Learn Swedish: Supermarket Things – Picture Crossword for Kids

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

As they solve, your child looks closely: what are the carts, baskets and tills called in Swedish? Then each letter travels neatly into its box. Because the Swedish words cross and help one another, the spelling turns exciting and gets practised along the way. Let your child puzzle and explore at their own pace. The loveliest moment is when the last Swedish word fits the grid exactly. Until then your child may think and try as often as they like — here there is neither a clock nor a single right speed to keep. Swedish has three extra letters at the very end of its alphabet — a, a and o with little marks — that English does not use.

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