Word games about summer

You can be ready for summer learning with these editable summer word games! Use these games to help prevent summer slide and keep learning fun.

And because they’re editable, you can customize* them to meet the needs of your individual learners!

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Editable Summer Word Games

Five different editable word games are included {with two variations for the word maze}. Ideas are also included for each word game, too! Here’s a sneak peek at what’s inside:

1a. Word Maze for Sight Words: Learners follow a featured sight word through the maze from start to finish.

1b. Word Maze for Phonics Words- Learners follow a featured phonics pattern or phonics sound through the maze from start to finish.

Games 2-5 below can be use for focused sight word work, phonics work, or mixed review with any kind of word.

2. Take a Dive Word Game – For 1-2 players. Similar to our Print & Play Phonics Games from three summers ago.

3. Roll & Race Word Game – For 1 player. Just roll the die and read the words. These are similar to our Roll & Race K-2 Math Games.

4. Ice Pop Bump! – For 2 players. Learners roll two dice, read, and bump. This game also integrates addition skills, too!

5. Reading Road Trip – For 1-2 players. Just roll and read while you take a summer road trip to the beach.

*Psst! While these work best for word games, you can also enter numbers or number problems into the editable fields to create summer math games, too! Just remember that the directions on the page will be related to reading words instead of working math problems.

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More Ideas for Preventing Summer Slide

Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

Here are some simple, FREE summer word searches and word puzzles you can use if you’re doing a summer, beach or vacations theme with little ones! There are four kinds of puzzle – beginning letter identification, word search, fill in the missing letters and word match.

I’ve included three levels of difficulty, so you can choose according to the age groups you teach. The pack includes 8 PUZZLE SHEETS in total!

Our word puzzles are great for reinforcing vocabulary, spelling and phonics. We’ve also got more SUMMER related resources that you can use together with this printable – see the end of the post for more!

How to use the SUMMER Word Searches & Word Puzzles Pack:

• Choose the level of difficulty appropriate for your child. Look for these symbols:

Level 1 (Pre-K):

Appropriate for preschool children (age 3 – 4) who are just starting to learn their letters. Includes four words to practise and very large print. Children identify and colour or trace the beginning letter of each word. Includes upper case and lower case puzzles. I’ve also included different beginning letter possibilities, where appropriate. For example, for “watermelon”, I’ve included the letters “W” and “M”, as you may prefer to teach your preschoolers the word “melon” instead.

Level 2 (K):

Appropriate for kindergarten children (age 5) who are learning to read, write and spell. Includes six words to practise and large print. There are three kinds of puzzle:

• word search – includes only horizontal words.
• word match – children draw a line from the word to the correct picture.
• beginning letter fill – children must complete the first letter of each word.

Level 3 (First Grade):

Suitable for first grade (age 6-7). Puzzles include eight words to practise and smaller more “grown-up” print. There are 3 kinds of puzzle:

• word search – includes both horizontal and vertical words to find.
• word match – children draw a line from the word to the correct picture.
• complete and match – children fill in a number of missing letters for each word, then draw a line to the correct picture.

• When they have finished the puzzles, kids can colour the pictures.
• Print on normal printer paper and photocopy, or laminate if you want re-usable puzzles!

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More SUMMER related resources:

From our store:

This is a free printable, but please read our FAQ for full info about how you can use our materials.