Pre-K: Free Study Materials and Practice

Pre-K Math

6 lessons

Adding and Taking Away
The child solves small story problems by joining and removing objects or fingers and says how many there are now.
Comparing Length, Weight and Capacity
The child compares and orders up to three objects by length, height, weight or capacity and starts to measure with simple non-standard units.
Counting to Ten
The child counts up to ten objects in any arrangement, counts out a given number from a larger group and knows the total stays the same when objects are moved.
Flat and Solid Shapes
The child names common 2D and 3D shapes, describes their sides, corners and faces in everyday words and builds with them.
Sharing and Doubling
The child shares objects fairly between two or more people, notices when a share is unfair and makes doubles of small numbers.
Sorting and First Charts
The child sorts objects into categories, counts each group and compares the groups in a simple object or picture chart.

4 lessons

First Letters and Their Sounds
The child links a first set of letters to their sounds in the order the local reading method uses, and recognises them in words around them.
New Words Every Day
The parent adds new and precise words during play, books and routines; the child uses new nouns, verbs, describing words and category words in their own talk.
Dialogic Reading at Home
The parent reads with the child using prompts and expansions so the child does more of the talking; the child answers and asks questions about pictures and stories.
Telling and Retelling Stories
The child retells a familiar story in order with story language and tells short stories about their own day; the parent scaffolds with props, pictures and sequence words.

4 lessons

What Animals Need
The child names common pets, farm and wild animals, describes their body coverings and food, and matches animals to the places they live and the care they need.
Day and Night
The child talks about day and night, watches the Moon change shape over a few weeks and plays with shadows that move during the day.
Minibeasts and Life Cycles
The child finds and observes small creatures gently, counts legs and body parts with a magnifier, and orders the stages of a simple life cycle such as egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and butterfly.
Pushes, Pulls and Magnets
The child pushes and pulls toys, rolls objects down ramps of different heights, finds that a harder push sends things further, and discovers what a magnet picks up.

6 lessons

Caring for Our Shared World
The child takes part in caring for shared spaces and nature: tidying, reducing waste, sorting for recycling and being gentle with living things.
Focus and Persistence
The child keeps going with a challenging task, tries another way and remembers simple rules in games; the parent uses play that builds attention, memory and self-control.
Healthy Habits for Food, Teeth, Sleep and Screens
The child follows healthy routines for eating, brushing teeth, sleep and screen time and can say why they matter in simple words.
My Neighborhood and Simple Maps
The child describes familiar places and routes, uses position words to talk about them and reads and draws simple maps.
Keeping Children Safe
The child follows simple safety rules at home, near roads and water, and knows how to get help from a trusted adult.
Then and Now
The child talks about the past using family photos, old objects and stories from older relatives, and notices what has changed.