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Printable Learning Folder for the Early Years

Today I’m sharing the Preschool Learning Folder that I’ve put together for my three year old son to begin working on this year. This printable learning folder contains all the major preschool concepts and presents them in an interactive engaging way.

Stick around to the end to get the free preschool learning folder inserts for uppercase letters, self-care, continents, ocean animals, farm animals, and emotions!

The plan is to use this preschool resource over the next couple years to prepare him for kindergarten readiness and give him his own ‘school’ while we homeschool our older daughter.

So far, it’s working wonderfully.

We are almost a month into our schooling and he still grabs it every morning when Jovie heads to the table for her handwriting. And the best part is that he is learning as well!

The Preschool Learning Folder

This printable ended up being a bigger task then I originally thought it would, but I digress. the project is done and I couldn’t be happier.

From learning colors to skip counting this binder is packed full of things he will be able to learn. Furthermore, I pushed the boundaries of preschool and even added a few concepts he could grow into much as clocks and money.

What is the best age to start the preschool learning folder?

It depends on your child. I made this folder with my three-year old in mind. He was engaged, interested, curious, and excited to learn, so I took that as a great time to start.

Like I said before, the variety in this folder covers varying levels of preschool abilities. As you progress through, you will find that the folder is organized with the easiest pages toward the beginning and then progressing to the back with more challenging topics like money and time.

shapes

Topics Covered

When I sat down to make a list of the topics, I realized that the possibilities were endless. There are so many things preschoolers can learn at home! After much deliberation, I settled for the ones that would work best with my kiddos. The topics included are:

Preschool Learning Folder pages include:

  • Colors
  • Shapes
  • Sizes
  • Alphabet
  • Letter Recognition
  • Vowel Sounds
  • Numbers and Counting
  • Calendar
  • Weather/Seasons
  • Phone Number
  • Clock/Time
  • Money
  • Skip Counting
  • The Five Senses
  • Parts of a Flower

The Free Preschool Learning Folder Inserts Include: (see below)

  • Uppercase letters
  • Self Care (nutrition, hygiene, health)
  • Continents of the World
  • Ocean Animals
  • Farm Animals
  • Planets
  • Emotions
Preschool Learning Folder seasons page

How we use the Preschool Learning Folder

When we pull out the preschool folder in the morning, we usually go over the page together. I like to ask my son questions and get him verbalizing what he is learning. Other times, I give this the notebook and let him maneuver the pieces around all on his own. (Even if he doesn’t get it all correct, he is building his fine motor skills as he works to attach the pieces.)

Here are some examples of questions I might ask:

  • What shape is that?
  • Can you tell me what these colors are?
  • What letter does the word ‘hat’ start with?
  • Can you think of another word that rhymes with ‘cat’?
  • Can you make a pattern like this using something else?
  • Can you tell me the names of these fruits? Show me their match.
  • What season are we in now?

How to assemble the learning folder

I really wanted this binder to withstand a three-year old boy. Therefore, I decided to laminate each page and use clear velcro to attach the movable pieces. (I used velcro tape for the larger pieces and used the velcro dots for the smaller pieces.)

Once again, a little more work upfront, but well worth it. Assembly materials used: (This list contains Amazon Affiliate links.)

How to store the preschool learning folder

We have found that, keeping the pieces attached to each page works the best. We try to do one page at a time, and do our best to put pieces are back in place, before they turn to the next page to work on.

Printable Preschool Learning Folder Download 

This preschool learning folder is a paid product but there are free inserts!

Thank you for your interest! Since this resource has been added to and updated, it is now a paid product. You can use this printable preschool resource for your homeschool or classroom. Get the Preschool Learning Folder today and get started! (Be sure to get the free preschool learning folder inserts below!)

Free Preschool Learning Folder Inserts!

Want to add more subjects to your preschool learning folder OR simply want to try a few sample pages? If so, here are some free preschool learning folder inserts for you to try. (Note: these inserts are for personal or single classroom use only.)

Free Preschool Learning Folder Inserts Include:

  • Uppercase letters
  • Self Care (nutrition, hygiene, health)
  • Continents of the World
  • Ocean Animals
  • Farm Animals
  • Planets
  • Emotions

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Available in Spanish

Looking for a printable Spanish preschool resource? Look no further, the Preschool Learning Folder is also available in Spanish as well! (Carpeta de Aprendizaje Preescolar)

Other Preschool Resources

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What are you working on with your preschooler?

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99 Comments

  1. Okay Jessica, this is incredible. Mine is quickly hand drawn. I LOVE this! And now that I have a working printer again, I will be making lots of new pages. Thanks!

    1. Thanks Lenae! I had you in mind when I was making this! You gave me a great starting point, and If I had your drawing abilities I would have hand-drawn it too! I had a ton more ideas, but the time just wasnt there. lol. Make sure you show me how yours is coming along. Love you, Friend!

    2. Thank you thank you thank you!! I’ve been searching for something to work with my son and daughter for awhile now and this is exactly what I needed – bless you th heart for putting it out there to help other moms!

    1. Thanks Susan! Mine are pretty close in age, so the time I need to spend with his older sister is pretty short making this type of thing quite practical in our situation. 🙂 Hope your school year is going well! 🙂

  2. Hi Jessica, I am glad things are getting back to normal for you! Home schooling must be such fun! Most of us don’t get the chance to be our kids primary teacher. I am so happy for you that you can do it! And it is nice your son can learn at his pace too , and has a will to learn. It looks like a cute learning topic list, and important things for him to know. Haha , you do need to make the folder 3 yr old boy proof! I know. I will hopefully get to download later. Thank you so much , you are such a helpful friend to think of us all! Hugs, Terri xo.

  3. What a great idea to laminate this! Isn’t it true that sometimes what we think are small projects at first take the most time? This seems like it was worth the extra thought and effort! Thank you for sharing!

  4. Jessica, this is INCREDIBLE!! Thank you for sharing what took you much time. It is beyond awesome. I think my 4yo would benefit from this, too – the money and time concepts are hard, as are the order of the days and months. I think I’ll make this for her and then pass it on to her (very bright and eager) 20mo sister when she’s ready.
    I am truly in awe of you homeschooling mamas. Very creative.
    I’m glad things are getting back to normal for you – fires are scary!

  5. I’m so happy I came across this page ?my 3yr old daughter loves learning new things we’ve been working on numbers, ABC’s, colors and shapes etc… She knows how to spell her name already “Soleil” I try to come up with fun creative ways of learning for her. She’s been asking to bring her “school work” lol with her while we’re on the go. This will be perfect!!! Thank you for the printable’s you did an awesome job.

      1. It won’t load. Just takes me to my AppStore so I can download Dropbox, which has been installed on my phone for ages. When I hit open it takes me to Dropbox but no file. Any other way to get this? Thank you so much!

  6. Thank you thank you thank you! This is exactly what we needed, I look forward to introducing it to my son’s daily routine!

  7. Hey I have 4 Special Ed kids and this would be perfect. It says I can only get one right. So do I need to get this 4x. Please help?

  8. Thank you so much!! I have just made the choice to home-school and this is fantastic!!! I see a tab for homeschooling that i will be exploring too.

  9. This is truly fantastic!!!! I have children with special needs and this is exactly the kind of thing i have been looking for to do with them. Since it can be put in a binder, it also promotes their independence and its so bright and colorful and stimulating. They are going to love it!!!. Thank you so much for sharing your hard work with the community!!!! Amazing!

  10. This is so helpful. My daughter has a speech and language disorder. I have all the information all the tools but i tend to get overwhelmed when i think of everything we need to do, these printables are easy and fun

  11. I just want to thank you for sharing this. I have been looking for something like this for a while now. You are just wonderful for sharing this.

  12. For some reason I thought that the laminate ‘stuck’ to itself around the edges not the actual paper. I would have thought that if you laminate first and then cut that the laminate would come off…does it stick to the paper after you cut?

    1. At the bottom of the blog post there is a large box that says ‘Sign up for free printables.’ insert your first name and email and it take you directly to the file. Happy creating!

      1. I can imagine you were rolling your eyes at me Jessica. For some reason the box wasn’t showing up in my Chrome browser. I opened Safari and found it there but it just will not load in Chrome. Thanks for your help!

  13. I love this learning folder! My son is 2 and loves doing puzzles, so this is a great beginning for him! He’ll be able to grow into the more difficult skills later. Great job!

  14. Hi, this looks amazing. I have signed up and confirmed email. after that I get taken to a page saying there is an error and page no longer available. Have I missed the cut off to be able to receive this folder? Thanks

    1. It’s still available. Make sure you are opening it up on a PC. The file won’t open on a phone or iPad. If you are still having troubles, shoot me an email and I’ll send you a direct link to the file. ?

  15. Thank you so much for the file! I just got through putting them in the pouches and will cut out and laminate the small parts tomorrow. Question though. I saw where you said you store the pieces in the corresponding page, but how? Paper clips or such? That’s the only thing I can think of and I’d be scared they’d fall off. That’s a TON of tiny pieces to get lost.

    1. I keep each piece on the appropriate page using plenty of velcro. That works best for us in keeping it organized. When we he is ready to do a page we just remove the pieces and put them on again before moving on. Of course you are free to come up with a different system. (Also, make sure you laminate the full sheet before you do any cutting.) Enjoy! ?

  16. Sorry for your trouble. Make sure you are opening it on a computer (not an iPhone or iPad). OR perhaps try to open it in another browser. If you have any more troubles go my contact form and email me, and I’ll send you a direct link.

  17. 🙁 I’ve opened this in Firefox, Explorer and Chrome but can’t get a “sign up for free printables” box to appear anywhere. My 2 & 3 year old girls would love a lot of the things on your pages!

    1. I’m so sorry for your trouble. The box should be at the bottom of the post, not sure why it isn’t visible to you. You can send me an email, though my contact form and I’ll send you a direct link. ❤️

  18. Thank you for all the hard work that you put into this packet, and for sharing. Will be using in my classroom.

  19. I just finished this binder for my 3 year old granddaughter, as a birthday present. Her parents were crazy about it. My son is a Fireman, so he is her care giver several days a week, and can work with her.
    I had some small ziploc type bags, so I labeled them with each of the lessons, and stored the cut out pieces in the bags. I then took about 6-7 bags, and put them in the pencil pouches that fit in 3 ring binders. It took 3 pencil pouches for all of them. I put 6-7 lesson bags, put them in the pencil pouch, then put that pouch after those lessons. I then did that with the rest of them. I bought a very colorful binder at Walmart, and since it was cardboard, not vinyl, I covered it with clear contact paper. Now it will stay clean forever!
    Thanks for offering this, as I had fun putting it together for my GD. Oh….forgot to mention…..I didn’t have a laminator, but found out you can laminate with your iron! I used a dry iron with a press cloth, on a medium heat. I experimented with a few pieces of paper to get the right temperature and how long to keep the iron in each spot. Turned out I could just move my iron slowly across the page and it laminated perfectly.
    Wanted to be sure to pass that on.

  20. Thank you so much for sharing this! My 2 year old daughter loves this! This binder has helped me alot!

  21. What is the best approach you have developed for working with this binder? Do a few pages everyday? Likely you do not do the whole binder each day. Suggestions would be appreciated

  22. What a wonderful gift you’ve offered us. I teach the preschool Lab class at the high school. This will be a great resource for the high school-aged teachers to work with their preschooler. And a nice gift for the families at the end of the year.

  23. I absolutely LOVE this. I just wish some of the cut outs were bigger. I am the world’s worst cutter. Lol. But I will manage. 😉

  24. Sucks I can’t see what all 53 pages look like. But I do love the idea. I’ve been trying to come up with something for my little one besides apps on a tablet or phone. Hope I can find a free version I can look at before printing. But love your idea. The 3 pages I can see look great.

  25. Hi! I am excited to maybe buy this for my preschooler. I am having a hard time finding the video where you explain all the pages of the binder. When I click on the two links I found, it just takes me to tour TPT page and I can’t find the video there. Is it still available? Thanks!

  26. This is PERFECT! I’ve been wanting to make one of these for my grandchildren, but was overwhelmed! You have saved me so much time, and this is better than anything I ever could have done! Thank you so much!

  27. Where did you put Velcro dots on some of the pages like the alphabet page so it doesn’t cover up the letters? I’m having a hard time deciding where would be best! Thanks!!

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