Word search Months and seasons of the year

What’s included?
This download includes one ‘Months of the Year’ word search in colour AND black and white. There are x4 pages total, all portrait orientation in pdf format.

The x12 months and x4 seasons of the year are hidden in a x10 by x10 square grid, with the hidden words clearly listed in four (seasonal) groups underneath.

The answers (on page 2) clearly show where all words are hidden, displayed in the same layout (as page 1) for easy comparison and quick reference.

Who’s it for?
This word search has been carefully designed to encourage young readers in the early years and pupils in years one and two (as well as students needing additional learning support) with reading key words.

Knowing these time-related words (the months of the year and seasons) both reading them on-sight and learning the correct spellings will benefit both reading and writing. This word search makes the spellings clear, there are x16 words to find.

Resource layout
The twelve months have been organised into groups of four according to which season they are part of. The box for each season has been colour coded (in the colour version) to make this clearer and the ‘season word’ for each group is also hidden within the word search. There are x16 words to find in total. These words are hidden horizontally (forwards), vertically (up as well as down) and diagonally (forwards AND backwards). Words to find are; winter, December, January, February, Spring, March, April, May, Summer, June, July, August, Autumn, September, October and November.

Recommendations
I recommend that learners use a ‘highlighter’ style pen when finding the hidden words as highlighters enable all letters to remain visible once each word has been identified. Some letters have been used more than once (for different words) so all letters need to remain visible (if words are instead ‘crossed out’ this makes the letters harder to read and identify). This word search may be printed and laminated to be reused.

Useful for…
I find word searches like this good way to motivate pupils to read words and while engaging in the activity learners are encouraged to pick up on the spellings as they really focus on the order of which letter follows which within each month/season word especially as they try to track words spelt backwards or diagonally within the word search! This word search can make a good use of time as a follow on activity for early finishers, linking to learning about nouns, time and the seasons for example and word searches can be an engaging homework task, useful in supporting reading, spelling and writing.

Important message…
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!