# Garden animals Word Search

> Eight little visitors to the garden, hidden across and down. A short first puzzle for confident letter readers.

Source: https://jotoak.com/resources/garden-animals-word-search/
Author: Young at JotOak
Updated: 2026-10-11

## At a glance

- 10 × 10 grid
- 8 words
- Easy · no diagonals
- 2 pages with answers

## How to use this page

Across and down, forwards only. Circle each complete word and cross it off the list. Letters may belong to more than one word.

Read the animal names before looking at the letters. Small words such as BEE and ANT make useful first finds; MOUSE and SNAIL ask the reader to follow a longer spelling. Compare each circled path with the list rather than stopping at a familiar beginning.

## After the activity

After a garden walk, choose one visitor from the list to draw. Talk about which animals were visible and which might have been hiding beneath a leaf or in the soil.

## Word list

BIRD, SNAIL, WORM, FROG, ANT, MOTH, BEE, MOUSE

## Preview and download

- [US Letter PDF](https://jotoak.com/puzzles/jotoak-animals-word-search-easy.pdf)
- [US Letter activity preview](https://jotoak.com/images/puzzles/jotoak-garden-animals.webp)
- [US Letter answer preview](https://jotoak.com/images/puzzles/jotoak-garden-animals-answers.webp)
- [A4 PDF](https://jotoak.com/puzzles/jotoak-animals-word-search-easy-a4.pdf)
- [A4 activity preview](https://jotoak.com/images/puzzles/jotoak-garden-animals.webp)
- [A4 answer preview](https://jotoak.com/images/puzzles/jotoak-garden-animals-answers.webp)

Print in portrait orientation at actual size. Page 1 is the activity and page 2 is its answer key. Free for home and direct classroom use; share the source page and retain attribution.

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