Prepositions are almost impossible to define for a six year old and very easy to show, which is why nearly every sheet here comes with a picture rather than a rule. “Under” explained is a sentence a child nods along to; “under” pointed at is a thing they can see.
The order above takes the support away a step at a time: match a picture, sort a card, color the right one, write with a picture beside you, work from one scene, draw it yourself, then finally write with nothing on the page but the sentence. Skip anything your child already owns, and drop back a step whenever a sheet turns into a struggle rather than a stretch. All eleven are free printable PDFs with no account and no signup, and six of them print in plain black and white for a class set.
Where Is the Frog? Prepositions Matching Worksheet
Six sentences on the left, six pictures on the right, one line to draw between each pair. The same frog sits on a rock, under a mushroom, behind a rock, in a bucket, next to a mushroom and in front of a bucket, so the pictures come in pairs that differ only by where the frog is.
Where Is the Mouse? Cut and Paste Prepositions Worksheet
Six pictures of a mouse turning up in six places, and six word cards to snip from the bottom of the page and paste underneath the right one. In a basket, on some books, under a chair, behind a plant, in front of a door, between two wedges of cheese.
Read and Color: Prepositions Worksheet for Grade 1
One drawing holding three identical balls, two cats and a bird, plus six instructions telling a child which to color. The ball on the table red, the one under it blue, the one beside it green, and so on.
Where Is It? First Grade Prepositions Worksheet
Now the writing starts. Eight ordinary things in ordinary places, a line drawing beside each sentence, and a bank of eight place words along the top. A cat in a basket, a ball under a chair, a bike in front of a bench.
At the Park Prepositions Worksheet for First Grade
The same eight-word format with a day at the park behind it. A girl on a swing, a dog under a bench, a bird over the pond, a kite stuck in a tree, a ball between two cones.
Down on the Farm: First Grade Prepositions Worksheet
Eight farm sentences in full color: a cat on the fence, a pig in the mud, a hen under the wagon, a bird over the barn, a sheep between two haystacks, a dog in front of its doghouse.
A Rainy Day Prepositions Worksheet for First Grade
A frog on a lily pad, boots in a puddle, a dog under an umbrella, a rainbow over a house, the sun behind a cloud, a worm between two leaves, a girl in front of a rainy window.
Pip's Bedroom Prepositions Worksheet: Circle the Word
A single color picture of a bedroom, and eight sentences asking about what is in it. Three words to circle each time rather than a blank to fill, with the choices kept deliberately close together.
Read and Draw: Prepositions of Place Worksheet
A nearly empty scene with a tree, a table, a shelf and an open box, and six instructions to fill it in. Draw a cat under the table, an apple on it, a ball in the box, a bird over the tree, a mouse behind the box.
Words That Tell Where: Prepositions Worksheet, Grade 1
Ten sentences from a school day and not a single picture. A pencil on the desk, lunch in a backpack, a clock over the door, standing behind Sam in line, the letter B between A and C. Eight words in the bank and two of them get used twice.
Fill In the Place Word: Prepositions Worksheet Grade 1
Ten more blanks with no pictures, this time ranging well past the classroom. Cookies baking in the oven, a bridge over a river, cheese between two slices of bread, a plane flying over the clouds.
One more thing.
If your kids finish a unit and you're not sure what to do next, my honest advice: don't move on yet. Spend a week mixing these in as warm-ups. Fluency isn't a unit, it's a habit, and the sheet that builds it is usually the one they ask to do again.