Vegetables word search
Kūmara, silverbeet from the garden and a pumpkin big enough for soup all week. Twenty vegetables, from the supermarket aisle to the Māori potatoes called taewa.
- Beetroot
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Capsicum
- Carrot
- Cauliflower
- Courgette
- Kamokamo
- Kūmara
- Leek
- Lettuce
- Onion
- Parsnip
- Peas
- Pūhā
- Pumpkin
- Silverbeet
- Spinach
- Sweetcorn
- Taewa
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Find these words
- Beetroot
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Capsicum
- Carrot
- Cauliflower
- Courgette
- Kamokamo
- Kūmara
- Leek
- Lettuce
- Onion
- Parsnip
- Peas
- Pūhā
- Pumpkin
- Silverbeet
- Spinach
- Sweetcorn
- Taewa
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About this word search
Kūmara came to Aotearoa with Polynesian voyagers and is still a staple at a roast or a hāngī. Pūhā, a wild sow thistle, is boiled up with pork bones, and taewa are the old Māori potato varieties kept alive by gardeners and growers. Silverbeet grows in almost every veggie patch, whether the kids like it or not.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and the words run across, down or diagonally, never backwards. Cauliflower is the longest with eleven letters, then silverbeet with ten. Peas, pūhā and leek have just four letters each and tuck in anywhere. Kūmara and pūhā are written without their macrons in the grid. Kamokamo repeats the same four letters twice, KAMO KAMO, so the pattern catches the eye.
After the puzzle, take the sheet to the garden or the vege aisle at the supermarket and see how many of the twenty you can spot for real. Kamokamo and taewa may need a trip to a farmers' market.
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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