Learn Italian: Post Office – Picture Crossword for Kids

Pictures become Italian words in this puzzle: your child sees the letters, stamps and parcels, finds the right word in Italian, 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 Italian spelling in the most natural way. At the same time their Italian 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 Italian words.

Here your child turns pictures into Italian words. They study the letters, stamps and parcels, settle on the right Italian word, and spell it carefully into the grid. Because the words trade a letter at their crossings, your child checks their own work as they go. So a first step into Italian becomes a real pleasure. Take your time — this crossword wants to be solved slowly, with no rush at all. With every word entered, Italian spelling grows more familiar, and your child quietly gathers a little treasure-chest of new vocabulary. Italian has a musical sound, and many of its everyday words end in a bright -o or -a.

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