Word puzzle maker

A picture and its word, cut into pieces

Make word puzzles. Each card shows a picture and its word. Dashed lines cut the word after its first sound (c and at) or between all its letters. Your child cuts the pieces apart, mixes them and builds the word again. The cuts have different shapes, so only the right pieces fit.

Words that have a picture (755): press one to add it
Pick a design

Now: . Hundreds of designs to choose from.

Choose each part yourself

To keep a copy, choose “Save as PDF” as the printer. What you type stays on your device: it is not sent to us and not saved.

Your worksheet:

Watch: how the free worksheet makers workA two-minute lesson. Every maker works the same way.

How to make your worksheet

  1. Pick a word set or type words of three to six letters.
  2. Choose where the word is cut.
  3. Print on card stock and cut on the dashed lines.
  4. Your child joins the pieces and reads the word.

The reading skill

Joining the first sound to the rest of the word is blending, the main skill of early reading. Cutting between all letters makes it a spelling puzzle.

It checks itself

Each cut has its own shape, and the picture piece comes first, so a child can see when a word is right.

Four puzzles on a page

Start with two or three puzzles mixed together and add more.

Good questions

Which words work?

Words of three to six letters that have a picture.

What is the piece after the first sound called?

Teachers call the first sound the onset and the rest the rime. Words with the same rime rhyme.

Can I use my own words?

Yes. Choose “Type your own words” at the top of the word list and type them. What you type stays on your device.

Where do the pictures come from?

Every picture is one of our own hand-drawn crayon pictures. A picture is used as a question only where a young child would name it with that word.

Is it free?

Yes, with no sign-up and no limit.

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