Six zoo animals in German, and one spelled just like English

Six animals wait in this grid under their German names: ROBBE, FUCHS, ANTILOPE, ZEBRA, KAMEL and SCHIMPANSE. Alongside, small pictures of a seal, a fox, an antelope, a zebra, a camel and a chimpanzee make the pairing straightforward, so the finding is the whole of the task. Each answer runs in a straight line, across a row or down a column, never diagonally.

ZEBRA is spelled exactly as it is in English, which makes it the easiest catch on the page and a sensible place to begin. KAMEL and ANTILOPE are close enough to work out unaided. FUCHS is the awkward one: that CHS ending has no English shape behind it, so a child scanning for familiar chunks skims straight past. ROBBE, five letters with a doubled B in the middle, sits somewhere between the two. SCHIMPANSE, at ten letters, is the longest answer here.

It fits naturally the week before or after a trip to the zoo, and just as well on a rainy Sunday with nothing planned. Nothing is scored. If your child asks what an animal is called in German, answer them, then let them go and find it — hearing a word first makes its letters easier to see. Prints cleanly in colour, or can be worked on screen. Six animals, one grid, and no reason to hurry.