Learn Spanish: Space – Picture Crossword for Kids

Pictures become Spanish words in this puzzle: your child sees the rockets, planets and stars, finds the right word in Spanish, 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 Spanish spelling in the most natural way. At the same time their Spanish 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 Spanish words.

Recognize, spell in Spanish, write it in: your child sees the rockets, planets and stars in the drawings, finds the right Spanish word, and enters it letter by letter into the grid. Each box takes a single letter, and the crossing Spanish words help one another along. That strengthens Spanish spelling and stretches their vocabulary — a comfortable puzzle with no pressure, free to print or to play online. Your child may erase and rethink a word whenever they wish, because in this puzzle all that matters is calm, curious thinking, one careful letter at a time. 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 furniture and the ones with sea creatures 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 space things — 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!