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Easy zoo word search

Lion, zebra, panda and camel: ten well-known zoo animals for young children on the way to the zoo. The grid is ten by ten and the words only run across or down, never backwards.

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  • Bear
  • Camel
  • Hippo
  • Lion
  • Llama
  • Panda
  • Seal
  • Snake
  • Tiger
  • Zebra

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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Zoo for young kids

Name

Find these words

  • Bear
  • Camel
  • Hippo
  • Lion
  • Llama
  • Panda
  • Seal
  • Snake
  • Tiger
  • Zebra

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Zoo for young kids

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About this word search

Lion, Bear, Seal and Tiger are animals many children know long before they visit a zoo, which gives them a head start with the reading. Llama and Hippo add a bit of fun, since the names sound good when said aloud.

Nothing in this zoo grid goes backwards or on a slant. Read the words together before you start, then search for one first letter at a time. Llama starts with a double L, an easy thing to look for. Snake and Zebra both have five letters.

In the car on the way to the zoo, children can tick off each animal in the puzzle, and then again when they see it for real.

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, pupils check their own answers.

  • At home and on the go

    Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or the holidays. 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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