Pagine840 free printables for 84 first-grade readiness skills — 10 for every skill — across reading, writing, language, numbers, measurement, time and money, social studies, science and social skills. For Kindergarten and Grade 1, original and ad-free, plus 20,000+ free books.
Tick Yes or Not yet for all 84 skills, then pick sheets for the “not yets”.
Print the checklist →Confidence, rules and routines, focus, teamwork, respect, solving conflicts with words and asking for help. Name the skill when you see it — “You stayed calm and used words!” — and practise routines until they feel automatic.
Shows confidence and a sense of self-worth · 10 printables
Open →📋Follows rules and routines at home and at school · 10 printables
Open →🖍️Uses materials purposefully and respectfully · 10 printables
Open →🔄Adapts comfortably to changes · 10 printables
Open →🔍Shows eagerness and curiosity as a learner · 10 printables
Open →🎯Pays attention to one task for a period of time · 10 printables
Open →🤝Works, plays and shares with others · 10 printables
Open →🧑🏫Interacts easily with familiar adults · 10 printables
Open →👥Participates in group activities · 10 printables
Open →💗Respects the feelings and rights of others · 10 printables
Open →🗣️Uses words to resolve conflicts · 10 printables
Open →🙋Seeks adult help when needed · 10 printables
Open →Letters and sounds, word families, sight words, predictions, story elements, fables, punctuation and parts of a book. Read every day, talk about the story, and point out sight words, rhymes and punctuation as you go.
Shows independent interest in reading activities · 10 printables
Open →👂Listens with interest to stories read aloud · 10 printables
Open →🔁Retells a simple story · 10 printables
Open →💬Recognizes that spoken words can be written down · 10 printables
Open →🔤Knows all the letters of the alphabet in order · 10 printables
Open →🔠Tells apart and prints capital and lowercase letters · 10 printables
Open →🅰️Matches letters and sounds · 10 printables
Open →👂Hears when sounds in words are the same or different · 10 printables
Open →🏠Recognizes rhymes and rhyming patterns · 10 printables
Open →🔮Makes predictions from the title and pictures · 10 printables
Open →🖼️Uses picture clues to read words and find meaning · 10 printables
Open →👀Identifies basic sight words · 10 printables
Open →🦄Tells fact from fiction · 10 printables
Open →🦊Begins to understand fables, stories and legends · 10 printables
Open →🗺️Identifies setting, characters, problem and solution · 10 printables
Open →🪞Relates characters and events to their own life · 10 printables
Open →❓Begins to understand periods, question marks and exclamation points · 10 printables
Open →📗Finds the title, author, illustrator and table of contents · 10 printables
Open →🗂️Sorts common words into categories · 10 printables
Open →Writing names and familiar words, picture stories, labels, messages, building sentences and handwriting. Give writing a purpose: lists, cards, labels and notes. Praise ideas first, neatness second.
Reads and writes own name · 10 printables
Open →🎞️Tells a story using pictures · 10 printables
Open →🏷️Uses letters and words to show ideas · 10 printables
Open →✏️Writes familiar words · 10 printables
Open →✉️Copies or writes words to share a message · 10 printables
Open →👥Takes part in group dictated stories · 10 printables
Open →🧱Builds simple words and sentences · 10 printables
Open →➡️Writes left to right and top to bottom · 10 printables
Open →✍️Holds and uses writing tools correctly · 10 printables
Open →Following directions, listening, rhymes, conversation, questions, clear speaking, complete sentences and storytelling. Have real conversations: ask open questions, wait for full answers and tell stories together.
Understands and follows simple directions · 10 printables
Open →🦻Listens to others without interrupting · 10 printables
Open →🎶Recites nursery rhymes, finger plays and songs · 10 printables
Open →💬Takes part in discussions and conversations · 10 printables
Open →❓Asks questions · 10 printables
Open →🎤Speaks clearly to share messages and requests · 10 printables
Open →🔀Knows the difference between asking and telling · 10 printables
Open →🎩Knows the difference between formal and informal language · 10 printables
Open →✅Uses complete sentences · 10 printables
Open →🎲Composes oral stories · 10 printables
Open →📖Retells a story with a beginning, middle and end · 10 printables
Open →Numbers to 30, writing numbers to 20, adding to 10, comparing, patterns, graphs, story problems and guess-and-check. Count, compare and solve real problems — snacks, stairs, toys and money all make good maths.
Names numbers 0 to 30 · 10 printables
Open →✏️Writes numbers 0 to 20 · 10 printables
Open →➕Uses counting to add up to 10 · 10 printables
Open →⚖️Classifies and compares objects and numbers · 10 printables
Open →🔁Recognizes, copies and extends patterns · 10 printables
Open →📊Collects data and records it in lists or graphs · 10 printables
Open →🧩Shows interest in solving maths problems · 10 printables
Open →🤔Solves problems by guessing and checking · 10 printables
Open →Measuring tools, measuring with paperclips, comparing lengths and weights, and naming and making shapes. Measure with hands, feet, paperclips and rulers; talk about longer, shorter, heavier and lighter.
Knows tools for measuring time, length and temperature · 10 printables
Open →📎Estimates and measures using blocks or paperclips · 10 printables
Open →📐Uses comparison words: long/short, heavy/light and more · 10 printables
Open →🔷Identifies, labels and creates shapes · 10 printables
Open →Clocks and calendars, days of the week and months of the year, and coins. Read clocks and calendars together and let your child count coins at the shop.
Understands the calendar and telling time · 10 printables
Open →📅Knows the days of the week and months of the year · 10 printables
Open →🪙Knows the value of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter · 10 printables
Open →Then and now, past–present–future, communication, inventors, American heroes, holidays, symbols, cultures and maps. Share family stories, look at maps and talk about holidays and people who made a difference.
Understands history as real stories of people, places and times · 10 printables
Open →⏳Understands past, present and future · 10 printables
Open →📮Knows ways of communicating from long ago to today · 10 printables
Open →💡Understands contributions of people in history · 10 printables
Open →🇺🇸Knows important people in United States history · 10 printables
Open →🌍Has basic awareness of other cultures and traditions · 10 printables
Open →🎆Knows people and events honored by holidays · 10 printables
Open →🗽Recognizes American symbols · 10 printables
Open →🗺️Knows people use maps and globes to find places · 10 printables
Open →Observing and concluding, the Sun, weather, caring for Earth, living things, life cycles, plant and animal parts, and habitats. Wonder out loud, test ideas, and record what happens — outdoors is the best science lab.
Draws conclusions from comparisons and observations · 10 printables
Open →☀️Knows the Sun gives Earth heat and light · 10 printables
Open →🌦️Recognizes basic patterns in weather · 10 printables
Open →♻️Knows how people affect the Earth: conservation and recycling · 10 printables
Open →🌱Understands that all living things have basic needs · 10 printables
Open →🐞Tells living from non-living things · 10 printables
Open →🔄Knows how living things change as they grow · 10 printables
Open →🌿Compares and describes parts of plants and animals · 10 printables
Open →🏞️Knows different environments and the animals that live there · 10 printables
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Children starting first grade are building skills in nine areas: personal and social skills, reading, writing, language, numbers, measurement, time and money, social studies and science. This page lists 84 of them, each with 10 free practice sheets.
Yes — all of them are free to print or save as a PDF with a free Pagine account.
Kindergarten (ages 5–6) and Grade 1 (ages 6–7): use them in the second half of kindergarten, the summer before first grade, or for first-grade review.
Yes — the free First Grade Readiness Checklist lists all 84 skills with Yes / Not yet boxes.
Yes — 20,000+ free children’s books and audiobooks in the Pagine e-reader and the free Pagine app, sorted by age and grade.