Trees word search, free printable with pictures
Ten trees of European woods hidden in a 12 by 12 grid, each drawn as a leaf, seed or fruit to colour. Page two has the answers and one short fact for every tree, with the page it comes from.
Two pages in each file: A4 96 kB, US Letter 96 kB. Free, with no account and no email address.
The words
The ten trees in the grid, with a fact for each.
OAK
An oak's fruit is a nut called an acorn, which sits in a little cup.
BIRCH
Birch bark often peels in thin papery plates; it was used for canoes and for ancient books in India.
BEECH
Young beeches and clipped beech hedges often keep their dead leaves all winter, until spring.
PINE
A pine in California known as Methuselah is around 4,800 years old.
WILLOW
Almost all willows take root readily, even from broken branches lying on the ground.
MAPLE
Maple seeds come in winged pairs, shaped to spin as they fall and ride the wind.
CHESTNUTSweet chestnut
Sweet chestnuts grow three to seven at a time inside a spiny case.
ASH
Ash wood is tough and hard to split, the classic wood for tool handles and hurling sticks.
YEW
Every part of the yew is poisonous except the red flesh around the seed.
HOLLY
Only female holly trees bear berries, and they need a male tree nearby.
For teachers and parents
What is on the sheet, and how to use it.
- Grid
- 12 by 12 letters
- Names
- Ten to find, 3 to 8 letters long
- Directions
- across, down and diagonally, always forwards
- Pages
- the puzzle, then the answers with ten facts
- Paper
- A4 or US Letter; page 1 is line art and needs no colour printer
Who it suits. Our suggestion is children who already read short words on their own, roughly ages 7 to 11. Younger children can colour the drawings while an adult reads the names aloud. This is our suggestion, not a tested reading level.
How long it takes. We have not timed it with a class. The grid on its own is a short activity; the colouring and the facts on page 2 can stretch it to fill a lesson.
The grid has one word per name; where the full name is longer, the list on the sheet shows it under the word, for example CHESTNUT for sweet chestnut.
In class or at home
- Print page 1 for each child, and page 2 once, for yourself or to share at the end.
- Read the names aloud and look at the drawings together before starting.
- Each child ticks a name in the list when it is found, then colours the drawings.
- Finish with page 2: read a fact or two aloud. Each fact names its Wikipedia page, so older children can look it up and read more.
Questions
Questions about this word search.
Is this trees word search free to print?
Yes. Both PDF files, A4 and US Letter, are free to download and print, with no account and no email address.
Where are the answers?
On page 2 of the same PDF: the grid with every name circled, the drawings in colour, and one short fact for each tree with the Wikipedia page it comes from. Print only page 1 if you want to keep the answers for later.
Which way do the words go?
Across, down and diagonally, always forwards, never backwards. Each of the ten names is in the grid exactly once; our program checks that before the file is made, and also checks that no rude word turns up among the filler letters.
Should I print A4 or US Letter?
Pick the paper in your printer: US Letter in the United States and Canada, A4 in most other countries. In the print dialog choose actual size or 100%.
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