Learn Swedish: Thanksgiving – Picture Crossword for Kids

Pictures become Swedish words in this puzzle: your child sees the turkeys, pumpkins and pies, finds the right word in Swedish, 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 Swedish spelling in the most natural way. At the same time their Swedish 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 Swedish words.

Here your child turns pictures into Swedish words. They study the turkeys, pumpkins and pies, settle on the right Swedish 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 Swedish becomes a real pleasure. Take your time — this crossword wants to be solved slowly, with no rush at all. With every word entered, Swedish spelling grows more familiar, and your child quietly gathers a little treasure-chest of new vocabulary. 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 hospital things and the ones with pets 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 Thanksgiving 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!