Six things you wear or carry, named in Dutch

Every word on this sheet names something a child puts on or picks up in the morning. SJAAL is the scarf, RUGZAK the backpack, SCHORT the apron, ARMBAND the bracelet, PET the cap, and BADGE stays as it is. Six Dutch words hidden across and down in one grid, each with a picture on the list so the meaning is settled before the search starts.

SJAAL and SCHORT give your child a first look at the Dutch sj and sch, letter pairs that English never uses this way and that the eye has to be taught to see as a unit. RUGZAK shows the language's habit of joining short words into longer ones. PET is a trap of a sort — three letters, easy to read, easy to slide straight past in a busy grid.

Use it at the start of term when bags and coats are already the subject of every morning conversation, or at home while getting dressed: name the RUGZAK on the way out and the word gets used rather than merely circled. Teachers pair it with a clothing topic, where the Dutch and English sit side by side on the same picture. Print as many copies as you need; nothing here is timed or scored.