Collection · 12 puzzles
Kindergarten Word Searches
Puzzles sized for the kindergarten year. Sight words and the 3 letter words up to 7 letter words build reading one length at a time; colors, numbers, shapes and the days of the week come from the morning math and calendar routine; family and body parts are the first all-about-me units.
The word kindergarten is German for children's garden. Friedrich Froebel, who opened the first one in the late 1830s, meant it literally: he saw young children as plants to be tended, and his schools had real gardens where each child kept a small plot.
Printable Kindergarten Word Searches
Kindergarten Word Search Puzzles
Every puzzle prints in three levels: easy hides 5 words in a 10 by 10 grid, reading only across and down; medium hides 15 in a 12 by 12 grid; hard hides up to 23 in a 15 by 15 grid. Each print is a fresh draw from the topic's word list, and every sheet comes with an answer key. The same puzzles play online, on your own or against a friend in real time.