Why start with easy word searches
Easy puzzles build the skills that harder ones need: recognising whole words, scanning lines of letters in order and checking spelling letter by letter. Because the words only run across and down, children can follow them the same way they read.
Tips for early readers
- Read the list aloud before starting, and again as each word is found.
- Find first letters. Point to every S in the grid, then check which one starts SANTA or SUN.
- Use a ruler under the row you are reading.
- Move up a level when easy puzzles take less than five minutes: each theme page also has a medium puzzle with diagonals.
For sight word practice, try the sight words word search. When your class is ready for more, try the hard word searches.