Looking for FREE Printable First Day of School Signs for 2025 – 2026?
We’ve got you covered with 2025 First Day of School signs for ALL grades – preschool through college! Newly updated for Back to School ’25!
The coordinating Last Day of School 2025-2026 signs will be available on April 14, 2026.
It’s almost Back to School time, and we can’t wait!
It’s hard to believe that we will be packing school lunches and that the kids will be headed back to school soon – the First Day of School is almost here already! Summertime seems to get shorter and shorter each year! We still have a bit of Summer Break ahead of us, but our friends who attend year round schools are headed back in just over a week from now!
A new school year means that it’s time to take that obligatory First Day of School photo, and we’ve got you covered with a cute set of free printable First Day of School signs for preschool through 12th grade!
3 Options: First Day of School Printables
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For the 2025 – 2026 school year, we’ve updated our printable First Day of School signs to include options for classic in-person school as well as homeschool. If you’re doing distance learning, virtual learning, independent study, or any other option, we have also included a set of blank signs that you can customize with your personalized learning method. These different options match the ones offered in our Last Day of School Signs.
First Day of School Signs
If you’re a professional procrastinator (like me! 😂) who always waits until the last minute to do everything, no worries! We’ve got you! These adorable signs are the perfect last-minute photo prop for those first-day photos!
You can print these back to school signs just minutes before the kids head off to school and still manage to snap a few of those precious First Day of School pictures for posterity. Start your own first day of school tradition and use these same signs each year! (We post the updated free printable signs for the current year in early July)
One of my favorite things to do is look back at these photos each year and see how much my kids have grown! (It’s crazy how quickly they grow up!)
Each set of First Day of School signs includes printable signs for preschool, pre-k, PK, transitional kindergarten, TK, and kindergarten along with each numbered grade level. We’ve got you covered from preschool to elementary school to middle school and all the way up through high school! These cute first day of school signs are good for kids of all ages!
Our printable Back-to-School signs also include alternate text versions for freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years (which means that you actually could use these signs all the way through the college years if you wanted to!).
The FREE First-Day-of-School Signs included are:
- First Day of School (ungraded)
- First Day of Homeschool (included in the Homeschool sign set only)
- First Day of Preschool
- First Day of Pre-K
- First Day of PK
- First Day of TK
- First Day of Transitional Kindergarten
- First Day of Kindergarten
- First Day of First Grade (1st Grade)
- First Day of Second Grade (2nd Grade)
- First Day of Third Grade (3rd Grade)
- First Day of Fourth Grade (4th Grade)
- First Day of Fifth Grade (5th Grade)
- First Day of Sixth Grade (6th Grade)
- First Day of Seventh Grade (7th Grade)
- First Day of Eighth Grade (8th Grade)
- First Day of Ninth Grade (9th Grade)
- First Day of Tenth Grade (10th Grade)
- First Day of Eleventh Grade (11th Grade)
- First Day of Twelfth Grade (12th Grade)
- First Day as a Freshman
- First Day as a Sophomore
- First Day as a Junior
- First Day as a Senior
So much fun! Taking cute photos with these signs are a great way to start the new school year and a super sweet way to preserve those First Day of School memories!
If you have chosen to homeschool for the 2025-2026 school season, we have special First Day of School signs just for you, too! We homeschooled for six years, so I know firsthand how challenging it can be to find homeschool-specific printables sometimes! We’ve got you covered with both graded and ungraded First Day of Homeschool signs! ❤️
Seriously, how adorable is this!? All smiles for the first day of homeschool!
For the 2025 – 2026 school year, we’ve also included a fill-in-the-blank customizable sign option for students who may be continuing on with distance learning, hybrid learning, virtual learning, remote learning, independent study, etc. Or, use that space to fill in your school name, your teacher’s name, or even your child’s name!
Simply download the First Day signs, and then open the PDF file in Canva (or other photo editing software) to add your own custom text to the box at the bottom.
Note: the font that we used here is Nexa Rust Sans Black if you want to keep things looking consistent!
I recommend printing these signs onto heavy cardstock for best results and color vibrancy. Use your home printer or send the file to your local print shop for printing.
If you’re planning to use the signs with a large group (in-the-classroom first day photos, for example), I also highly recommend laminating them for better durability. I have an older version of this Scotch laminator that has served me well for over 15 years (including 6 years of heavy and frequent homeschool use!) and is still going strong (it’s one of my favorite things!).
Get the 2025-2026 Free Printable First Day of School Signs Here
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More Back to School Fun
- Back-to-School Rice Krispie Treats – these adorable notebook-themed treats are perfect for classrooms!
- Lunch Box Notes & Jokes – download and print over 300 different lunchbox notes and jokes – one for each school day of the year!
- DIY Custom Water Bottles – send your kiddo back to school in style with their own customized water bottle!
- Back to School Word Search Puzzle – play this fun and FREE back to school game that’s fun for all ages!
Purchase Editable First & Last Day Signs Here!
Want to skip the annual hassle of downloading the latest version next year? Simplify your life by purchasing our editable PDF file and Canva versions from the shop. With these, you can easily update the dates, add your child’s name or your own information, and reuse them year after year!
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hi I Do no see a box anywhere to print the first day of school printout
Hi Christine,
The box looks like this – just find this box within the post, enter your name and email address, and click the “Get It Now!” button! 🙂
Hi! Just checking in…will you be making last day of “school” signs for this year? I know most of our kids are technically in school, but I’d love to mark the official end of the year and this one matches ours from the first day.
These are wonderful and we used them for our kids first day this year and have them saved for their last day as well.! I was wondering if you were going to update with a First Day of Distance Learning/eLearning/Online School/Homeschool option here or in the store? Either way, thanks for saving non-crafty moms like myself!
We added a First Day of Homeschool option to this year’s file! 🙂
We actually went ahead and made entire new sets for homeschool, distance learning, virtual learning, and more! There are seven complete sets this year for lots of options! 🙂
Thanks for the super cute signs! Creative Mommas like you save lazy mommas like me!! 🙂
These look so cute but am I blind? I can’t find the link to actually find the different grade levels to print. Please help!
Look for this box, Tricia, and enter your name and email address for instant access to the printable First Day of School Signs (they will open up as soon as you click the “Get It Now!” button). You will also be emailed a link to where you can download and print the signs. 🙂
i would like a copy of the first day of school signs. Thanks!
Will you be making a matching last of school for 2019-2020?? I hope so. I like to have them printed and put away so they match the first day ones 🙂
Thanks! These are so cute. I use these signs each year and try to find a different design each time. These were perfect for this year. So glad you will have matching last day ones as well 🙂
These are wonderful! Thank you!!!
I love these
I love this sign! Awesome!!! Thank you so much!!! 🙂
These are so adorable! Love how bright and cheerful they look. Thank you so much for creating these. I too am interested in matching Last Day of School signs.
I love love these signs! Thank you for making them
The 1st day back to school signs look great! Thank you so much. Can’t wait to take a picture of my kids tomorrow with the signs. 🙂
Is there a way to change the year? I want to have them all uniform from preschool to high school. OCD mom here
Hi Megan! I will be updating this post each year with the current school years on them, so no worries! I’ll have you covered each year! 🙂
I love the signs but they keep printing out vertical instead of horizontal so it cuts off half of the sign. Is there something I’m doing wrong? I tried flipping view on my computer but it still printed out wrong. I’m sure it’s something I am failing to do lol but if this has happened to anyone else please let me know how you fixed it! Thank you!
Hi Jessica! Did you make sure to check your printer settings to tell it to print it in landscape vs portrait mode? That’d be my first suggestion! 🙂
How will we find the last day ones? I love the first day ones and the ones about themselves. Thank you so much for your help
Hi Alicia! I will be posting the Last Day of School signs in early springtime, and I will make sure to link that new post to this one once they’re available! 🙂
I am having trouble finding the 2018-2019 first day printable to download. Please help we start tomorrow. Thanks momma!
Hi Kathryn, if you scroll down to the bottom of the post, there is a box for you to enter your email address. As soon as you enter it and click the “Get it Now” button, the printables will pop up on your screen. Let me know if you have any trouble with it! 🙂
I love these back to school signs, they are so adorable. However, I wanted to print the 10th Grade sign, but this blackness kept covering it. Too, it would only show the list, please help!!! Thanks in advance!
I love your 2018-2019 first day of school signs. Will you also make matching last day of school signs? I would absolutely love that!!!
Yes! I definitely plan on making matching Last Day of School signs as well! 🙂
I would love this too! The signs are adorable. Please keep us posted if you make them!