Learn Dutch: Colors – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with Dutch. The drawings show the reds, blues and greens, and your child says the Dutch word to themselves before setting each letter into the grid. In doing so they practise turning a remembered Dutch word into its correct written form — a lovely warm-up for anyone just starting to learn Dutch. At the crossing points the words meet on a shared letter, and that is exactly where small moments of "oh, it fits!" appear. Take your time, because this puzzle wants to be solved slowly. There is no timer and no score, only your child, the pictures, and the satisfaction of every Dutch word spelled correctly into place, box after careful box.

In this picture crossword your child names the reds, blues and greens in Dutch and spells each word into the boxes. Dutch vocabulary and spelling get a quiet workout at once, because the shared letters at the crossings have to agree. Let your child puzzle at their own pace — there is no clock and no score, only the pleasure of each Dutch word spelled correctly. Once a word is solved, it hints at the next, and the grid fills in piece by piece. That way a first taste of Dutch feels like a cheerful little puzzle your child gets to discover all by themselves. Dutch likes to join small words together, so a single word can grow surprisingly long.

Has your child caught the joy of naming and spelling in Dutch? Then keep going! The crosswords about the body parts and the ones with colors hold fresh pictures, new Dutch words, and new crossings to puzzle over. And once your child is really in the swing of it, there is a whole free collection built around the colors — free to print or simply to play online. That way learning Dutch stays varied and gives a little fresh pleasure each day, all at your child’s own pace. Have fun discovering, writing, and puzzling together!