Easy kaimoana word search
Pāua, kina, pipi and crab: ten short words from the rocks and the sand in a ten by ten grid. Every word runs straight across or straight down, for young readers who love a rock pool.
- Bucket
- Crab
- Fish
- Kina
- Mussels
- Oyster
- Pāua
- Pipi
- Shell
- Tide
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionKaimoana for young kids
Name
| X | E | T | L | T | I | K | H | E | H |
| H | E | D | B | C | R | A | B | H | L |
| L | D | N | E | P | A | U | A | R | P |
| T | O | P | G | Y | N | X | E | B | I |
| I | T | G | L | T | F | B | S | N | P |
| D | L | T | I | L | W | U | H | H | I |
| E | K | P | T | D | F | C | E | W | N |
| F | I | S | H | E | S | K | L | M | E |
| I | N | M | U | S | S | E | L | S | X |
| I | A | G | O | Y | S | T | E | R | A |
Find these words
- Bucket
- Crab
- Fish
- Kina
- Mussels
- Oyster
- Pāua
- Pipi
- Shell
- Tide
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Kaimoana for young kids
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About this word search
At low tide Kiwi kids dig for pipi in the sand and look for crabs under the rocks. Pāua live on rocks in the sea and have a shiny blue and green shell inside.
The grid is ten by ten and words only go from left to right or from top to bottom. Mussels is the longest at seven letters. Pāua, kina, pipi, fish, crab and tide have four letters each. Pāua is written PAUA in the grid, without the line over the A.
Take the sheet to the beach and tick off what you find in real life. Put any crabs back gently where you found them.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, students check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the ferry or the bach. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
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