Equine Horse Word Search Worksheets
Expand your students’ vocabulary as they find Equine themed words in these FREE Horse Word Search Worksheets in two levels for Elementary to Middle School Students.

Use this free printable word search worksheet to help your students learn some equine vocabulary as part of their physical education study, before going riding for the first time, or just for summer fun. Â
Your students may also want to record what they’ve learning about equine history and sport with these Horses Notebooking Printables in three handwriting levels.
Each level of the printable Horse word search worksheet has 2 pages, one for the student, and one answer page for the parent teacher with the words circled. There are two levels included; one for 2nd to 4th grades, and one for 5th grade and up.
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Resources for Learning More about Horses
Use the resources listed below to extend your study of the sport of riding, and care of horses into a mini unit.
Library List
These books are listed in order of easiest to most difficult.
A Field Full of Horses: Read and Wonder by Peter Hansard Also on Open Library
Gallop!: 100 Fun Facts About Horses by Kitson Jazynka (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3/Fact Reader) Also on Hoopla
All About Horses: A Kid’s Guide to Breeds, Care, Riding, and More! by Kelly Milner Halls also on Hoopla
Pocket Genius Horses: Facts at Your Fingertips by DK
Online Resources
Beginning Horse Rider Vocabulary
Just for Fun
Wonderful World of Horses Coloring Book (Dover Animal Coloring Books) by John Green I’ve bought multiple copies of this coloring book since all six of my kids have been horse-crazy!
Equine Vocabulary Words in 2 Levels
These word search puzzles contain important equine vocabulary words to learn when studying horses. These fun puzzle worksheets help your students remember the words.
Here are the twenty words included in Level 1 Horses vocabulary word search for second to fourth graders:
- bit
- blaze
- bridle
- colt
- English
- fetlock
- filly
- foal
- girth
- hoof
- mane
- reins
- saddle
- saddle pad
- snip
- socks
- star
- stirrups
- Western
- withers
Here are the thirty words included in Level 2 Horses vocabulary word search for fifth grades and up:
- bald face
- buckskin
- cannon bone
- chestnut
- cinch
- colt
- conformation
- coronet
- croup
- curry comb
- dappled
- dock
- dun
- fly mask
- frog
- gelding
- lead rope
- mottled
- muzzle
- overo
- paint
- pastern
- piebald
- poll
- roan
- sorrel
- stallion
- stifle
- tobiano
- yearling
Download your copy of the Horse Word Search Worksheets in 2 levels from the Free Resource Library. Look under Individual Worksheets > Animals
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