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Easy school word search

Pencil, rubber, ruler and lunchbox for new entrants and year one. Ten short school words in a ten by ten grid, and every one runs straight across or straight down.

FOUND0 of 10
  • Bell
  • Book
  • Desk
  • Glue
  • Lunchbox
  • Pencil
  • Rubber
  • Ruler
  • Sunhat
  • Teacher

This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.

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School for young kids

Name

Find these words

  • Bell
  • Book
  • Desk
  • Glue
  • Lunchbox
  • Pencil
  • Rubber
  • Ruler
  • Sunhat
  • Teacher

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School for young kids

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About this word search

For a new entrant, the first weeks are full of new things: a teacher's name to learn, a hook for the bag and a lunchbox to open without help. These ten words are the ones they hear every day in the classroom.

The grid is ten by ten and every word reads from left to right or from top to bottom. Lunchbox is the longest with eight letters. Book, bell, desk and glue have only four, so look for them last. Rubber has a double B, a good clue for little eyes.

Read each word out loud before you start and let your child point to the real thing in the room or the school bag. Colour each found word with a different pencil.

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.

Try it in Spanish too

The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.

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