Learn Swedish: Classroom Objects – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with Swedish. The drawings show the pencils, books and globes, 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.

Recognize, spell in Swedish, write it in: your child sees the pencils, books and globes in the drawings, finds the right Swedish word, and enters it letter by letter into the grid. Each box takes a single letter, and the crossing Swedish words help one another along. That strengthens Swedish 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. 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 accessories and the ones with beach things 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 classroom objects — 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!