Vocabulary practice with a twist
A crossword makes children recall a word from its meaning and spell it exactly, letter by letter, to fit the squares.More puzzles
See the word search maker and, for pre-readers, the picture crossword in picture puzzles.NCF and NCERT links
- VocabularyThe NCF-FS wants children to know enough words for daily life and to guess new words from ones they know (C-9.7); crossword clues ask for exactly that.
- Classes 3–5Santoor is NCERT’s English textbook for Classes 3 to 5, and its lessons give a ready word list for a crossword.
Crosswords are not named in the curriculum, but they suit the vocabulary and spelling work that runs through the primary classes. Use the new words from a Santoor lesson, or from the EVS book Our Wondrous World, and write clues that use the meaning from the lesson.
Older children can write the clues for a classmate, which checks their own understanding of each word.
Summarised in our own words from the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCERT, 2022) and NCERT’s current textbooks for Classes 3 to 5.
