Learn Spanish: Feelings – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with Spanish. The drawings show the smiling, sad and surprised faces, 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.

Here your child turns pictures into Spanish words. They study the smiling, sad and surprised faces, settle on the right Spanish 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 Spanish becomes a real pleasure. Take your time — this crossword wants to be solved slowly, with no rush at all. With every word entered, Spanish spelling grows more familiar, and your child quietly gathers a little treasure-chest of new vocabulary. 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 birds and the ones with clothes 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 feelings — 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!