Spring Season Word Search: Equinox, Blossom, Rainbow and Renewal

The season of new life. The spring equinox, around March 20, brings days longer than nights; sunshine and warmth return; seeds sprout and growth begins; trees blossom; a breeze and spring showers bring rainbows; and all of nature feels like renewal.

Easter falls in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, but in autumn in Australia and South America.

Spring Equinox and Nature Vocabulary: 11 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down; 6 of the 11 read backwards. The longest word is Sunshine, with 8 letters.

Blossom: The flowers of a fruit tree in spring.
Breeze: A gentle spring wind.
Equinox: The day in March when day and night are about equal, marking the start of spring.
Growth: Plants getting bigger in the spring.
Nature: The natural world of plants and animals.
Rainbow: An arc of colors in the sky; in Irish tales, it ends at a pot of gold.
Renewal: Starting fresh, as nature does in spring.
Seeds: What plants grow from.
Spring: The season of new growth, when Easter falls in the Northern Hemisphere.
Sunshine: The light and warmth of the sun.
Warmth: The warmer days of spring.

How to Solve the Spring Equinox and Nature Word Search

No word is diagonal. "Sunshine", 8 letters, runs upward, like "Rainbow" and "Spring", with the only P. "Blossom", "Equinox", with the only Q and X, and "Renewal" run down. "Growth", "Seeds", with the only D, and "Warmth" read backwards. "Breeze", with the only Z, and "Nature" read across.

Spring Science Activities

Try to balance an egg on its end, on any day.
Plant seeds and record their growth for two weeks.
Measure how much longer the days get each week.