ESL Worksheets and Lessons for Kids
1,652 worksheets, 347 lessons, 154 vocabulary decks and 28 shadowing scripts
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Kids worksheets
1,652 printable worksheets with answer keys; the 24 most used, easiest level first.
Kids lessons
347 ready lessons for the four skills: teach on the board, set online or print.
Kids vocabulary
154 word decks with meanings, examples and pronunciation: flip, quiz, print as flashcards or play as a game.
Kids shadowing
Listen, repeat, record and compare: short scripts for pronunciation and fluency.
Browse by topic at Kids
Topics with at least 3 resources at this level; each opens at its Kids material.
Themes
- All about me · 36
- Family & friends · 114
- Describing people · 11
- Feelings · 48
- Body & health · 73
- Clothes & fashion · 88
- Jobs & work · 52
- Home & rooms · 107
- Daily routines · 39
- Food & drink · 214
- Fruit & vegetables · 81
- Shopping & money · 17
- Days, dates & time · 46
- Numbers · 133
- Colors · 84
- Shapes · 35
- Toys & games · 90
- Materials · 15
- School & classroom · 76
- Animals · 433
- Pets · 79
- Farm animals · 60
- Wild animals & the zoo · 85
- Sea life · 61
- Bugs & birds · 61
- Weather & seasons · 98
- Environment & nature · 26
- Space · 35
- Town & city · 67
- Travel & holidays · 53
- Transport · 65
- Countries & cultures · 9
- Sports · 64
- Hobbies & free time · 44
- Music · 27
- Movies, books & the arts · 15
- Celebrations & festivals · 270
- Halloween · 155
- Thanksgiving · 69
- Stories & fairy tales · 105
- Technology · 7
- Science · 4
- Media & news · 3
- Health & medicine · 34
Grammar, vocabulary and sounds
- To be (am / is / are) · 13
- Have got · 21
- Present simple · 16
- Present continuous · 18
- Past simple · 39
- Past continuous · 4
- Present perfect · 7
- Future forms (will, going to…) · 22
- Can / can't · 21
- Must, should & have to · 20
- Modals of deduction & possibility · 3
- Conditionals · 7
- Verb patterns (-ing / to) · 14
- Imperatives · 11
- Questions & question tags · 57
- Relative clauses · 4
- Linking words & discourse markers · 8
- There is / there are · 17
- Plurals · 10
- Countable, uncountable & quantifiers · 8
- Possessives · 3
- Pronouns & this / that · 11
- Comparatives & superlatives · 24
- Adjectives & opposites · 8
- Adverbs · 10
- Prepositions · 30
- Letter sounds (a–z) · 39
- CVC words · 11
- Short vowels · 11
- Long vowels & vowel teams · 18
- Blends & digraphs · 16
- Rhyming words · 14
- Syllables · 9
- Spelling patterns & silent letters · 20
- Homophones & minimal pairs · 6
- Vowel sounds · 3
- Word stress · 6
About Kids (young learners)
Teaching English to children works best when it is visual, active and full of repetition. The Kids section brings together materials designed specifically for young learners, organized into four stages: Toddlers, and the three Cambridge Young Learners (YLE) stages, Starters, Movers and Flyers.
Toddlers materials use pictures, songs and simple actions with no reading required. Starters (Pre-A1) introduces everyday words, colors, numbers to 20 and short sentences with be, have got and can. Movers (A1) adds past simple, comparatives and short stories, while Flyers (A2) moves towards longer texts, future forms and present perfect. Each stage matches the vocabulary and grammar of the Cambridge YLE word lists and syllabus.
Here you will find printable worksheets, picture flashcard decks and ready-to-teach lessons on the topics children love, from animals and toys to food, family and the weather.
Teaching tips: Kids (young learners)
- Keep activities short (five to ten minutes) and alternate between stirring activities such as songs and settling ones such as coloring.
- Recycle the same vocabulary across several lessons with different games, as young learners need many exposures before words stick.
- Use Total Physical Response (TPR): children respond to instructions with actions before they are asked to speak.
- Match the stage to ability rather than age alone; a confident seven-year-old may be ready for Movers materials.
Questions teachers ask
What is the difference between Starters, Movers and Flyers?
They are the three levels of Cambridge English Young Learners: Starters is Pre-A1, Movers is A1 and Flyers is A2 on the CEFR. Each has its own word list and test tasks.
What age are the Kids materials for?
Toddlers materials suit pre-school children who cannot read yet, while Starters, Movers and Flyers are typically used with primary-age learners, roughly 6 to 12.
Can I use these materials if my students aren't taking Cambridge exams?
Yes. The YLE stages simply provide a clear, well-graded progression, and the topics and activities work in any primary English class.
Are there free worksheets for kids?
Yes. The free plan includes a selection of items and a few Premium opens each month; Premium unlocks the full library.