Learn Spanish: Activities – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with Spanish. The drawings show the running, jumping and swimming, and your child says the Spanish word to themselves before setting each letter into the grid. In doing so they practise turning a remembered Spanish word into its correct written form — a lovely warm-up for anyone just starting to learn Spanish. 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 Spanish word spelled correctly into place, box after careful box.

Look, think in Spanish, and write: your child finds the Spanish word for the pictured action words 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 Spanish 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 Spanish words feel worth meeting. One friendly thing about Spanish: the words are said almost exactly the way they are written.

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