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Free Printable Summer Word Search

March 26, 2020 by Natasha Leave a Comment

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This free printable summer word search is a low-prep way to entertain your kids and fight the learning summer slump.

I’ve always loved word searches. I have a system I use to solve them and I like to race against myself to see how quickly I can solve the puzzle.

This summer word search features family-friendly words and is a great, low-prep way to entertain your child on a rainy day. It’s also a screen-free way to keep kids busy on a car ride or while waiting for an appointment. I hope you enjoy this free printable word search for summer!

Two free printable summer break word searches on a wood background. One word search has a colorful background with dots and the other summer vacation word search is in black and white

The benefits of word searches

Word searches aren’t just fun, they’re also good for your brain. Working word searches is beneficial for children and adults, especially older adults.

Some word search benefits include improved:

  • Word recognition
  • Spelling skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Visual discrimination
  • Vocabulary

Providing activities like word searches may help your child combat the summer slump, or summer slide. Many students loose about a month’s worth of academic learning over the course of summer vacation. Yikes!

Two free printable summer break word searches on a wood background. One word search has a colorful background with dots and the other summer vacation word search is in black and white. The black and white word search is on top of the colorful word search so you can see 2/3 of the bottom printable.

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Free printable summer word search

I have two different versions of the summer break word search printable for you. One is in ink-saving black and white with summer images to color. The second one has a colorful, summer-y background. Both versions feature the same word list and share an answer key.

This is a fairly challenging word search for kids because words can be hidden forwards, backwards, and on the diagonal. Words can also share letters. The answer key is included.

These printables are free for personal and classroom use. You’re welcome to use them with your summer camp, scout troop, etc. as long as you are personally organizing the activity and not charging specifically to play.

Please do not redistribute the files or printouts to others for use with activities they are organizing. Just send your friends and coworkers to this page so they can download their own copies.

Do not print and download the preview images because they are low resolution and will look horrible if printed. Use the download links (highlighted in grey) to get the high resolution PDF files. Download links are located below the previews.

First there’s the black and white summer word search. It has two summer suns wearing sunglasses and a palm tree to color!

A free printable summer word search featuring two suns wearing sunglasses to color and 23 summer vacation words to seek and find

Download the black and white summer break word search here

Next there’s a bright and cheerful version of the summer vacation word search.

Download the colorful summer word search here

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