Three things teachers actually ask: how to build a puzzle, how to use one in a lesson, and how to stop the grid falling off the page.
- How to make a word search — from a spelling list to a printed sheet in under a minute, including what makes a grid too crowded.
- Using word searches in class — five ways to run them that are not just “quiet time”, plus when they are the wrong tool.
- Printing without cutting off the grid — paper size, margins, scaling and why a browser’s “fit to page” ruins the type size.