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Document those important milestones, like the first day of school, with these free printable First Day of School Chalkboard signs! The printables are available for every grade, Preschool and Pre-K through High School. Download just the year’s sign or download the whole set of First Day of School signs all at once.
Be sure to check out the latest 1st Day of School signs HERE. This 2016 update includes TK (Transitional Kindergarten!). Looking for LAST DAY OF SCHOOL Chalkboard signs? Find them HERE. If you are having trouble, please read the tips in the FAQ section.
First Day of School Printable Chalkboard Signs
Here it is, the moment you’ve been waiting for! You loved the last day of school chalkboard printables so much that I had to be sure and give you the first day of school chalkboards, too!
The first day of Kindergarten is a momentous occasion, so I created these adorable printable chalkboard signs when my son started kindergarten. We have used them every year since and they have become quite popular here on the website.
HOW TO USE MY FREE PRINTABLE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SIGNS:
- Choose the page you’d like to print. Each grade is on a different page so you do now have to print them all.
- Print them out on 8 ½ x 11-inch cardstock.
- If desired, trim to fit an 8×10-inch frame and have your kids hold them in the same frame each year. Or have fun with different frames.
Tools needed for this project:
You may need one or more of these tools to help in printing and creating the projects described above:
- Color printer – This device offers beautiful color printer on a variety of paper sizes, mobile printing (from your mobile device), scanning and copying and much more!
- Cardstock – A heavier paper is my first choice when printing anything for display, gift tags and cards or tags.
- Sharp scissors – needed for cutting cardstock, especially when cutting into shapes for cards and tags.
- Paper Trimmer – Helpful when trimming to size, especially from 8 ½ x 11-inch paper.
HOW TO DOWNLOAD
To download the printables, click on the link below. You will be taken to a page where you can choose which grade to print, pr dpwnload the entire set at once.
IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE PRINTING, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE FILE OF YOUR CHOICE, THEN PRINT FROM YOUR COMPUTER.
If you are having trouble printing:
- Download the file of your choice, then print from your computer.
- Open an incognito window on your internet browser and then open the first day of school signs.
FAQs:
- How do I print these? You can definitely print these on your home printer, and it doesn’t have to be super high quality. THIS is the one I use. You can also print at Staples, Office Depot or Kinkos, but I do not recommend printing on photo paper since there is a lot of black ink that could smudge and ruin the copy. I use regular CARDSTOCK or even plain printer paper (just make sure to let it dry).
- How do I get the chalkboard background? The chalkboard background is actually a graphic design style and is printed directly on the paper. No chalkboard required!
- Do you have TK? No, I’m sorry, I do not have TK for this design. However I do have TK with THIS set. Unfortunately I am not able to make special orders of these signs.
- I can download some of the pages, but not *this* one. Please make sure that your Adobe software is up to date. Try closing out the page and letting it reload, then select the page you wish to download. Each page has been tested numerous times and with numerous browsers and is working.
- I can’t print at all, help! If you are having difficulty bring up the pdf for print or download, try opening an incognito window on your browser and then go the the url and try printing again. Occasionally your browser thinks we are spamming you with downloads but I assure you we are not! If incognito doesn’t work, try a different browser, or a different device.
- Can you just email me the file? I get a lot of requests for this, but unfortunately I am not email to email the files. They are large files and some providers block them. Please try the tips I mentioned above.
- As with each of my free printables, these are free gifts for my readers. Please do not copy, sell or redistribute in any way without permission.
Be sure to check out these other free printables:
- 1st Day of School Printable Signs
- Chalkboard Alphabet Bunting
- How to Make Your Own Printable Chalkboard Sign
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Hi, I use these every year but somehow can’t download this year! I need the first day of third grade one if you happen to be able to email it. Love these signs, thanks for providing then as free printables 🙂
Try opening an incognito window and then go to the site to download. This seems to work for anyone having an issue.
Thank you so much for the fun printable, I use these twice a year. Cheers to a new school year!
You’re so welcome Katie! thank you so much for stopping by!
Good morning! I’m trying to download your chalkboard signs for the first day of school, but only found last day of school. Can you send me a link.
Thank you,
Kathryn
Try opening the link in an incognito window. That should work. It’s probably your internet browser.
I love your chalkboard back to school signs. Is there a way you could do some for Australian kids too? Foundation, Grade 1, Grade 2 etc
Sorry, I’m not able to do custom work at this time.
Hi Kristin! Love your chalkboard signs. I print them every year! I’m having trouble opening the first day ones when you click the banner to download/print them. It is saying the google drive doc “might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.” Do you have a different link or way of sharing? Thanks much!
Hi! Do you have the last day of school for the photo signs?
Thank you!!
HI! Thank you for sharing! Could you let me know what the fonts are for these? I’d like to add my daughter’s name before printing! Thank you!
I print these out every year. Thank you for these!!!
For some reason they disappeared one by one from the google drive folder!! I clicked on something and it pulled it up but the icons said pdf instead of thumbnails. I downloaded those but it said failed-forbidden. I came here and saw you said to try another browser, so I tried refreshing that page. And it worked!! Thank you so much for your generosity. These printables are timeless and beautiful, and I am so grateful!
Oh I’m so glad you were able to get it to work!!
Thank you so much for these signs and also making them free printables!! I use these each year with my 4 and am so glad to see they are easy to find and easy to print!! Can’t believe we are starting another year!! thank you again!
Thank you for the signs!!!
HI! Love your signs! Do you have a last day of school sign that matches the colored one with books on the side?
I’m having the same trouble as above. I have used the previous year’s chalk boards, but never thought ahead to download for coming years. Now the Google Doc won’t load. I can download the last day of school signs just fine, but I can’t get the first day of school signs. Can you help?
Sorry, I meant Google Drive.
Hi: I’m having the same issues as Sara S, Lindsay and WRC. Any chance you could email the one for 2nd grade? Google Drive just keeps spinning. If they’re zipped, a whole package would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Susan Lee sescott9@yahoo.com
I was able to access via Internet Explorer, but not Mozilla Firefox. Very odd, but I’m in good shape now!
Hi, If you’re still having trouble, please try another browser. Thanks!
Sorry for the trouble, for some reason it’s saying printing is disabled. But you can still download. So click the download button and save the file to your computer. You should then be able to print.
I’m so bummed I’m also having issues trying to download the first day chalkboard signs, the last day work but not the other ones 🙁
Sorry for the trouble, for some reason it’s saying printing is disabled. But you can still download. So click the download button and save the file to your computer. You should then be able to print.
I was able to access via Internet Explorer, but not Mozilla Firefox.
Glad you got it to work, and thanks for the tip!
Help!
I have used these the past two years, and had no issues. The last day of school ones pull up fine to print, but I can not get the first day of school ones to show. I even downloaded the new extension that you have via chrome, and they will not show. Years past, they have been right on the site to click, open, and print.
I am having the same issue Katie. Love these signs and thank you for making them available Kristin!
I am also having trouble with the Google drive for both the first and last day of school chalkboard pages. However, I was able to download the other first day of school prints. Thank you so much for making these prints, Kristin!
Sorry for the trouble, for some reason it’s saying printing is disabled. But you can still download. So click the download button and save the file to your computer. You should then be able to print.
Would it be possible to get an editable file? I want to give lots of skin, hair, and eye color options as my class lesson is about diversity.
Thanks in advance!!
Susan
Hi Susan, As the printables on my site are copyrighted and free for use, they are not to be altered in any way and I am not able to offer editable files.
hi its not working for me its only printing small not the 8×10 size please help
Be sure to check the printer settings.
Where’s the link ? Nothing is working foe me :(((
Hi Josie, as you scroll down the page there is a graphic that says “click here to download.” Click that graphic and it will take you to the printables.
Thank you so much! We’ve been using your signs since my daughter was in first grade…she’ll now be in third! Your signs are a part of our back to school tradition! xoxo!
I want to print your Printable Chalkboard First Day of School and when I go to the link to download — it brings me to google drive — I can download everything else — even the Last Day of School Chalkboards but not the First Day of School — PLEASE HELP!!
Hi Kari, The printables are to be downloaded from Google drive, where they are housed. If you click the download link it should take you to the files where you can then download to your computer or just print from there.