Some of the educational puzzle games for kids include Word Search
- Word Search
Puzzle games for kids like word search are used by some teachers as educational tools for children. ( The benefit being that kids can learn language and vocabulary skills, searching for words , letter by letter. )
A word search, word find, or word seek, is a word game that is letters of a word in a grid, that usually has a rectangular or square shape. The objective of this puzzle is to find and mark all the words hidden inside the box. The words may be hidden horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Often a list of the hidden words is provided, but more challenging puzzles may let the player figure them out. Many word search puzzles have a theme to which all the hidden words are related.
Please read the next section as we discuss game solving techniques, or skip to the section after that where you can start downloading your 'free' printable Word Search puzzles.
SOLVING TIPS/STRATEGY
- A common strategy for finding all the words is to go through the puzzle left to right (or vice versa) and look for the first letter of the word (if a word list is provided). After finding the letter, one should look at the eight surrounding letters to see whether the next letter of the word is there.You should then continue this method until the entire word is found.
- Another strategy is to look for 'outstanding' letters within the word one is searching for (if a word list is provided). Since most word searches use capital letters, it is easiest to spot the letters that stand out from others. These letters are Q, O, U, X, and Z.
- Sometimes the puzzle itself will help. The puzzles generated by a computer tend to put words in patterns. Furthermore, the bigger the words and the more words, the easier they are to spot. In some computer-generated puzzles, if the person solving the puzzle sees one word, all they have to do to find more is to look in adjacent rows, columns, or diagonals. The puzzle might use every row, column, or diagonal—or just every other row, column, or diagonal.
- Lastly, the strategy of looking for double letters in the word being searched for (if a word list is provided) proves helpful, because it is easier to spot two identical side-by-side letters among a large grid of random letters.
- PUZZLE GAMES FOR KIDS
Below you will find Kids Puzzle games section for Word Search. As always you can download and print these files ( for 'FREE' ). Be sure to check our additional resources /Links section at the bottom of this page.
- Solutions :
You can also find the solution pages for these puzzles here :
- INTERACTIVE WORD SEARCH :
You can now, if you prefer play online Word Search puzzle games !!
DOWNLOADING: Free Printable Word Search Puzzles
INSTRUCTIONS
HOW TO PRINT
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HOW TO SAVE TO YOUR PC
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WORD SEARCH PUZZLES (PRINTABLE)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES/LINKS
Can't get enough Word Search ? If you prefer more challenging Word Search Puzzles please visit our standard Word Search page here:
If you missed it you can find the Word Search Solution page here:
Also watch this page coming soon Interactive Word Search!
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