US Golden Years I Word Lab: 1,440 Words for Conversation and Memory
Volume XII is an all-English large-print word search book with 36 themes chosen for older adults. Play a puzzle, use the memory cards, take the quiz and sample 20 of its words.
Wedding day. Love letter. Family reunion. First kiss. Some words do more than fill a grid: they open a story.
Volume XII: US Golden Years I is our first all-English, large-print word search book, written with senior centers and activity directors in mind. Pages are 8.5 × 11 with 19 × 13 grids, and words run forward only until backwards words begin at puzzle 41. Its 36 themes come from everyday life and good memories: Daily Life, Hobbies, Music, Games, Friends, Garden and two puzzles of Cherished Memories at the very end.
What’s inside
- 80 puzzles × 18 words = 1,440 words, all in English.
- Large print: 19 × 13 grids on 8.5 × 11 pages.
- A gentle first half: puzzles 1–40 run forward only. From puzzle 41, some words run backwards.
- Conversation-ready themes: Breakfast, Shopping, Transportation, Feelings, Positivity, Memory & Mind.
Play a puzzle from the book
Puzzle 79: Cherished Memories. Some answers are whole phrases, like Family photo. Ignore the spaces as you search.
Puzzle 79 · Cherished Memories
Drag from the first letter to the last, or tap the first letter and then the last. Phrases appear without spaces.
- Anniversary
- Baby’s first steps
- Family photo
- Family reunion
- First kiss
- Graduation day
- Holiday dinner
- Jubilee
- Keepsake
- Love letter
- Memory
- Milestone
- Portrait
- Promise
- Snapshot
- Tradition
- Vow
- Wedding day
Keyboard: arrow keys to move, Enter on the first and last letter.
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Memory cards
These cards aren’t a test. Each one turns a word from the book into a conversation prompt for a group or a visit.
Tap a card for a conversation prompt
Read the word, then flip the card and share.
Quick quiz
Word meanings from Volume XII
Ideas for activity directors
- Theme of the week. Pick a theme, do one puzzle on Monday and the second on Thursday.
- Story circle. After a Cherished Memories puzzle, each person shares one word that brings back a memory.
- Buddy solving. Pair a confident solver with someone new; one reads the list, the other searches.
Volume XII – US Golden Years I (English Large Print)
Best for: Senior centers, activity programs, large-print readers
Vocabulary & topics: 36 themes chosen for older adults, such as Daily Life, Hobbies, Music and Cherished Memories.
- Solving
- Easy
- Vocabulary
- Easy
- Puzzles
- 80
- Grid
- 19 × 13
- Size
- 8.5 × 11 in
A taste of the vocabulary
20 words from the book
The book's words used on this page, grouped by theme.
Cherished Memories
- Anniversary
- Baby’s first steps
- Family photo
- Family reunion
- First kiss
- Graduation day
- Holiday dinner
- Jubilee
- Keepsake
- Love letter
- Memory
- Milestone
- Portrait
- Promise
- Snapshot
- Tradition
- Vow
- Wedding day
- Afterglow
More words
- Baking
Looking for a bilingual large-print book instead? Try Volume X: Big & Audaz.
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