c/8be91c5517e7a28b204f2d3cb5836ae0.jpg
Snow White Dot to Dot and a Tinkerbell. Just the one page on each unfortunately.
Links:
Snow White: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c1/be/d4/c1bed48837a300d64b30e43d3f3bc6b2.jpg
Tinkerbell:
http://www.connectthedots101.com/worksheet/12003-Shiny-Tinkerbell-dot-to-dot
Colour by number
Link: Education.com https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/color-number-butterfly/
Education.com is a great website for free printables for kids!
A Paddington Bear themed colour by number. There is only one page here.
Link: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f3/c2/3e/f3c23ee19785b3fc604d09177fa0dee9.jpg
Here are easy colouring by numbers. Again, each of these are only one page.
Links:
- minnie mouse: https://www.bestcoloringpagesforkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Color-By-Number-Minnie-Mouse.jpg
- goofy: https://www.bestcoloringpagesforkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Pluto-Color-By-Number-Sheet.jpg
Addition and Subtraction
Colour in the heart with the corresponding colour based on the number that the simple sum adds up to.
Link: (a single page) https://aboutpreschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/heart-collecting.pdf
This comes from Aboutpreschool.net which is a great site for resources.
Colour the picture based on the answer to the simple addition sum.
Link: https://www.bestcoloringpagesforkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dog-Math-Color-By-Number.jpg
Here are a few addition and subtraction printables in one.
Subtraction only: https://educativeprintable.com/subtraction-worksheets/
Conceptual Learning
Shapes
In these colouring in sheets you have to colour in all the shapes that are the same, the same colour.
Links:
Direction
Colour in the arrows with different colours for different directions.
Link: Aboutpreschool.net https://aboutpreschool.net/fun-activities/colored-arrows-2/
Spot the Difference
Here are six spot the differences with an Easter focus. Starting with just 5 to find and then moving onto 10.
Link: http://123kidsfun.com/easter/
I Spy
This one needs no explanation and seeing as we can’t go outside we may as well find ways to play it inside.
Link:
- https://i0.wp.com/www.papertraildesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/I-Spy-nature.jpeg
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/7133/1938/files/I_SPY.pdf?v=1585195483
- https://i0.wp.com/www.papertraildesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/I-Spy-camping.jpg
Mazes
I’m not sure what developmental skill this enhances but it must do something. I’m interested to know if you do know what it teachers kids.
Link: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/7133/1938/files/MAZE.pdf?v=1585195482
Telling the time
This category is specifically for my 7 year old. He told me he hates telling the time analog style and having to write it out. It may sound like i’m torturing him but when it comes to conceptual and abstract learning he is generally excited so if he says he hates something, it means he doesn’t understand it or hasn’t mastered it.
Link: Education.com https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/telling-time-quarter-hour-4/
And just for fun
Walker Books
The team behind Going on a Bear Hunt, Guess How Much I love you and the cool Beasts Feast has set up a kids corner on their website.
There are loads of different colouring in sheets and a few activities too.
Link: https://www.walkerbooks.com.au/Kids-corner
Printable Lego Workbook
One Mama’s Daily Drama is another great blog – this mom has some really great stuff. I’ve included a link below to a printable lego workbook.
Link: https://onemamasdailydrama.com/free-printable-lego-workbook/
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