The Norwegian for foot, hair and mouth, learnt by finding them

Half of this sheet is short words. FOT, HÅR and HÆL are three letters each, and short words are the ones that hide best in a grid — there is barely any shape to catch the eye. FINGER is the reverse: spelled exactly as English spells it, it will be found in seconds. Every word on the page is paired with its picture, so nothing has to be guessed at.

MUNN and LEPPE each double a consonant that English leaves single, and that doubling is not decoration — it tells a Norwegian reader the vowel before it is short. Your child does not need the rule, but noticing the double N and the double P is exactly the kind of attention the grid rewards. HÆL uses æ, a letter that is a and e run together; it is worth naming before the hunt starts.

Body words earn their place early because a child can point to them: touch your hair, say HÅR, then go and find it in the letters. Adults often pair the sheet with a song or a round of Simon Says in Norwegian. Six words is a sensible dose — enough to feel like progress, few enough that all six can be repeated from memory the next morning.