First Word Searches

Word searches made for a child who has only just started reading. Every word runs left to right or top to bottom — never backwards, never diagonally — because a new reader has enough to do without reading in four directions at once. The first eight puzzles are 8×8 with short words; the rest are 10×10 on themes a child actually cares about: pets, snacks, the garden, getting dressed, Christmas, Halloween and feelings. The answers are at the back, printed from the same placement as the puzzles, so a key can never be wrong. Plus ten new activity pages: a rhyme to say together with a finger game (“Letters Everywhere”), draw a cat and a tree in four easy steps, join the dots to find a rocket, finish the other half of a house, spot the difference, a cut-and-sort page (Animal or thing?) and three mazes that grow from easy to tricky.

What's inside:

- 18 puzzles: eight 8×8 to start, then ten 10×10

- Across and down only — no backwards or diagonal words

- Themes that matter at five: pets, snacks, toys, weather, Christmas

- A word list with a line to tick off each one

- Two answer pages at the back · US Letter + A4

- New: 3 mazes, join-the-dots, finish-the-picture, a finger-game rhyme, draw-it-in-steps, spot the difference & sorting

Instant download. Yours forever. Personal use + your own classroom welcome (please don't resell or share the files).

Not right for your child? Email hi@printablebloom.com - I'll swap it or refund it, no hoops. - Emma