Below you'll find a secret message puzzle in three versions that we created for English learners — but I'm sure native speakers will enjoy solving it, too! :-)
If your children are in middle school, they can try the medium-difficulty version. If they're younger, they should start with the easiest version — the first one. The hardest version is definitely best suited for high schoolers or adults.
Happy puzzle solving! :)
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Der Sommer ist da – und mit ihm viele tolle Wörter rund um Sonne, Ferien und Freizeit! In diesem Wortgitter findest du 21 Begriffe, die alle mit dem Sommer zu tun haben. Perfekt, um deinen Wortschatz zu erweitern und gleichzeitig spielerisch Deutsch zu lernen. Viel Spaß beim Suchen!
Tipp: Wenn dir diese Art von Übung gefällt, schau dir unbedingt auch unser Sommer-Vokabel-Matching-Spiel an, das wir letztes Jahr veröffentlicht haben. Dort kannst du deutsche Sommerwörter ihren passenden Bildern zuordnen – ideal zur Wiederholung!
Below, you will find a matching puzzle that we created for English learners. Matching exercises are a great way to reinforce vocabulary, improve word recognition, and build connections between words and their meanings or uses. They also encourage active engagement, which helps learners retain information more effectively. By practicing in this interactive way, learners can strengthen their memory and comprehension skills in a fun and low-pressure environment.
Please let us know if you find this kind of exercise useful—we’d love to hear your feedback!
We created a word search puzzle for German learners, which you can find below. On our other blog, "Puzzles for Language Lovers," we posted a matching exercise using the same vocabulary a few weeks ago. So, if you would like to further practice these words, make sure to check it out.
Spring is approaching, and we wanted to assist teachers and parents in their search for engaging children's exercises. We created a word search puzzle for French learners, which you can find below. Words are hidden horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, but not backwards.
The vocabulary and English translations of the words can be found beneath the puzzle.
We created a word search puzzle for English learners, which you can find below. This month is Black History Month, and we wanted to help teachers looking for interesting exercises.
This time we took a quote from Frederick Douglass and omitted 15 words from it. The words are hidden in the word search puzzle below. The task is to find them and put them in their correct place in the text.
This week's puzzle contains a quote from a former U.S. president—but there’s a twist! The letters were scrambled into a simple substitution cipher in which each letter of the alphabet was replaced with a number. Can your students break the code and find the words of wisdom hidden inside?
This activity is ideal for English or social studies classrooms, as it improves language skills, logical reasoning, and historical awareness. Encourage students to decode the message using letter frequency analysis, context clues, and their understanding of presidential rhetoric.
After they have solved it, talk about the quote's meaning and its relevance today. And if you’d like to check your answer, the key to the cryptogram is included at the bottom of this post.
Good luck, and happy decoding!