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Free Download: Baby Flash Cards

Here is a little project I did over the weekend. I was inspired by an infomercial advertising a DVD set that could teach your baby to read (yes, I got sucked in). Instead of paying $200 for the videos, I just decided to copy what they had done. Using objects that were familiar around my house, I took photographs and made flash cards that had the corresponding word. I show my baby the word first, then I flip out the picture.

free baby flash cards

Be inspired to make your own, or you can download these free flash cards that I created. In my set I also have mommy, daddy, foot, and hand. Some others I plan to add are pictures of his grandparents. Soon I will be making a set of cards for shapes and colors. You really could do a lot with them!

Here are some instructions:

The download is in 5×7 format, and you can print out each page and cut around the lines. You can either separate the cards like I did and attach them with a brad or an eyelet. OR you can cut around both the cards and just fold them in half.

Mommies, let me know if this helps you, I would love to hear about it!

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Comments (14)

  1. Eliane says July 14, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    I couldn’t believe my eyes when I came home from Germany yesterday evening. There was a tiny parcel on our table. As I was told from my optician that something went wrong with my new glasses and that they had to be sent to me I kind of thought the parcel contained my glasses. But they had told me yesterday MORNING. I was so surprised to see YOUR sender! Thank you! It is funny to see the bunting here beside my computer and at the same time see it one your post. I will take pictures later and post it of course.

  2. Lisa Ensor says July 15, 2009 at 1:49 am

    thanks! This is awesome!

  3. Natasha Perryman says July 15, 2009 at 6:26 am

    I could only see myself doing this with a marker. Writing it on one side and drawing a pic on the other side. This looks like too much work to me : ) Maybe its homeschoolish or something, this is where I get hung up- actually “teaching” my kids is hard for me. They will learn to read I am just not sure I am going to be the one to teach them- apart from actually reading to them. I am glad to see I have so many friends who enjoy doing it though. (And typing the words and real pics- good job)

  4. Joshua of Catholic Tech Tips says July 15, 2009 at 9:03 am

    Very cool! I have a 2 1/2 year old. And I do not have an iPod, otherwise I’d consider
    FlashcardExchange    . Thanks : )

  5. evie s. says July 15, 2009 at 10:01 am

    There is definitely some work to this one, but to me it’s worth it. I want to maximize his potential so he can be the best he can be. I don’t want to wait until he’s in school, when he can learn now. Studies show that the most natural time to learn language is during the infant and toddler years. I think it will really make a difference when he gets older!

  6. Matisha says October 24, 2009 at 1:38 am

    !!!!LOL!!!
    Here I was researching basic words to create my own flash cards— I was inspired by the exact same commercial!!!!

  7. Office Desk Furniture says March 14, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    What are your information sources? This seems very interesting…

  8. abe says April 18, 2010 at 1:28 am

    I was researching basic words to create my own flash cards

  9. abe says April 18, 2010 at 1:30 am

    to create my own flash cards

  10. Amy says October 6, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    Thanks so much for the download! I’m just beginning to research flash cards for babies and I literally just downloaded the PDF, so I haven’t yet made the cards — but just from looking at the document I can tell that these are really beautiful. I can’t wait to use them, and I’ve been inspired to make cards for objects around my own home. Thanks again.

  11. taylen says December 6, 2010 at 10:59 am

    I was going to download the pdf file but decided to just do it myself. i got a pack of flash cards from the dollar store, and a couple of old magazines and markers, on one side i put the word, eg. hand, and i looked through the magazine and found a hand and glued it on the other side, i also got my other older kids and nephews to help me, a fun saturday morning activity for the whole family, can work with animals,colors, family members, ect.

  12. ieda says December 22, 2010 at 2:21 am

    very creative. I want to teach my 5 month son reading using flash cards but when can i see the results? u have taught your children using the flash cards perhaps u can tell me…thank u.

  13. ken says April 16, 2011 at 9:14 am

    visit babymission.com for your babies to learn encyclopedic knowledge in multi-languages with flashcards for FREE!

  14. Soft Play Hire says January 25, 2012 at 9:02 am

    Thanks for sharing your download! You’re very creative! It’s such a good idea to make learning fun and from an early age too.

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