Tools Flashcards | Printable Tools and Machines Picture Cards | 52 Card Pages

Tools flashcards with machines and word labels

These tools flashcards are a packet of 52 card pages, each titled Tools and Machines! with a grid of nine picture cards. Every card shows a hand tool, a power tool or a machine with its name printed below.

The set is made for children who are learning tool and machine words in English, and for teachers or parents who run a building, jobs or workshop unit. The same items come back on many pages in new borders and colors, so children see each word again and again as they go through the pages.

If you want hand tools flashcards for a workshop corner, a classroom or the kitchen table, these pages cover the hammers and screwdrivers children see most. A parent looking for a tools flashcards pdf can print one page at a time, and a teacher can build a center from the pages that match a building unit. Because each page changes color and border, a child who learned wrench on one page sees it again in a new look on the next.

What’s on the pages

Each card page has a Tools and Machines! heading in bright letters and three rows of three cards. The borders are dashed, solid or colored, and stars and confetti fill the page edges, so the 52 pages do not all look alike.

• Hand tools: hammer, claw hammer, screwdriver, wrench, pliers, saw, hand saw and tape measure.
• Power tools: drill, power drill, circular saw, chainsaw and jigsaw.
• Machines: tractor, bulldozer, excavator, forklift, crane, lawn mower and sewing machine.
• Other items: toolbox, wheelbarrow, ladder, flashlight, paint roller and axe.

The pictures are objects only, with no people and no animals. Some card names have spelling slips, such as screwdriver written as screwdiver, so look through the preview pages before you print.

What’s in the download

The tools and machines flashcards pdf has 55 pages in total.

• Name page: 1 page with lines for name, class and date
• Tool and machine cards: 52 pages, nine cards on most pages
• Two closing pages with a thank you note and copyright information

Everything comes as PDF, so you can print one page for a small group or the whole set. The words are already printed on the cards, so there is nothing to write by hand, and the large pictures are easy to see from across a table. Think of the pages as tool picture flashcards that need no cutting guides: the card borders show where to cut.

How to use tools flashcards

Print the pages you want and cut the cards apart along their borders. Hold up a card, say the word and let the child repeat it. After a few rounds, hold up a card and ask the child to say the word first.

A few ways to use the cards:

• Lay out nine cards from one page and ask the child to point to the one you name.
• Sort the cards into hand tools and machines, and talk about what each one does.
• Ask which tool you would use to turn a screw or to measure a board.
• Pair the cards with a jobs unit, such as builders, farmers and gardeners.
• Leave a few pages with a substitute as a quick vocabulary activity.

Tools flashcards work best in short rounds of five or six cards. Add a few new cards each lesson and bring back the older ones for review. A short talk about what each tool does turns a word list into a real lesson.

Take a look at the preview pages before you buy, so you can see the layout and the pictures.

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