About Us
Welcome to GetWorksheets.com, a website built by teachers who’d rather spend their time helping kids than figuring out the newest “revolutionary learning dashboard.” I’m Cris, a K-5 Special Education teacher from New York State, and I’ve been teaching since 1996. That’s long enough to have watched more educational trends launch and fizzle than I can count; usually with a lot of hype and very little usefulness for real students.
When I first started teaching, I was fortunate to work alongside seasoned educators who were nearing retirement. These teachers didn’t just offer advice, they opened up their filing cabinets and handed me entire treasure troves of resources they’d created over decades. I can still remember walking out of school with armfuls of binders, folders, and worksheets, all generously handed over “because you’ll need these someday.” And they were right. Those resources saved me countless hours during a time when I was raising two young kids of my own and trying to keep my head above water. Some of those generous teachers have since passed, but their creativity and caring live on through the worksheets and lessons that continue to help children today.
Over the years, I added thousands of my own creations. I learned very quickly that children learn best when their work feels purposeful; when it’s simple, clear, and actually interesting. Meanwhile, many school-approved programs looked fantastic in a meeting but tended to fall apart the moment a real child looked at them. So I stuck with what worked: materials designed for kids, not for administrators or data dashboards.
My husband, a high school teacher, started adding some of his worksheets to the collection as well, and soon his colleagues joined in. That was the moment this collection stopped being “my stuff” and started becoming something bigger.
A Community Effort
GetWorksheets.com isn’t just my work. It’s the combined effort of 23 veteran teachers and 6 dedicated homeschoolers who have spent years creating, refining, testing, and sharing the materials you’ll find here. You will very often find them commenting and posting on our GetWorksheets Facebook Group. These are educators who have lived through curriculum overhauls, standardized testing waves, teaching trends, and more “new initiatives” than anyone should have to endure.
They come from different grade levels, different backgrounds, and different specialties, but they share one thing: they know what works in real learning environments. Their wisdom, humor, creativity, and patience are baked into every worksheet on this site. What you’re using isn’t just a collection; it’s a legacy of educators who care deeply about helping children learn in ways that make sense, feel meaningful, and bring out the best in each student.
Why This Site Exists
I created GetWorksheets.com to share these materials with the people who need them most: teachers, homeschoolers, tutors, and parents who deserve resources that lighten their workload instead of adding to it. Whether you’re preparing lessons late at night, balancing learning at home, supporting a child who needs extra practice, or simply trying to make learning more engaging, this collection exists to make your life easier, just as those generous teachers once made mine easier.
A Quick History Of This Website
Our website has lived a longer, stranger life than most houseplants. It first launched way back in 2002 as a humble membership worksheet site and somehow grew into a bustling corner of the internet with tens of thousands of happy members which was proof that people really do love a good worksheet. In 2016, the company behind it was sold, and the new owners decided to take the materials in a different direction (we like to think of it as the worksheets going off on a gap year). During the pandemic, in a small plot twist that felt part luck and part destiny, we managed to reclaim the domain and bring it back home. Then came the long, slightly dusty process of figuring out what we actually had. This included sorting, organizing, and rediscovering worksheets we clearly made with a lot of enthusiasm and maybe not enough labels. After much reflection, laughter, and digital archaeology, we finally relaunched the site in late 2025, older, wiser, and very happy to be back where we started.
Copyright Statement
Everything on this site may be printed and used for any non-commercial purpose, but nothing may be posted, shared, uploaded, or distributed digitally. Please enjoy these materials in your classrooms, homes, tutoring sessions, and learning spaces, just keep them offline and they are not to be resold.
Thank you for being here, and thank you for the work you do with children. My hope is that these worksheets support you the way my mentors once supported me , by giving you time back, helping your students succeed, and making the work you do just a little lighter.
Get In Touch
If you need to reach me, you’re welcome to send an email to the address listed just below this paragraph. And fair warning: if you’re an internet marketing or ad-display company, save us both some time, I delete those emails faster than a kid grabbing the last cupcake, and I report them as spam with the enthusiasm of someone chasing a fly out of the kitchen. Everyone else, feel free to reach out!
Have An Absolute Lovely Day,
Cris – M.Ed, Founder & Lead Curator of GetWorksheets.com.
