Farm word search
A huntaway barking up the hill, a quad bike in the paddock and the cows heading in for milking. Twenty farm words from sheep and beef country and the dairy sheds of the Waikato.
- Calves
- Cows
- Farmer
- Fence
- Gate
- Hay bales
- Heading dog
- Huntaway
- Lambs
- Merino
- Milking shed
- Paddock
- Quad bike
- Rams
- Sheep
- Silage
- Tractor
- Ute
- Water trough
- Woolshed
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 versionOn the farm
Name
| L | H | D | Q | C | R | T | T | D | H | C | L | M | H |
| A | V | S | E | U | O | R | A | M | S | A | H | T | A |
| M | X | T | A | P | A | W | S | I | O | L | A | U | Y |
| B | S | R | W | S | E | D | S | L | I | V | D | T | B |
| S | T | A | A | M | I | H | B | K | H | E | U | O | A |
| H | V | C | T | E | W | L | U | I | C | S | Y | T | L |
| E | S | T | E | R | O | G | A | N | K | T | P | O | E |
| E | F | O | R | I | O | T | E | G | T | E | F | W | S |
| P | A | R | T | N | L | F | A | S | E | A | E | T | N |
| V | R | V | R | O | S | O | S | H | U | S | W | A | E |
| E | M | T | O | G | H | B | K | E | O | R | B | A | D |
| Y | E | F | U | A | E | P | A | D | D | O | C | K | Y |
| L | R | M | G | T | D | O | A | E | O | I | A | A | N |
| N | A | C | H | E | A | D | I | N | G | D | O | G | R |
Find these words
- Calves
- Cows
- Farmer
- Fence
- Gate
- Hay bales
- Heading dog
- Huntaway
- Lambs
- Merino
- Milking shed
- Paddock
- Quad bike
- Rams
- Sheep
- Silage
- Tractor
- Ute
- Water trough
- Woolshed
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About this word search
Farming is part of New Zealand's identity. There are still several sheep for every person in the country, and in the Waikato and Taranaki the dairy herds come in to the milking shed twice a day. The huntaway is a New Zealand breed of farm dog that barks to move sheep up the hill, while a heading dog works quietly by staring the mob down.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and the words run across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Milking shed and water trough are the longest at eleven letters, followed by heading dog at ten. They appear without spaces, so look for MILKINGSHED and WATERTROUGH. Ute is the shortest at three letters, and the Q of quad bike is the only Q on the board.
After the puzzle, ask children to sort the words into animals, buildings and machines. Anyone who grew up on a farm can add a word that is missing from the list and explain what it means to the townies.
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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