Recess Word Search
Recess does more than burn off energy. Research on outdoor breaks has found that focus improves once people come back inside, and free play builds skills like sharing and settling disagreements.
Recess word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- ball
- bell
- friends
- jump rope
- play
- run
- slide
- swing
- tag
- whistle
Recess word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- ball
- bell
- friends
- hopscotch
- jump rope
- kickball
- monkey bars
- play
- playground
- run
- seesaw
- slide
- swing
- tag
- whistle
Recess word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- ball
- bell
- chalk
- four square
- friends
- hide and seek
- hopscotch
- jump rope
- kickball
- monkey bars
- play
- playground
- run
- sandbox
- seesaw
- slide
- swing
- tag
- teamwork
- whistle
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Words in the Recess word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- swing
- Seat on chains you ride back and forth
- slide
- Smooth slope you go down sitting
- ball
- Round object used in many playground games
- tag
- Chasing game where you touch someone to pass it on
- jump rope
- Rope you swing and hop over
- run
- To move fast on your feet
- play
- To do something for enjoyment
- friends
- People you like and spend time with
- bell
- Sound that signals the end of the break
- whistle
- Small device a teacher blows to get attention
- hopscotch
- Hopping game played on numbered squares
- playground
- Outdoor area with equipment for play
- seesaw
- Plank that tips up and down with a rider on each end
- monkey bars
- Overhead bars you swing along by hand
- kickball
- Base game where you kick a rolled ball
- sandbox
- Low box of sand for digging and building
- teamwork
- Working together toward the same goal
- four square
- Ball game played in four chalked squares
- hide and seek
- Game where one player hunts for the hidden ones
- chalk
- Soft white or colored stick for drawing on pavement
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