Grandparents Word Search
Grandparents stay in the picture far longer than they used to. Life expectancy has risen over the past century, so many people now spend twenty or thirty years in the role.
Grandparents word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- cookies
- garden
- grandma
- grandpa
- hugs
- nana
- papa
- photos
- stories
- wisdom
Grandparents word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- advice
- cookies
- garden
- grandchild
- grandma
- grandpa
- hugs
- knitting
- nana
- papa
- photos
- rocking chair
- stories
- visits
- wisdom
Grandparents word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- advice
- birthday card
- cookies
- fishing
- garden
- grandchild
- grandma
- grandpa
- hugs
- knitting
- nana
- papa
- photos
- quilt
- recipes
- retired
- rocking chair
- stories
- visits
- wisdom
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Words in the Grandparents word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- grandma
- Your parent's mother, also called grandmother.
- grandpa
- Your parent's father, also called grandfather.
- nana
- A pet name many families use for grandmother.
- papa
- A pet name many families use for grandfather.
- cookies
- Small sweet baked treats often kept in a jar.
- stories
- Accounts of things that happened, told out loud.
- hugs
- Warm arms around you, a common grandparent greeting.
- rocking chair
- A chair on curved runners that tips gently back.
- photos
- Printed pictures that keep old faces and places.
- garden
- A patch of ground planted with flowers or vegetables.
- wisdom
- Good judgment built up over many years of living.
- knitting
- Making cloth by looping yarn with two needles.
- grandchild
- What you are called from your grandparent's side.
- visits
- Trips to see family, often on weekends or holidays.
- advice
- Suggestions offered to help someone decide what to do.
- quilt
- A warm bed cover sewn from many cloth pieces.
- recipes
- Written instructions for cooking a particular dish.
- fishing
- Catching fish with a rod, a line and patience.
- birthday card
- A folded paper greeting sent on someone's birthday.
- retired
- No longer working a paid job, usually later in life.
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