Foundation
8 pages · Prep, ages 4–5
Adding and taking away to 10, capital and small letters A–Z, first words, and word-family spelling.
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Core Skills Studio
Everything you need to teach the core early-years skills, free. Make your own printable worksheets in seconds, or download a complete workbook for your child’s year level: addition, subtraction, times tables, division, handwriting, the alphabet, and spelling, Foundation to Year 4. No sign-up, no email, no limit. Made in Australia by Lantern Path Books.
Tip: leave the box empty for blank ruled handwriting paper.
Makes one tracing line for every letter of the alphabet. Great as a daily warm-up.
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Free printable workbooks, by year level
Prefer a ready-made book? Download a complete Core Skills Workbook for your child’s year level. Each one is a print-ready set of graded worksheets for the core skills, with an answer key for grown-ups. Free, no sign-up, made in Australia.
Year 1
7 pages · ages 5–6
Addition and subtraction to 20, the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, days of the week, and common words.
Download (PDF)Year 2
7 pages · ages 6–7
Addition and subtraction to 50, times tables to 10, sentence handwriting, and spelling patterns.
Download (PDF)Year 3
6 pages · ages 7–8
Times tables and division to 10, adding and subtracting to 100, and common Year 3 spelling words.
Download (PDF)Year 4
6 pages · ages 8–9
Times tables and division to 12, adding and subtracting to 100, and trickier spelling words.
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Free printable worksheets for Australian homeschooling families
This generator was made for home-educating families, with the Home Education Association in mind. It makes clean, no-fuss practice sheets for the skills children build in the early years: the number facts, neat handwriting, the alphabet, and weekly spelling. Pick a skill, choose a year level from Foundation (Prep) to Year 4, and a fresh, printable sheet is ready in a click. The maths sheets come with a matching answer key, so marking takes seconds.
It practises the foundational skills set out in the Australian Curriculum (used in Queensland) and the NSW K to 6 syllabuses: counting and number facts, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, letter formation and handwriting, and spelling. It is practice material rather than a full program, so you decide how each sheet fits your child’s week and how far to stretch them.
- No sign-up, no email, no cost. Make and print as many as you like.
- Seven skills in one place. Add, subtract, times tables, divide, handwriting, the alphabet, and spelling.
- Year levels built in. Foundation to Year 4, so the sheet suits the child in front of you.
- Print or save as PDF. Run one off this morning, or keep a PDF for the week.
Made with care in Australia by Lantern Path Books, a small independent publisher of gentle picture books. If you would like a calm story to read together at the end of a learning day, meet Oliver and the Lantern Path (that is Oliver the owl and his friend Mira the fox, just above).
Teaching tips for grown-ups
A few simple shortcuts make the core skills click. Little and often works best: ten quiet minutes a day beats an hour once a week.
- Skip counting is the way into the times tables. Practise counting out loud in steps: 2, 4, 6, 8, then 5, 10, 15, then 3, 6, 9. Once a child can rattle off a count, they already know that times table. The multiplication facts are just those same numbers.
- The order never matters. 3 × 8 is the same as 8 × 3, so every fact you learn really teaches two.
- Division is the times tables backwards. 24 ÷ 6 just asks how many 6s make 24, so knowing 6 × 4 = 24 means they already know 24 ÷ 6 = 4.
- Learn the pairs that make 10 (1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 5) by heart. They make bigger sums, and the bonds to 100, much easier.
- The nine times table has a trick: the answer’s two digits always add up to 9 (18, 27, 36), and 9 × a number is one less than 10 × it.
- For spelling, break long words into chunks you can hear (be-cause, Sat-ur-day), and practise a few words a day with Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check, covering the word before they write it from memory.
Every downloadable workbook above opens with a one-page Teaching Tips sheet tailored to that year level, so you always have the shortcuts to hand.
Homeschool worksheet generator: common questions
Is the homeschool worksheet generator really free?
Yes. Every worksheet you make here is free to print and use at home, with no sign-up, no email, and no limit on how many you make. It is a gift from Lantern Path Books to Australian home-educating families.
Do I need an account or to give my email?
No. The generator runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere, and you never need an email to make or print a worksheet.
What can I make worksheets for?
The core early-years skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication (times tables) and division; handwriting practice for any name or word; an A to Z alphabet tracing sheet; and spelling practice from your own word list. Pick a skill, choose a year level, and print.
Is it aligned to the Australian Curriculum, NSW and Queensland?
It practises the foundational number, handwriting and spelling skills that the Australian Curriculum (used in Queensland) and the NSW K to 6 syllabuses set out for the early years. Choose a year level from Foundation (Prep) to Year 4 and the sheets adjust to suit. It is practice material, not a full program, so you decide how it fits your child's learning.
Can I get an answer key?
Yes. For the maths sheets, tick Show answer key and a matching answer sheet prints alongside the worksheet, so marking takes seconds.
Can I keep a copy as a PDF?
Yes. Use the Print button and choose Save as PDF in the print box to keep a copy, or print straight to your printer. Make a fresh sheet any time.