DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids
Christmas Crossword Puzzle

Information on Ages/Skills for the different crossword difficulties:

1. Picture Crossword with word list:
   • intended for preschool through grade 1 children who are learning to read and form their letters
   • children sound out words from the word list and then match them with the picture
   • children copy the words from the word list into the crossword puzzle
      
2. Picture Crossword (no word list):
   • intended for grade 1 through grade 3 children who are learning to spell
   • children use the picture clues to figure out the words that go in the crossword
   • children print the words from the picture clues into the crossword puzzle
      
3. Word Clues (Regular) Crossword with word list:
   • intended for grade 1 through grade 4 children
   • children use the written clues and the word list to figure out where the words go in the crossword
   • children print the words from the word list into the crossword puzzle
      
4. Word Clues (Regular) Crossword (no word list):
   • intended for grade 3 and up
   • children use the written clues to figure out the crossword
   • children print the words into the crossword puzzle

Printing the Template:

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• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Picture Crossword                                color   or    B&W

Picture Crossword - with word list    color   or    B&W

Picture Crossword - answer key             B&W  only     

Regular Crossword                                color   or    B&W

Regular Crossword - with word list    color   or    B&W

Regular Crossword - answer key              B&W  only   

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