I love crossword puzzles, and Natalie has been interested in doing them too. While browsing around on Amazon, I came across a couple of books called Kids Across, Parents Down
. It is basically a book of kid-friendly crosswords where the across clues can be answered by kids and the down clues are a little trickier for parents. I ordered the Crazy Critters
one for us to try out (the other book’s theme is On the Go
).
We love it! It is such a fun activity for us to do together. The puzzles increase in difficulty as you work through the book, and we love the animal themes.
The girls think it’s super-cool when they can answer one of the parent clues. We’ll definitely be ordering the other one – I hope they make more!
Tip of the day: For more crossword fun, you can input your own set of words and clues at Discovery Education’s Puzzlemaker site. I’m planning to make Natalie a Valentine’s Day one this week!
Do you know of any other sources for simple kid-friendly crossword puzzles? Please share if you do!
This looks like a great book. DLTK has several free printable crosswords with a pictorial version for younger kids or clues written in words for older kids. Here’s the link: http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/crossword_puzzles.htm
Thanks for the link, Sarah! Those look great! :)
Thanks! These look great. We have been enjoying the Scrabble crossword puzzles that we got for Christmas. I think I will pick up a copy of these for when we finish this book.
another great activity! thanks!
I have this book! My daughter and I love to do it together.