FREE Printable Animal Phrase Searches for Children

These Animal Word Searches are super cute and so much fun! Grab these free animal word search printable  for helping your children in kindergarten,  first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade learn all about different species of animals while working on spelling, word recognition, pattern recognition, and more! Simply print the animal wordsearch pdf file and you are ready to play and learn!

Animal Word Searches

Give your brain a workout with these fun animal word search worksheets that are also beneficial in helping with spelling skills, vocabulary and more. Word searches can also assist with increasing memory retention and concentration and they are just so much fun! Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this no-prep seek and find activity. Perfect for children from kindergartners to grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6 students too!

Animal word search printable

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> __________ <<. The animals word search pdf file will open in a new window for you to save freebie. Now print off  the no-prep word searches! These pages come in black and white and color for fun printing.

Animal wordsearch

There are ten different word searches all of a variety of degrees. They start off easy, with words to be found in two directions. As you move through the word searches, they begin to get harder and harder. With the number and amount of words increasing, as well as the different ways in which the words can be hidden through the searches.

Word search puzzle animals

Each of the ten different word searches are about a different group of animals. They are:

• Pet word search – bird, hamster, parrot, bunny, kitten, puppy, goldfish, mouse, snail
• Nocturnal Animals Word Search – bat, cricket, fox, mole, owl, skunk, cat, dormouse, hyena, opossum, raccoon, spider
• Mollusks – clam, cuttlefish, limpet, mollusks, octopus, oyster, scallop, slug, snail, squid
• Desert Animals– armadillo, eagle, rattlesnake, turtle, camel, meerkat, scorpion, vulture, coyote, peccary, tarantula
• Insect word search – bee, cricket, mantis, termite, grasshopper, caterpillar, wasp, coackroach, hornet
• Mammals word search – aardvark, bear, coyote, rabbit, skunk, anteater, bisson, gorilla, rat, walrus, bat, bobcat, whale, possom, shrew
• Rainforest word search – anteater, hummingbird, panther, rainforest, tarsier, jaguar, capybara, parrot, sloth, tiger, chameleon, monkey, piranah, tapir, toucon
• Ocean word search – clam, clownfish, crab, dolphin, eel, fish, hermit crab, jellyfish, marlin, lobster, manatee, octopus, puffer fish, sea horse, shark, squid, starfish, stingray, tuna, turtle, whale
• Vertebrates and Invertebrates – bird, cow, fish, kangaroo, ostrich, snake, tortoise, centepide, crawfish, frog, lion, shrimp, spider, urchin, chimp, elephant, jellyfish, lizard, snail, jelly fish, starfish, whelk
• Farm animals word search – cat, goat, chick, dog, goose, pig, horse, rooster, hen, cow, bull, sheep, duck, turkey, kitten

Animal printables

Answers are also included in the printable.

You may also like: Nocturnal Animals Printables, Ocean Printables, Farm Animals Printables

Animals word search pdf

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Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com