Free printables · Word Search
Summer Fun Word Search
A large-print word search with words that read forwards only: across, down or diagonally. Nothing is spelled backwards.
Free to print for your residents. Answer key included. Allow 15 to 25 minutes.
How to run it
- Read the word list aloud together before anyone starts.
- Suggest scanning for the first letter of a word, then checking the letters around it.
- Offer a highlighter instead of a pen. It is easier to grip and mistakes matter less.
- Pair residents up: one reads the word, one hunts.
Adapting it for memory care
- Use the memory-care version: a smaller grid, eight shorter words, across and down only.
- Circle the first letter of each word in advance.
- Turn it into a conversation by asking about each word as it is found.
Where this page comes from
This printable is taken from our Seasons and Holidays puzzle pack. Subscribers get a pack like it every month, together with a filled-in activity calendar, a news sheet for every weekday and a themed activity book in three levels with a TV version.
