Learn Dutch: Farm Animals – Picture Crossword for Kids

In this picture crossword your child looks at a small drawing, thinks of the word for it in Dutch, and writes that word one letter at a time into the grid. The pictures show the cows, pigs and goats, and each one is a gentle first lesson in Dutch vocabulary. Where two Dutch words cross, they share a letter, so a word your child has already solved quietly hints at the next. That makes it word-naming and spelling rolled into one: your child names the picture in Dutch, then spells it out carefully, letter by letter, until the boxes are full. There is no clock and no score here, just a calm puzzle where every drawing turns into a Dutch word and the whole grid slowly fills in.

Look, think in Dutch, and write: your child finds the Dutch word for the pictured farm animals and spells it into the crossword. Each word is joined to another at a crossing, so your child attends to every single letter. That practises Dutch spelling and firms up vocabulary. It is a feel-good puzzle — no haste, no contest, just one new word per picture. You can print it for free or open it online to play together, as often as the urge to puzzle returns and a few more Dutch words feel worth meeting. 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 classroom objects and the ones with farm animals 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 farm animals — 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!