How to use these all about me worksheets
Each page takes 5 to 10 minutes. Spread them across a week, or do two a day if your child is keen. You need crayons, a pencil, child-safe scissors, a glue stick and a mirror if you have one.
- Read together. Read "All about me" one box at a time and make it personal. Count eyes and ears in the mirror. Name the people in your family. Ask what street you live on.
- Trace the words. Say heart, boy, ear and hand, and point to the matching part of the body (or a person, for boy). Trace, then color.
- Happy or sad? Cut out the pictures and talk about each one before gluing: "Does a balloon make you feel happy? What about rain?" There's room for your child's own opinion; some children love rain.
- What I learned. At the end of the week, ask what they remember most. Let them draw it, then write their favorite fact for them or help them write it.
If you're wondering what's typical at this age, what a 3 year old should know gives an honest checklist.
Tips by age
Age 3: Keep the focus on talking, not finishing pages. Cut the sort pictures out yourself and let your child glue. On the last page, write down exactly what they say about their drawing.
Age 4: Let them cut the pictures and trace with a crayon. Ask them to tell you one time they felt happy and one time they felt sad, and listen without fixing.
Age 5: Encourage them to write the first letter, or the whole word, of their favorite fact. Ask them to add a self-portrait to the back of the tracing page.
Games to play with the pages
- Feelings faces. Use the happy and sad pictures as cards. Show one and make the matching face in the mirror, then try cross, surprised and sleepy too.
- Body part Simon says. Use the tracing words: "Simon says touch your ear. Simon says put your hand on your heart."
- Family count. Draw everyone in your family on the back of a page and count them, then count the eyes and hands all together.
- Home address song. Sing your street and town to a familiar tune until your child can say it alone.
- Me book. Staple the four finished pages together with a cover your child draws, and read their own book at bedtime.
When your child is ready for more
Once your child can talk about their body, feelings and family, they're ready to compare themselves with others (taller, shorter, same, different), name more feelings and learn to write their name. Our preschool at home schedule shows how to fit a theme like this into a short, calm daily routine.
The full All About Me Unit continues with more tracing, word cards and a word search, counting and look-and-count pages, a reading page, a matching page, a maze, big pictures to color and trace, a coloring page and a certificate to finish the theme.
Questions parents ask
It is made for ages 3 to 5. Three year olds can enjoy the read-together page, the sorting and the drawing with an adult cutting and writing for them. Four and five year olds can trace the words, cut the pictures out and may write a word or two on the last page themselves.
Yes, completely. There is no email, no account and no trial. Click download and the four pages open right away. They come from our full All About Me Unit, so you can use them now and decide later if you would like the rest of the unit.
The pages are the same in both editions. Color helps younger children recognize the pictures on the sort page, while black and white saves ink and gives them more to color. Choose US Letter or A4 and print at actual size.
Many families start preschool at home with it, because it begins with the thing every child knows best: themselves. It also works well before a new school year, after a move, or when a new sibling arrives, since it opens easy conversations about family and feelings.
The full unit has 17 pages: two tracing pages, two big pictures to color and trace, the read-aloud page, word cards, counting and look-and-count pages, a cut and paste page, a reading page, a maze, a matching page, a coloring page, a draw and write page and a certificate.
