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Flashcard Maker

Type a word on each line with its definition, or pick math facts or Dolch sight words, and print flashcards with cut guides: two, four, six or eight a page, two-sided or fold-over. Free, no account.

Cards
Cards per page
Layout

Fronts on one page, backs mirrored on the next. Print double-sided, flip on the long edge, then cut along the dashed lines.

Paper
8 cards · 4 pages. Free, no account.
Animal habitats · Frontssheet 1 of 2 · cards 1–6
1
habitat
2
predator
3
prey
4
herbivore
5
carnivore
6
omnivore
Animal habitats · Backs (print on the reverse)sheet 1 of 2 · cards 1–6
2
An animal that hunts other animals for food
1
The natural home of a plant or animal
4
An animal that eats only plants
3
An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal
6
An animal that eats both plants and animals
5
An animal that eats only meat
Animal habitats · Frontssheet 2 of 2 · cards 7–8
7
adaptation
8
camouflage
Animal habitats · Backs (print on the reverse)sheet 2 of 2 · cards 7–8
8
Colours or patterns that help an animal hide
7
A feature that helps a living thing survive in its habitat

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Using the cards

Getting the most from a set of flashcards

Flashcards work because of retrieval: the child sees the front, produces the answer from memory, then turns the card to check. A worksheet shows the answer alongside; a card hides it. Keep that in mind when writing the backs. A definition the child can say in their own words beats a dictionary sentence, and for math facts the back should carry only the answer so the check is instant.

Vocabulary cards: word on the front, a short definition on the back, one card per line as word | definition. Eight to twelve new words a week is plenty. Add a picture or an example sentence by hand after printing if the word is abstract. Math facts: choose the operation and the range, and set both numbers to the same value (7 to 7) to drill a single table. Sort the printed cards into “knows” and “not yet” piles and only repeat the second pile.

Sight words are recognised, not sounded out, so these cards are read at speed: hold each one for about a second, and move words the child hesitates on to the front of the deck. The Dolch lists are grouped by the grade they are usually taught in; start with pre-primer and move up only when a list is read without stumbling.

Choosing a size: two per page makes large cards for the whole class to see from the carpet; four per page suits small-group work; six and eight per page make pocket decks for a child to take home. Printing on card stock, or on paper and laminating, makes the cards last a term. Keep each child's deck in an envelope with their name on it; the index number on each card helps put a dropped deck back in order.

Two-sided or fold-over? If your printer prints double-sided reliably, the two-sided layout gives the classic card with the answer on the back. If duplex alignment is a struggle, fold-over cards avoid it entirely: the back prints on the same side of the paper, upside down, and folds behind the front. A glue stick or a staple at the fold keeps them closed.

Ready-made card sets are in the number flashcards and shapes flashcards collections, and the sight words worksheets give the same words as practice pages. For timed drill sheets of the facts on these cards, use the math fact worksheet generator; for a puzzle from the same vocabulary list, the word search maker.

How it works

How to make printable flashcards

Three steps from a list to a cut deck.

  1. 1

    Add the cards

    Type one card per line as front | back, or pick the Math facts or Sight words preset to generate a set.

  2. 2

    Choose size and layout

    2, 4, 6 or 8 cards per page; two-sided (fronts then mirrored backs), fold-over, or fronts only. Add index numbers if you like.

  3. 3

    Print and cut

    Letter or A4. Print double-sided for the two-sided layout, then cut along the thin dashed lines. Card stock makes them last.

Good to know

Questions, answered

Yes. Type the cards, pick a size and layout and print or save as a PDF. There is no account, no watermark and no limit on sets. Everything is drawn in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

The two-sided layout prints the fronts on one page and the matching backs on the next, with each row of backs mirrored left to right. When the sheet is turned over along its long edge, card 2 on the back lands behind card 2 on the front. Print double-sided with "flip on long edge" (the default for portrait pages), or print the fronts, feed the sheet back in, and print the backs on the reverse. Cut along the dashed lines last, after checking one card.

Fold-over cards print the front on the top half of each card and the back, upside down, on the bottom half. Cut out the card, fold it along the dashed middle line, and the back reads the right way up when you flip the card over the top edge. It avoids duplex printing and lines up every time, at the cost of a card half as tall.

Two, four, six or eight cards per page. On Letter paper with normal margins, 2 per page gives cards about 7 by 4.5 inches, 4 per page about 3.5 by 4.5, 6 per page about 3.5 by 3, and 8 per page about 3.5 by 2.3 inches, close to a standard index card. Text shrinks to fit the card, so long definitions still fit at 8 per page, just in smaller type.

Yes. The Math facts preset generates cards for addition, subtraction, multiplication or division over a number range (facts to 10, to 20, the 1 to 12 tables, or one table at a time), with the answer on the back and no repeats. The Sight words preset loads the Dolch pre-primer to third grade lists and the 95 Dolch nouns, one word per card.

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