Learn Dutch: Post Office – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with Dutch. The drawings show the letters, stamps and parcels, 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.

This crossword joins looking and writing in Dutch. Your child recognizes the letters, stamps and parcels, says the Dutch word to themselves, and spells it into the grid boxes. At the crossings a shared letter shows at once whether the Dutch spelling is right — a kind little self-test. So vocabulary and spelling grow together through play. Let your child puzzle in comfort; there is nothing to win here but a full grid. That quiet act of turning a picture into a written Dutch word is exactly what makes first steps into the language feel so light and welcome. 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 bugs and the ones with post 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 post — 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!