Learn German: Feelings – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with German. The drawings show the smiling, sad and surprised faces, 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.

Look, think in German, and write: your child finds the German word for the pictured feelings and spells it into the crossword. Each word is joined to another at a crossing, so your child attends to every single letter. That practises German spelling and firms up vocabulary. It is a feel-good puzzle — no haste, no contest, just one new word per picture. You can print it for free or open it online to play together, as often as the urge to puzzle returns and a few more German words feel worth meeting. 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 summer things and the ones with vehicles 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 feelings — 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!