Printable Fairy Tale Crossword Puzzles: Boost Vocabulary & Reading Skills

Printable Fairy Tale Crossword Activity Pages

They not only engages learners with familiar fairy tale characters and stories, but also provide opportunities for applying vocabulary, spelling and problem solving skills. In fact crosswords are a fun and effective way to develop a range of different learning skills, including;

• Vocabulary: As students solve clues within a crossword puzzle they are manipulating a range of vocabulary words.
• Spelling skills: Crossword puzzles offer an engaging way for children to practice spelling list or theme words.
• Reading comprehension: Solving crossword clues requires the students to read text carefully for comprehension, and to use comprehension skills to apply the meaning of words and sentences.
• Problem solving: Completing crosswords involves thinking logically to solve clues and to fit words together.
• Memory: Crossword puzzles require children to recall previously learned words and concepts, and to hold spelling patterns within working memory.

And the bonus, fairy tale fill-a-word puzzle supports all of the above learning potential with an additional word study challenge. To complete the puzzle, students fit the listed fairy tale themed words into the grid, one letter per square.

Ways to Use the Fairy Tale Crosswords

Here are a few different ways I would use these printable crosswords with students;

• Combine the crosswords with the printable Fairy Tale word searches and I Spy puzzles to create a complete Fairy Tale Games Pack.
• Use the fairy tale crossword and fill-the-word puzzle as an early finishers task during your fairy tale theme.
• Provide students with a copy of the fill-the-word crossword and have a competition to see who can complete the puzzle in the least amount of time.

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