Name the room in Dutch, then find the words in the grid

Every word on this sheet points at something within a few steps of where your child is sitting. BANK is the sofa, KAST the cupboard, KRUK the stool, WIEG the cot, POEF the footstool, and NACHTKASTJE the little cabinet beside the bed. Six pictures show which is which; six Dutch words lie hidden across and down in the letter grid, waiting to be found and circled.

NACHTKASTJE rewards a closer look. It is three small pieces glued together — nacht, kast and a diminutive ending — and Dutch does this constantly, which is why a language of short words keeps producing such long ones. Point it out once and your child will start seeing KAST inside it. The other five run to four letters each, quick to spot, and they build confidence for the long one.

Teachers often reach for a sheet like this after a walk-around lesson, when the class has just pointed at the real furniture and repeated the names. At home it works the same way: name three things, then print the puzzle. Nothing is scored and nothing is handed in, so a child who finishes in five minutes and one who takes twenty both end up with the same six words in hand.