Spelling Fun with Wordsearches

When I taught elementary school, my students’ favorite spelling activity was to create a wordsearch. Make your own wordsearch using large grid graph paper. Have your child write the spelling words in the squares and underneath the wordsearch. (This is much more fun than writing spelling words two times each to practice spelling them.)

Encourage your child to make his wordsearch as difficult as possible by writing words backwards and diagonally to stump the person who will be searching for the words. Fill in the leftover spaces with the alphabet. I have my children sing the alphabet while filling in the empty squares, so they do not use the same letters repeatedly. The best part of this activity is having a parent, sibling, or friend find the words. Shhhh! They never have to know they’re learning to spell their words.