Any topic, any week
Science vocabulary, a book’s characters, states and capitals, Hindi words: if you can list it, you can turn it into a word search.More puzzles
See the crossword maker and bingo cards. For pre-readers, picture puzzles have a picture beside every word.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).
- LettersFinding words letter by letter uses the letter knowledge in C-10.3 and C-11.2.
- Classes 3–5Santoor and Our Wondrous World, NCERT’s English and EVS books for Classes 3 to 5, give natural word lists.
Word searches are not in the syllabus, but they are a quiet way to revisit vocabulary. Try the new words from an English or EVS lesson, the states of India and their capitals, or the names of local birds and trees.
Ask children to read each word aloud and say what it means once they find it.
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.
