8 Animal Kingdom Basics Word Searches to Print and Play
Pick a puzzle, choose one of 12 printable designs and download the PDF with its answer key. Free, no sign-up.
Animal Kingdom Basics Shaped Word Searches1
The grid is the picture: snail. Print one and color it in once it is solved.
Easy Animal Kingdom Basics Word Searches3
8x8 grids with 6 to 8 words. Words run across and up and down, never diagonally, and some read backwards. Players finish them in a median of 46 seconds on their first try.
Medium Animal Kingdom Basics Word Searches3
11x11 grids with 8 to 11 words. Words run across, up and down, and diagonally, and some read backwards. Players finish them in a median of 1 minute 40 seconds on their first try.
Hard Animal Kingdom Basics Word Searches1
15x15 grids with 12 words. Words run across, up and down, and diagonally, and some read backwards.
Animal Word Searches for Kids: What Animals Eat, Sound Like and Are Called
A first look at the animal kingdom: what animals eat, how scientists group them, the sounds they make and the animals that are gone forever.
Herbivores and Carnivores Animals work well together: solve one, then the other, and talk about the difference. Animal Sounds is a favorite with young children, and Extinct Animals usually starts a conversation about dinosaurs.
Which Animal Kingdom Basics word search should you print?
Here is where to start at each level, from the simplest grids to the ones with words in every direction.
Shaped puzzles: to print and color
1 puzzle. Try: Snail Shaped.
Easy: ages 5 to 8
3 puzzles. Good first picks: Carnivores Animals, Herbivores and Extinct Animals.
Medium: ages 8 to 12
3 puzzles. Good first picks: Animal Classification, Animal Science and Animal Sounds.
Hard: teens and adults
1 puzzle. Try: Mammal.
Animal Science Activities for the Classroom
- After solving Herbivores and Carnivores Animals, sort a set of animal pictures into the two groups.
- Make the sounds from Animal Sounds and let children guess the animal.
- Color the Snail Shaped puzzle after solving it.
Animal Kingdom Basics Word Search FAQ
How many Animal Kingdom Basics word searches are there?
There are 8: 3 easy, 3 medium, 1 hard and 1 shaped. All of them can be played online or printed as a PDF with an answer key.
Is there a word search about herbivores and carnivores?
Yes: Herbivores and Carnivores Animals are both easy puzzles that pair well in a lesson on what animals eat.
Is there an extinct animals word search?
Yes, Extinct Animals is an easy puzzle with animals that no longer exist.