Large Print September Word Search

Big, bold letters and fewer, longer words: an easier-on-the-eyes september word search. Cooler mornings and a fresh start. September has Labor Day on the first Monday and Grandparents Day on the Sunday after it, the first day of fall at the equinox, apple cider from the orchard and Johnny Appleseed’s birthday on September 26. It is National Honey Month, Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15, the birthstone is the sapphire and the birth flowers are the aster and the morning glory.

The large print edition uses an 11×11 grid that fills a letter-size page, and words only run across, down or diagonally down.

All 20 words in this theme: Grandma, Grandpa, Labor, Autumn, Orchard, Cider, Appleseed, Harvest, Honey, Football, Lunchbox, Classroom, Equinox, Beekeeper, Sapphire, Aster, Libra, Heritage, Crickets, Breeze.

Questions to share while solving, for activity groups, memory care or a visit with family:

• What do you remember about your grandparents?
• What did your lunchbox look like, and what was usually in it?
• Did you ever go apple picking? What did you make with the apples?
• What did your family do on Labor Day weekend?
• Who was your favorite teacher, and why?

Activity tip: Plan the puzzle for Grandparents Day, the first Sunday after Labor Day, and invite grandchildren to solve side by side with their grandparents. Honey sticks make a sweet prize.