Frequently asked questions

Is EduPacket really free?

Yes. Every tool, every sheet, no watermark on the PDF, and no trial that runs out on a Friday morning. The site is paid for by advertising on its pages; your printouts never carry ads. There is no premium version of a packet waiting behind a paywall.

Do I need to sign up or install anything?

Neither. There is no account to create and nothing to download. The tools run in your browser tab, so the school computer, the laptop at home, and the tablet on the couch all work the same way. If the page loads, you already have the whole tool.

Can I use the packets in my classroom?

Yes. Anything you generate is yours to print, copy, and hand out - in a classroom, at home, or in tutoring, including paid tutoring and teaching. Sharing the PDFs with colleagues and families is fine too. Two limits, and that is the whole list: do not sell generated worksheets as standalone products, and do not pass the tools themselves off as your own work. The Terms page carries the exact wording.

Do you store my word lists or my students' names?

No, and there is nowhere for them to go. The tools run entirely in your browser, so a spelling list or a class roster becomes a PDF on your own device. It is never uploaded to us, never stored by us, never seen by us. That is deliberate: a class list should not have to travel across the internet to become a worksheet. The Privacy page covers the one thing that does behave like the rest of the web, Google's advertising cookies, in the same plain language.

Can I share a packet setup with another teacher?

Yes - that is what the Copy share link button is for. The link carries your words, your settings, and the exact puzzle layout, all inside the link itself, and whoever opens it sees the same packet ready to print. Send it by email, drop it in the team drive, leave it in the sub plans. The list never touches a server on the way: browsers do not send the part of a link after the # symbol to anyone.

Why did my worksheet print smaller than it should?

Almost always the printer dialog. Most dialogs start on "fit to page", which shrinks the sheet a few percent to clear the margins - silently, on every page. Set the size to Actual size or 100% and the worksheet on paper matches the one on your screen. Want proof instead of trust? The print calibration page prints a box of a known size. Measure it, and you know.

Should I pick Letter or A4?

The one your printer is loaded with. Every tool offers both, and the PDF is built at exactly the size you picked, so choose the paper that is actually in the tray. US and Canadian classrooms usually run Letter. Most of the rest of the world runs A4.

Why did one of my words not fit in the word search?

A word fits only if the grid has room for it in one of the allowed directions. A 14-letter word cannot fit the 10 by 10 grid of the youngest setting, and a crowded grid can run out of room for the last words in the list. The tool names every unplaced word on screen rather than dropping it quietly, and the word still turns up on the scramble and tracing sheets. A shuffle usually finds it a home. So does stepping up to the next age setting, with its bigger grid.

Why are the tracing letters solid instead of dotted?

Because that is what the sheets honestly are: each letter printed solid, in grey, for children to trace over. The name tracing pages let you pick the shade, light to dark; the packet tracing sheet uses a light grey. A dotted letter needs a dotted handwriting font, and there is no open-license one we are able to bundle, so dotted is not something we offer. We would rather say that plainly than fake the dots.

What is the biggest list I can make?

The Packet Maker takes up to 40 words at a time, which covers a weekly spelling list or a whole month of sight words. The name tracing tool takes up to 40 names and prints one page per child. The math maker builds sets of 20, 30, or 40 problems. Bingo rides inside the packet: it needs at least 8 words, and it prints up to 30 cards.

How is this different from Canva?

Canva is a design editor, and a good one: posters, presentations, anything you want to arrange yourself, inside an account. EduPacket is a generator. You paste a list, tick the sheets, and get a finished packet - nothing to drag, align, or lay out. Making a beautiful classroom poster? Canva is your tool. Friday's spelling packet before the kettle boils? That is this one.

Can I ask for a worksheet type or a paper size you do not have?

Please do. Email [email protected] and a person reads it. Requests shape what gets built next, so tell us the grade you teach and the job the sheet has to do - that detail is what turns a request into a tool. What we will not do is promise a date. When something ships, it ships for everyone, free, the day it lands.