Learn German: Animals – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with German. The drawings show the cats, sheep and hens, and your child says the German word to themselves before setting each letter into the grid. In doing so they practise turning a remembered German word into its correct written form — a lovely warm-up for anyone just starting to learn German. 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 German word spelled correctly into place, box after careful box.

Recognize, spell in German, write it in: your child sees the cats, sheep and hens in the drawings, finds the right German word, and enters it letter by letter into the grid. Each box takes a single letter, and the crossing German words help one another along. That strengthens German spelling and stretches their vocabulary — a comfortable puzzle with no pressure, free to print or to play online. Your child may erase and rethink a word whenever they wish, because in this puzzle all that matters is calm, curious thinking, one careful letter at a time. 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 flowers and the ones with kitchen tools 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 animals — 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!