1. Word Searches Can Improve Spelling When we search for words in a word search puzzle, we are both consciously and unconsciously processing the individual letters that make up the word in question. There are several approaches you can take to finding the hidden words from looking for the beginning of the word, to hunting for common word endings such as ‘ing’ or ‘ed’. You may even initially prefer to seek out the overall pattern of a word through using a more generalised scanning technique. All of these creative approaches are encouraging letter recognition, a greater understanding of language and word construction and ultimately, are helping us to think about…