Fun Free Stuff to Print

Part of maintaining a well-run classroom is having lots of kid-friendly learning tools, such as centers, manipulatives, flashcards, pocket chart activities, and so on to make lessons interesting and interactive. Unfortunately, filling your classroom with these types of things can be expensive and searching for free stuff on the internet is time-consuming.

So, I’ve collected a bunch of incredible sites with FREE printables of all sorts–NOT just worksheets! Most of the printables are in Word form, meaning you can change them as you see fit, but all that’s really  needed is to print and use! Please leave a comment at the bottom of the page if any links no longer work, or to add your own ideas.

The Virtual Vine has all printables listed on one page for quick and easy reference. The resources are geared primarily toward first and second grade literacy skills.

Carl’s Corner is probably THE BEST site for free primary literacy printables on the ‘net right now.  I was absolutely blown away when I first visited.  I’ve been there a dozen times, and still haven’t seen all the center ideas, free (beautiful) open-ended worksheets, sight word/word wall activities, sound sorting sheets, vowel jeopardy, Elkonin boxes, onset/rime sorting cards, shape and flip books, penny pushes, bookmarks, and much more, along with TONS of alphabet resources for PreK/K.

The Reading Lady runs The Mosiac List-Serve, which is the most valuable source of elementary and middle school reading comprehension resource that I have ever come across.  There is a near-endless list of documents to download, from comprehension rubrics, reading conference forms, reading strategies bookmarks, SSR self-evaluation rubrics, schema studies, reader’s theater scripts, Power Point presentations, text feature search worksheets, and resources for the 6 Traits of Writing and 4 Blocks.

ILoveThatTeachingIdea.com has hall passes, bingo boards, Venn Diagrams, graph grids, and more printables, plus lots of great teacher tips.

Laura Candler’s File Cabinet includes many printables in a very professional and colorful format.  Many printables consist of explanations so you know just how to use them in the classroom.  Most are in Adobe form, so no editing!  They’re best for gr. 2-6, in my opinion. Some examples of what you’ll find: multiple intelligences surveys and resources, permission forms, hall passes, progress reports, homework chart and homework pass, timeout form, class handbook, make-up assignments list, field trip reflections, classroom money, partner and collaborative activities, and games/printable manipulatives.