Learn Dutch: Furniture – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with Dutch. The drawings show the sofas, tables and lamps, 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.

Here your child turns pictures into Dutch words. They study the sofas, tables and lamps, settle on the right Dutch word, and spell it carefully into the grid. Because the words trade a letter at their crossings, your child checks their own work as they go. So a first step into Dutch becomes a real pleasure. Take your time — this crossword wants to be solved slowly, with no rush at all. With every word entered, Dutch spelling grows more familiar, and your child quietly gathers a little treasure-chest of new vocabulary. 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 Easter things and the ones with furniture 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 furniture — 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!