Methodology
How LingoSheets is made
A short, honest description of where the words come from, how the translations are handled, and what the printables are — and are not.
Last updated 2026-10-29
1. The word lists
Every theme starts from a question a teacher actually asks: what are the ten words I need for this unit? The lists are curated in-house from early-years and newcomer vocabulary — animals, food, family, school, body, weather, feelings, daily routine and so on. Each theme has 8–12 words, which is roughly a week of short activities.
Words are printed without articles so you can add el/la or le/la when you teach gender. Chinese entries carry simplified characters and pinyin with tone marks.
2. Translations
The Spanish, Chinese and French translations are compiled and checked in-house against common classroom usage. They are not verified word-by-word by a native teacher for every region. Where a word differs between regions (for example ordenador vs computadora), the custom word list lets you swap in local vocabulary, and corrections sent by email are folded back into the open data.
We would rather say this plainly than claim a review process we do not have. If you are a native speaker and spot an error, please tell us — it is the fastest way to improve the site.
3. Pictures
Pictures are emoji used as pictograms. They need no image licensing and print in colour on most systems, but rendering varies by operating system and printer. The written word is always the primary content; the emoji is a visual cue, not a test.
4. The printables
The online makers (word search, flashcards, tracing, bingo, matching, math) run entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded. The static printables — theme pages, word-search pages, flashcards pages, tracing pages and the PDF packs — are generated when the site is built and served as plain files.
All sheets are laid out for A4 portrait; on Letter paper choose “Fit to page”. Word searches print with a second answer page; tracing and flashcards print one page.
5. Updates and corrections
New themes and tools are added in batches. The open word data on the data page carries a last-updated date and a versioned CSV/JSON download. Corrections are usually fixed within a few days; the affected static pages and PDFs are regenerated in the next build.
6. What this site is not
LingoSheets is not a curriculum, a reading programme, a marketplace, or a replacement for a teacher. It is practice material. The worksheets are designed to be printed, marked and talked about — not to assess children automatically.
7. Licence
Free for classroom and personal use. Printing for your own students or children is allowed; reselling the files, uploading them to a paid marketplace, or claiming them as your own work is not. The word data is published under CC BY 4.0.
Questions
Who chooses the words?
The word lists are curated in-house from the vocabulary that appears in early-years and newcomer classrooms: animals, food, family, school, body, weather, feelings and similar themes. Each theme has 8–12 words, deliberately short enough to teach in a week.
Are the translations checked by native speakers?
They are compiled and checked in-house against common classroom usage, but they are not verified word-by-word by a native teacher for every region. Regional variants are noted where they matter, and corrections are welcome by email.
Why do you use emoji instead of illustrations?
Emoji are pictograms that need no image licensing and print in colour on most systems. Rendering varies by operating system and printer, so the written word — not the emoji — is always the primary content.
How often is the site updated?
New themes and tools are added in batches; the open word data carries a last-updated date on the data page. Corrections are usually fixed within a few days.
Can I request a theme or a correction?
Yes — email us with the theme, the word and the language. If it is a correction, we fix the data and regenerate the affected printables.
Corrections and requests: moestone@163.com