Printable flashcards

How do I make printable flashcards?

On this page you type your words or short phrases, one per line, and each one becomes a flashcard. Pick 8, 4 or 2 cards per sheet and uppercase or lowercase letters. If you leave the box empty, the sheet uses a ready-made theme, such as animals, colors or days of the week. Print and cut along the dashed lines.

How to use it

1. Type the words in the box, one per line. Short phrases work too. If you leave the box empty, pick a ready-made theme.
2. Pick the size: 8 per sheet, 4 per sheet or 2 per sheet, for the wall.
3. Pick the letter case: uppercase, lowercase or exactly as you typed.
4. Want room for the child to copy the word? Pick With lined back: a lined sheet comes after each sheet of cards.
5. Tap Print the sheet. In the print window, keep the scale at 100% (or choose Fit to page on Letter paper).
6. Cut out the cards along the dashed lines.

The ready-made themes

• Animals: 16 words, such as cat, dog, duck and elephant.
• Colors: 12 words, from red to gold.
• Number words: from one to twelve.
• Days of the week: from Sunday to Saturday.
• Months: from January to December.
• Family: 12 words, such as mother, father, brother and sister.
• School: 12 words, such as book, notebook, pencil and backpack.
• Themes only apply when the word box is empty. If you type anything, the sheet uses only what you typed.

Activity ideas

• Flash reading: show the card for a few seconds and hide it. The child says the word they read.
• Silent dictation: show the card without reading it out loud, then hide it. The child writes the word from memory or builds it with letter tiles.
• Word and object: make cards with the names of things in the room, such as door, window and desk. The group sticks each card in the right place.
• Word wall: print 2 per sheet and build a display with the words of the week.
• Memory game: print the same list twice and play with the pairs of words.
• Build sentences: make cards with single words and ask the child to put them in order and read the sentence.
• Copy on the back: print with the lined back. The child reads the word, turns the card over and writes on the lines.

Paper and cutting tips

• Print on heavier paper if your printer takes it. Or glue the sheet onto card stock before cutting.
• To make the cards last, laminate the whole sheet or cover it with clear adhesive film before cutting.
• To get the lined back behind each card, print on both sides, flipping on the long edge. Without that feature, print the sheets separately and glue them together.
• A long word shrinks to fit, and a phrase breaks into two lines. For bigger letters, keep phrases short.
• When there is room left in the last row of a sheet, the card comes out blank. Use it to write a word by hand.

Frequently asked questions