This works on critical thinking skills, as well as promoting neatness and accuracy

Have learners create a grid for other students to use.

Write random letters in the grid and use this as a scanning task (find all the A’s).

Add thematic words to your grid (winter, animals, foods, colors, clothing).

Use current spelling words on your learner’s list for the clues to the wordsearch.

What I love about simple worksheets like this blank word search PDF template, is the flexibility and usability it offers.īy thinking outside of the box, dozens of treatment ideas can be created! (This type of activity analysis would be a great project for therapy students or new teachers). How can you use this blank word search worksheet? Straight repetition and memorization might work for some learners, but for the rest, there needs to be more engaging ways to improve working memory for retention of information. When my girls were young, I was forever searching for ways to make their homework more fun, especially while learning spelling words. Plus you’ll find more free downloads in our Spring Activities headquarters.

Shamrock Directionality Maze– Great for so many visual perceptual skills and coloring.Rainbow Template– for pencil control, direction following, and more.Clover and Rainbow Clip Cards– work on fine motor and bilateral coordination skills.Patrick’s Day activities including this blank word search template.

Fill in the blank word search maker