Free Pre-K · English · Ages 3 to 5
Free pre-K activities and printables, ages 3 to 5
A calm, play-based Pre-K year you can do at home: short daily activities, printable pages, hands-on cards and original songs. Built to work with no screen time at all, organized around the domains of the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework.
Free, with no limits. No daily caps, no card and no ads. Reading every page is open to everyone; a free adult account is needed only to download the PDFs. We never ask for your student's name or any student information.
See the Pre-K 4 year map · Not sure of the level? Take the 3-question Pre-K 3 or Pre-K 4 picker
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Pre-K 3 or Pre-K 4? A 3-question picker
Answer for your learner. Nothing is saved or sent: the answer stays on this screen.
Pre-K 3, all 36 weeks by unit
Unit 1: Me and my family
Unit 2: Friends and feelings
Unit 3: Healthy me
Unit 4: Home and helpers
Unit 5: Animals
Unit 6: Plants and food
Unit 7: Sky and weather
Unit 8: Water, sand and moving things
Unit 9: Look how I've grown
See the whole year in the Pre-K 3 year map.
Pre-K 4, all 36 weeks by unit
Unit 1: Me and my family
Unit 2: Friends and feelings
Unit 3: Healthy me
Unit 4: Home and helpers
Unit 5: Animals
Unit 6: Plants and food
Unit 7: Sky and weather
Unit 8: Water, sand and moving things
Unit 9: Ready for kindergarten
See all 36 weeks in the Pre-K 4 year map. New to letters? Read how to teach letter sounds to preschoolers at home.
How it works
- Offline first. A parent reads the week plan; your learner never needs a screen.
- Short. About 10 minutes an activity, 15 to 20 minutes of table time a day.
- Hands-on. Every printable has a hands-on version and a no-supplies swap.
- Color or low ink. Every week comes as a color PDF and a black-and-white PDF with outline pictures to color.
Is my child ready for kindergarten?
Use the free kindergarten readiness checklist: tap "I've seen it", "Not yet" or "Not sure" for each skill and get a list of what to practice, with links to the Pre-K 4 activities. It is not a test, and your answers stay on your device.
For parents and teachers
- Child development guide: preschoolers, ages 3 to 5
- Free child development books (PDF)
- Pregnancy to kindergarten guide for families
- Developmental milestones by age
- Free feelings cards for a calm-down corner
- Every Learner: free supports for students with special needs
- All free printables and resources
- The Educators Hub for teachers, tutors and homeschoolers
Next step: kindergarten
- What should a kindergartener know?
- Summer math workbook for kids going into kindergarten
- Summer reading workbook for kids going into kindergarten
- The Pre-K 4 Full Year book: all 36 weeks in one printable book
- Summer Prepare books by grade
- Free kindergarten reading practice and free kindergarten math practice
- The free placement test, from kindergarten up: it adapts to your student
Your next step
Next: start Pre-K, week 1
Free activities for this week, about 10 minutes each, with printable pages.
Open week 1Recommended for your student
Pre-K 4 Full Year
$19.99. One-time purchase, no subscription.
The whole Pre-K 4 year in one print-ready book: 36 weeks of parent plans, printable pages, activity cards and songs for ages 4 to 5, with a clickable table of contents, page numbers and parent answer notes. 309 pages.
See it in the storeQuestions parents ask
Yes. Every week page, activity card, song and printable is free, with no daily caps, no card and no ads. Reading the pages needs no account. Downloading the PDFs needs a free adult account, and we never ask for your student's name or information.
Follow one week at a time. Each week has a 5-minute parent prep note, five short days of activities, printable pages, activity cards and an original song. Do about 15 to 20 minutes of table time a day in short blocks, and fill the rest with reading, play and time outside.
Keep each activity to about 10 minutes, with 15 to 20 minutes of table time a day in two or three short blocks. Many students this age pay attention for 5 to 10 minutes at a time, so stopping while it is still fun works well.
Pre-K 3 is for ages 3 to 4 and focuses on talking, listening, colors, counting to 5 and hand skills. Pre-K 4 is for ages 4 to 5 and adds letters and sounds, name writing and counting to 20. Both levels are free, with all 36 weeks ready.
Paper, crayons and things you already have at home, like spoons, socks and toys. Every activity card has a no-supplies swap, and you can print in black and white to save ink. Use objects too big to fit in your student's mouth.
No. Each week comes as a color PDF and a black-and-white PDF made from the same pages. The black-and-white version uses outline pictures, so it is low ink and doubles as a coloring page. You can also do every activity with no printer at all.
Sources
UpOnly Learning Pre-K is general education, not medical advice. If you have concerns about your learner's development, talk with your pediatrician. In an emergency, call 911.
To print, create a free account at uponlylearning.com (no card needed), then download the printable PDF.