Easy zoo word search
Lion, tiger, zebra and hippo: ten zoo animals in a ten by ten grid. The words only go across and down, so young readers can tick them off like the enclosures on the zoo map.
- Giraffe
- Hippo
- Keeper
- Lion
- Meerkat
- Monkey
- Otter
- Rhino
- Tiger
- Zebra
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 versionZoo for young kids
Name
| L | P | O | B | O | R | I | I | N | A |
| T | F | M | Y | O | S | S | O | O | K |
| I | T | L | I | O | N | N | O | G | T |
| Y | M | E | E | R | K | A | T | I | S |
| O | N | R | H | I | N | O | I | K | A |
| T | Z | G | I | R | A | F | F | E | O |
| T | E | S | P | S | N | U | F | E | M |
| E | B | S | P | F | T | O | I | P | U |
| R | R | E | O | M | O | N | K | E | Y |
| E | A | T | I | G | E | R | E | R | Y |
Find these words
- Giraffe
- Hippo
- Keeper
- Lion
- Meerkat
- Monkey
- Otter
- Rhino
- Tiger
- Zebra
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Zoo for young kids
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About this word search
At the zoo you can see lions, tigers, giraffes and zebras from far away places. The meerkats stand up tall to look around, and the otters love to play in the water. The keeper feeds the animals and keeps them healthy.
The grid is ten by ten and the words run from left to right or from top to bottom. Giraffe and meerkat are the longest with seven letters. Lion is the shortest with four. Look for the double F of giraffe and the double E of meerkat and keeper.
When all ten are found, children can draw their favourite zoo animal and make the sound it makes. A family trip to the zoo is a great time to bring the sheet along.
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 German too
The same theme also exists in German, 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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