Learn German: Activities – Picture Crossword for Kids

Pictures become German words in this puzzle: your child sees the running, jumping and swimming, finds the right word in German, and writes it one letter at a time into the boxes. Because every word is joined to another at a crossing, your child watches each individual letter as they write, practising German spelling in the most natural way. At the same time their German vocabulary grows, since each drawing brings along a new word. It is a puzzle for easy, unhurried thinking, with no pace to keep and nothing to tally. You can print it for free or open it online to play together. When all the boxes are full, your child has not only solved a grid but picked up a handful of fresh German words.

A picture, a German word, plenty of boxes: your child names the running, jumping and swimming and writes the matching German word in letter by letter. Spelling matters at every step, since the words interlock and share letters where they meet. This is German spelling made hands-on and a friendly vocabulary practice all in one. With no score to chase, your child may puzzle, erase, and reconsider until the whole grid stands. And when the last word lands, the proud look at a completed puzzle belongs entirely to them. Here is something special about German: it gives every naming word a capital letter, even a small cat or a ball.

Has your child caught the joy of naming and spelling in German? Then keep going! The crosswords about the farm animals and the ones with bugs hold fresh pictures, new German 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 action words — free to print or simply to play online. That way learning German stays varied and gives a little fresh pleasure each day, all at your child’s own pace. Have fun discovering, writing, and puzzling together!