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Looking for FREE Printable First Day of School Signs for 2024 – 2025?

We’ve got you covered with 2024 First Day of School signs for ALL grades – preschool through college! Newly updated for Back to School ’24! 

Cute boy in glasses holding a free printable First Day of School sign

Note: First Day of School signs have been updated for the 2024-2025 school year! The coordinating Last Day of School 2024-2025 signs will be available on April 14, 2025.

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

Graphic showing 4 different free printable First Day of School signs with rainbow text and pencils

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For the 2024 – 2025 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

Graphic of Free Printable First Day of Kindergarten sign 2024 - 2025

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!)


Graphic of Free Printable First Day of Preschool sign 2024 - 2025

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
Two cute Black children dressed for school and holding printable First Day of School signs

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!

Graphic of Free Printable First Day of Homeschool sign 2024 - 2025

If you have chosen to homeschool for the 2024-2025 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! ❤️

Cute blonde white girl holding printable first day of school sign on orange background

Seriously, how adorable is this!? All smiles for the first day of homeschool!

Graphic of customizable Free Printable First Day of school sign 2024 - 2025

For the 2024 – 2025 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!

Cute white girl with short brown hair holding a First Day of 4th Grade sign

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!).

Pro Tip: Get the matching Printable Last Day of School Signs here to coordinate the look! The Last Day Signs are updated mid-April of each school year.

Get the 2024-2025 Free Printable First Day of School Signs Here

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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!

First Day of School Signs
2024 – 2025

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  1. I use these every year! They are simple (not too many details) and fun! I love that they have the same design every year. Thanks for continuing to make them!