Find and print out lacing cards for your preschoolers. Lacing cards allow students to use yarn to "lace" though holes on a picture card. This allows them to practice their fine motor skills, an essential skill for school-aged children. Kinder Printables has printable lacing cards available for personal use. Simple insert a piece of card stock into the printer and print out the lacing card picture. Laminate the card and cut out the picture. Use a hole punch to punch out the designated holes on the lacing card.
Print out fingerplays, books and face masks for children to act out stories. The LSU Agcenter offers free printable masks and hats for students. Place card stock into the printer and print out the hats and masks for your preschoolers. Allow students to color their hats and masks, then laminate and cut them out.
Print out worksheets for cutting practice. Kinder Printables has some wonderful printable worksheets that have dotted lines students can cut on. You can use regular printer paper to print out these sheets. The paper needs to be thinner, so the students can cut along the lines easier. Kinder Printables offers a sheet with squirrels, a tree, a Thanksgiving turkey or a frog.
Create and print your own word searches for preschoolers. A to Z Teacher Stuff allows you to enter a title, words, number of rows and columns and font style to create your own word searches. Use vocabulary words your preschooler will be familiar with. Words such as cat, dog, chair, table, mom and dad are appropriate for the word searches.
Print out coloring sheets for the kids to work on during free time. Coloring sheets are always popular with students. The Internet is full of free printable worksheets. Free Coloring Pages has some interesting print outs. Simple click on the one you want and hit "print" to print out the coloring sheet.