Learn German: Kitchen Tools – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with German. The drawings show the spoons, whisks and pans, 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.

In this picture crossword your child names the spoons, whisks and pans in German and spells each word into the boxes. German vocabulary and spelling get a quiet workout at once, because the shared letters at the crossings have to agree. Let your child puzzle at their own pace — there is no clock and no score, only the pleasure of each German word spelled correctly. Once a word is solved, it hints at the next, and the grid fills in piece by piece. That way a first taste of German feels like a cheerful little puzzle your child gets to discover all by themselves. 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 winter things and the ones with household things 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 kitchen tools — 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!