We have children with ADHD in our family. Which means that getting them to follow a daily routine is critical to helping them manage their attention spans and complete their schoolwork.

But routines aren’t just good for managing ADHD. They’re also helpful for teaching preschoolers and kindergartners to structure their days around the home or at an early learning center.

So I’m excited to share these free daily routine cards for kids that are in both English and Spanish!

These are awesome for working on daily routines, teaching kids to speak English or Spanish, and developing independent skills!

Read on to see how to grab your set – free!

And be sure to check out our Quiet Time Activity Cards if you’re looking for a way to help your kids choose a quiet time project.

English and Spanish Free Daily Routine Cards for Kids

To use these daily routine cards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are included in this post. See our Disclosure Policy for details.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (optional – but if you plan to use these regularly, you’ll want to laminate them)

In this set, there are English and Spanish cards for the following daily tasks:

• Wake up
• Make bed
• Get dressed
• Eat breakfast
• Brush teeth
• Comb hair
• Start school
• Eat lunch
• Play outside
• Do homework
• Eat dinner
• Take a bath
• Dress for bed
• Brush teeth (again)
• Read a story
• Go to bed

You can choose which of the 16 daily task cards to use with your students.

If you’re using these with your own children, you may want to remind them of where each task should be done in the home.

These cards are also included in Spanish!

And if your students need help with the phrases, a Spanish pronunciation guide is included.

A note about the Spanish phrases: This set of routine cards for kids uses the standard verb form for each phrase.

If you’re using them conversationally, choose the appropriate conjugation form for the usage of “tú”, “usted”, and “nosotros” as appropriate.

Blackline versions of both the English and Spanish cards are included as well!

How to Use Daily Routine Cards for Kids

There are several ways to use these cards to help kids develop a daily routine.

You could hang a paper pocket on the fridge and store the cards inside. Have the kids go to the fridge and choose a card to get started in the morning.

As they complete each task, they can give you the card they’ve finished or keep it until the end of the day.

The goal is to get them to complete the task on each card by day’s end.

After a couple of weeks, they’ll know their daily routine and follow it much more easily.

You can also place the cards on a ring and discuss the order in which they should be completed.

Prompt the students to give you the next task in sequence and then flip the cards to see if they remembered correctly.

Get a look at these cards in the video below!

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If you’ve been enjoying our free printable flashcards series, we hope you’ll love today’s entry!

So far, we’ve featured flashcards for learning colors and shapes, but this set of free printable flashcards alphabet animals cards lets you teach the letters from A to Z with animals!

Most kids love animals and, in this set of free printable flashcards alphabet cards, you can use an animal to introduce each letter – from A to Z!

These are so fun for young learners! Plus, they’re an excellent introduction to beginning letter sounds.

Read on to see how to get your set – free!

And, if you want to help kids begin practicing their handwriting, check out our companion Alphabet Animals Notebooking Pages for letter writing practice!

What’s In the Free Printable Flashcards Alphabet Animals Set?

To use these free printable flashcards alphabet animals cards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are included in this post. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer Paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (useful for keeping the cards intact)

In this set, you’ll find free printable flashcards for every letter of the alphabet – each one featuring a different real or imaginary animal!

Featured animals include:

• Alligator
• Elephant
• Monkey
• Orangutan
• Xiphias (Swordfish)
• And 21 more!

You can use the cards to help kids learn animals, letters, letter sounds, or all three concepts!

You might even want to use the set as an introduction to an animal unit.

Try teaching the kids how to make each animal’s sound or how to move like each animal.

For the imaginary animals, ask the kids where they think an animal like that might live or how it might interact with people.

Place each card on a binder ring for easy use again and again!

Get a look at the alphabet animal flashcards in action in the video below.

Resources for Learning the Alphabet

If you’d like to even more resources to teach your children the ABCs, try these alphabet books and activities for little learners!

Books for Teaching the ABCs

1. The Alphabet Book – P.D. Eastman
2. AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went First – Alethea Kontis
3. Eric Carle’s ABC (The World of Eric Carle)
4. A Is for Apple (Trace-and-Flip Fun!)

Alphabet Crafts and Activities for Kids

1. Magnetic Letter Alphabet Soup Activity – Pre-K Pages
2. DIY Preschooler Alphabet Flip Book – Crystal & Co.
3. Sensory Alphabet Hunt – Mess for Less
4. Fall Alphabet and Letter Playdough Mats – Look! We’re Learning!

Try these other ideas for early readers!

To get your set of our A to Z Animals: Alphabet Animals Flashcards, click the image or the link below!

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I don’t know what it is about flashcards, but my kids absolutely love them.

They’ll collect them, lay them out on the table, pass them around, look at them, and toss them in the air for hours.

Not sure the tossing actually counts as learning, but it’s…something.

Since shapes are one of the primary concepts to teach early learners, I thought a set of free printable flashcards shape cards would be awesome to share with all of you!

These are an excellent resource for preschoolers and kindergartners who are learning shapes.

If you want to get an early start on this concept, you could even use these with toddlers!

Read on to see how to grab your set of printable shape flashcards – free!

And, while you’re here, don’t miss some of our other printable flashcards, including color flashcards and counting flashcards for kids!

How Do I Print The Printable Shape Flashcards?

To use these free printable flashcards shape cards, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator ( good if you want to reuse the cards later)

The set includes 16 flashcards for the following shapes:

• Square
• Circle
• Triangle
• Rectangle
• Star
• Heart
• Diamond
• Oval

One set of eight flashcards includes both the shape names and pictures. The second set features only the shapes.

A line art version is included if you need to save on ink! (And who doesn’t?)

When printing, you can decide how many sets you want at the moment.

Print the color set with names if you’re just starting to cover shapes for the first time.

You might want to come back and print the other sets for review afterward.

How Can I Use Shape Flashcards for Learning?

There are a few ways you can use these flashcards with early learners.

For toddlers, you can laminate them (trust me on this) and put them on an O ring.

They make a great addition to a busy bag!

For preschoolers, you can start talking about the shapes and their names.

Use the cards without names to help them review each shape.

You can also talk about the differences in color. Ask questions such as “Which shape is red?” or “Which shape is yellow?”

Or you can print the line art version and let the kids color the shapes!

For kindergartners, take the activity a little further by talking about the sides each shape has.

They’ll notice right away that the circle and oval are the exceptions – having no sides at all.

You might also place the cards on a ring and let students walk around the classroom, the outdoors, or even their home to spot similar shapes around them!

Get a look at these shape identification flashcards in action in the video below!

Scroll down to get your free printable shape flashcards!

More Resources for Learning Shapes

To make learning about shapes even more fun, try these activities and books for little learners!

Shape Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

1. Free Shape Playdough Mats – 3 Dinosaurs
2. Contact Paper Shape Art – Mess for Less
3. Stars Preschool Shapes – 3 Boys and a Dog
4. Guess the Shapes Activity and Cutting Practice – Artsy Momma

Books for Teaching Shapes

1. My Very First Book of Shapes – Eric Carle
2. A Circle Here, A Square There: My Shapes Book – David Diehl
3. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes – Tana Hoban
4. When a Line Bends . . . A Shape Begins – Rhonda Gowler Greene

If you love these, be sure to see our other printable flashcards!

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I love summer, but fall is a close runner-up for my favorite time of year.

The leaves change colors, the weather gets cool, plus we get to start baking and knitting!

So I thought I’d share a set of printable leaf identification flashcards!

These are perfect for fall learning, but you can really use them anytime of the year.

They’d also be great for a spring unit, since that’s when plants begin to flower again.

I am woefully ignorant about plant species, so I learned quite a bit by making these.

I hope you and your students enjoy them as well!

Plus, keep reading to see how to get a set of expanded leaf identification activity cards for your class too!

Be sure to check out our other fall printables, including our Fall Sight Word Flashcards and our Fall Alphabet and Number Playdough Mats!

What’s In the Free Printable Flashcards: Leaf Identification Flashcards Set?

To use these flashcards, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (great for reusing the cards)

In this pack, you’ll find printable flashcards for eight different leaves, including:

• Ash
• Oak
• Maple
• Ivy
• Fern
• Birch
• Grape
• And Ficus

One set includes both the leaf pictures and names, while a second set features the leaf names only.

Another set includes just the pictures if you’d like to do a review or a matching game.

Scroll down to get your free printable leaf identification flashcards!

Printable Leaf Identification Activity Cards

Want to turn this lesson into a reusable activity for science centers?

Pick up the expanded version of these leaf identification cards!

This set of leaf identification flashcards includes 12 different plant species!

In addition to the leaf vector drawing cards, this set includes realistic plant pictures to use on a nature walk.

This set also includes two sets of plant species labels for kids to match up with the unlabeled pictures.

Use these at science centers by placing each set of flashcards on a separate ring.

After students review the labeled cards, let them practice matching up the names with the right leaf picture cards on their own!

To get the expanded set of Leaf Identification Activity Cards, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

>>> Leaf Identification Activity Cards <<<

Fall Leaves Books and Crafts

Make your leaf learning into a full unit study by pairing our printable Leaf Identification Cards with these books and crafts about fall leaves!

Books about Fall Leaves:

1. Leaves, Leaves, Leaves by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
2. Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson
3. A Leaf Can Be… by Laura Purdie Salas
4. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro

Fall Leaves Activities:

1. Fall Leaf Suncatchers – Fun at Home with Kids
2. Autumn Leaf Threading – Picklebums
3. Fall Leaf Fingerpainting – Teach Preschool
4. Fall Leaf Garland – Look! We’re Learning!

Check out some of our other fall learning ideas!

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Time for another set of free printable flashcards! Piglet is doing great with recognizing her letters, so it’s time to work on letter sounds.

I’m not a GIANT fan of teaching phonics, but you know what? They work. Especially if kids don’t really “get” sight words.

So, today we’re sharing another set of literacy flashcards: Long Vowel Flashcards!

Read on to get your set – free!

And if you love using these, be sure to grab our printable short vowel flashcards too!

Free Printable Flashcards: Long Vowel Flashcards

To use these long vowel flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer Paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (great for keeping the cards sturdy)

This product includes flashcards for all five long vowel sounds: A, E, I, O, and U. In the product, you’ll find:

• A set of cards with pictures and long vowel words for each letter
• A set of cards with pictures and vowel letters
• A set of cards with just the pictures
• A set of cards with just the vowels
• And a set of cards with just the long vowel words

These are set up to be used as kids learn to memorize the sounds.

So if you’re just starting out, you might use the cards that have the images and words to make sure kids know what each picture shows.

Once they recognize the images, they can move on to isolating the vowel sounds in each word. That’s a great time to focus on the pictures with the letters. 

After they get the sounds down, try quizzing them with the word or letter cards!

More Resources for Learning Long Vowel Sounds:

• Bob Books Set 5- Long Vowels
• Long Vowels Workbook Grades 1-2 (Phonics)
• I’m Going to Read Workbook: Long Vowels (I’m Going to Read Series)

Don’t miss our other early reading resources!

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Learning to talk about feelings is a big part of early childhood education. Giving kids words to express their emotions is a wonderful way to help them manage their feelings, talk about them with others, and understand how to process them.

So, if you’re teaching Spanish to your kids or if you’re teaching English as a second language to children, this set of English to Spanish feelings flashcards is a great addition to your collection of printable Spanish flashcards!

Read on to get your set! And, check out our Spanish parts of the body flashcards for more Spanish learning fun for kids!

Printable Spanish Flashcards: English to Spanish Feelings Flashcards

These printable English to Spanish feelings flashcards will require the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For more, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator

In this flashcard set, you’ll find cards for nine different feelings:

• Happy
• Sad
• Angry
• Worried
• Content
• Furious
• Excited
• Confused
• and Surprised

The set has six cards featuring faces and words for each feeling in both English and Spanish. Plus, a set of flashcards with the faces alone and a pronunciation guide to say each Spanish word correctly!

These could be really useful for kids who are learning to talk about emotions in either English or Spanish.

They might even be a good resource for nonverbal kids who are working on identifying or expressing their feelings to parents or caregivers.

And with nine different emotions to choose from, you could play a matching game with the kids. Or challenge them by making a face from one of the cards and letting them guess the correct Spanish emotion word!

Scroll down to get your printable Spanish feelings flashcards!

Don’t miss these other Spanish language resources!

And be sure to follow my Foreign Language for Kids board on Pinterest for more learning ideas!

To get your printable English to Spanish feelings flashcards, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

>>>>> English to Spanish Feelings Flashcards <<<<<

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We’ve been talking about spring for the past few weeks, but summer is around the corner and that means butterflies!

I’m not the biggest fan of bugs in general, but butterflies hold a special place in my heart. They’re beautiful, but they’re also incredible!

They go through the most amazing transformation known to scientists: the metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a butterfly. Any creature that can do something like that is amazing in my book.

Today, I’m sharing a new set of flashcards: Butterfly Identification Cards!

These are perfect for learning to spot butterflies that live in your area!

If you love these, don’t miss our easy Toilet Roll Butterfly Craft for kids! And add our list of lovely children’s books about butterflies to your kids’ reading list!

Free Printable Flashcards: Butterfly Identification Cards

To use these butterfly identification cards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (for keeping the cards durable)

These colorful butterfly flashcards can help kids (and adults) learn to identify eight butterfly species, including:

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
• Green Birdwing
• Peacock Swallowtail
• Theseus Morpho
• Malabar Banded Peacock
• Monarch Butterfly
• Common Buckeye
• Peleides Blue Morpho

These would be wonderful for a spring nature walk!

Put all of the cards on a ring and take them with you to see how many different species you spot in your neighborhood!

Scroll down to get your free butterfly identification cards!

Don’t miss these other spring learning ideas for kids!

Get more spring fun on my Spring Activities for Kids Pinterest board!

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Summer’s on its way!

And it’s a great time to start thinking about summer learning plans, especially if you follow a traditional year and take the summer off.

Unfortunately, over the summer kids can start to slack off a bit and forget what they learned during the previous year. But that doesn’t have to be the case!

Get your early learners off to a great reading start with a new set of free printable flashcards: summer printable sight word flashcards!

These are designed to help little ones get into the sunny reading mood!

Plus, these are a sneak peek into our year-long sight word learning cards set!

Read on to see how to get these summer sight words cards – free!

If you enjoy these, be sure to check out more summer learning fun with our list of summer books for kids and summer printables for kids to use during school break!

Summer Printable Sight Word Flashcards for Kids

To use these summer printable sight word flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are listed below. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (optional)
• Dry erase markers (optional)
• Hook and loop adhesive coins (optional)

In this set of flashcards, kids can learn the following summer-themed sight words:

• Ball
• Boat
• Chair
• Morning
• Sun
• Fish
• Tree
• And Water!

You’ll find one set of cards with words and pictures and one with just pictures for memory skill-building.

Printed and blank sight word labels are also included.

There’s also a set of picture matching cards and picture labels too!

How to Use Summer Sight Word Flashcards with Students

To use these summer sight words learning cards, try some of these suggestions.

Review all of the flashcards with students. Make sure to talk about each picture before introducing the sight word.

After students have reviewed the sight words, introduce the word labeling cards and labels.

You can use these as a cut and paste activity. Or you can laminate them and add hook and loop adhesive coins to reuse the cards at centers.

You might also find it helpful to keep the flashcards nearby so students can self-check their answers.

Students who are already writing can even use dry erase markers to label the laminated cards for themselves!

If you have pre-readers or ELL students in your class, the picture matching cards are a gentle introduction to reading.

Let students review the pictures and then use the flashcards to guide them in matching the cards and images with the right words.

Scroll down to get your free summer printable sight word flashcards!

Check out more summer learning ideas for kids below!

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It’s also a key part of learning a foreign language. After all, you live in your community, so learning how to talk about it in your new language can really boost your vocabulary skills.

So I’m excited to share our newest set of printable Spanish flashcards: Spanish Community Words Flashcards!

These are great for kids and adults alike! And, since they come with a pronunciation guide, you and the children will be able to practice reading and saying each word.

Want more practice talking about community helpers in Spanish? Don’t miss our printable Spanish community helpers lesson!

Printable Spanish Flashcards: Spanish Community Words Flashcards

To use these Spanish community words flashcards, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer Paper
• Laminator (if you want the cards to last for a while)
• Scissors

This set of flashcards includes the Spanish and English phrases for:

• Apartments
• Bakery
• Farm
• Museum
• Airport
• Library
• House
• and School!

There’s also a Spanish pronunciation guide to help you get used to saying the Spanish phrases!

Use one set to help kids identify each building or place in their native language. Then use the second set to introduce the new vocabulary. You can even play a matching game!

Scroll down to get your Spanish Community Words Flashcards!

Don’t miss some of our other printable Spanish flashcards!

More Resources for Learning Spanish Community Words:

If you want even more help to learn Spanish, try these great Spanish learning resources!

• Easy Spanish Step-By-Step by Barbara Bregstein
• Living Language Spanish, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, and free online learning
• See It and Say It in Spanish by Margarita Madrigal

See more printable resources on my Homeschool Printables Pinterest board!

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We’ve been working to help our kids memorize addition facts for the past few weeks, so I thought I’d make a new set of free printable flashcards: addition flashcards 0-10!

But the thing about addition facts is that they’re pretty boring, right? Naturally, I had to add a little fun to these cards. What’s more fun than a trip to the state fair?

Read on to get your set of these free state fair-themed addition flashcards!

And, for more flashcards to make math learning fun, try our printable polygon flashcards or our fraction flashcards!

Free Printable Flashcards: Addition Flashcards 0-10

To use these addition flashcards 0-10 with your kids, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

• Printer (with ink)
• Printer paper
• Scissors
• Laminator (if you want the cards to last for a while)

This pack includes 30 pages of addition flashcards, featuring problems from 0+0 to 10+10.

There’s also an Answer Key included!

Try to play a game where kids can match up even sums and odd sums.

Or have the kids match similar sums to find how many ways they can add numbers and reach the same answer.

You could even challenge kids by giving them an answer and seeing if they can find the math problem that will result in that answer.

Check out some of our other math learning ideas below!

For more ideas for teaching math, follow my Math Mania board on Pinterest!

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