Soups for Kids: Chicken Noodle, Tomato, Pumpkin and Lentil

Seven soups children know, from the bowl of chicken noodle soup for a cold day to tomato, pumpkin, pea, bean and lentil soup. Chicken and noodle are hidden as separate words, so the most famous soup of all is split in two.

Chicken and pumpkin, the longest words, have seven letters. Chicken and noodle read backwards, and bean and pea run upward.

Simple Soups Vocabulary: 7 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down; 4 of the 7 read backwards. The longest words are Chicken and Pumpkin, with 7 letters each.

Bean: Bean soup, a filling soup of dried beans simmered with vegetables.
Chicken: Chicken soup, often with noodles, a classic comfort food.
Lentil: Lentil soup, hearty and cheap, eaten from India to the Mediterranean.
Noodle: Long, thin strips of dough; chicken noodle soup is a classic comfort food.
Pea: Pea soup, thick and green, often made with split peas and ham.
Pumpkin: Pumpkin soup, smooth and orange, made in the fall.
Tomato: Tomato sauce, the red base of most pizzas, or tomato soup.

How to Solve the Simple Soups Word Search

"Pumpkin" runs straight down and "chicken" reads backwards; both have a K. "Noodle" has a double O and the only D. "Pea", only three letters, runs upward.

Soup Day Activities for Kids

Make a simple vegetable soup together and name each ingredient.
Ask children which soups are made from vegetables and which from beans or lentils.
Read Stone Soup and talk about sharing.