Learn Dutch: Animals – Picture-Word Match for Kids

In this picture-word match your child links each drawing to the right Dutch word, simply by drawing a line from the picture to its name. On one side are the cats, sheep and hens as pictures; on the other are the Dutch words that go with them. Your child looks at a drawing, reads through the Dutch vocabulary, and decides which name belongs to it. So they learn to connect a picture with its written Dutch name — a soft, happy first step into the language. There is nothing to spell and nothing to search for, only reading, thinking, and joining. Let your child work at their own pace: no timer and no score, just one picture at a time matched to the right Dutch word with a single line.

Read and connect, with nothing to search for: your child sees the cats, sheep and hens as pictures and a selection of Dutch words beside them. They read the vocabulary, decide which name belongs, and draw a line from the picture to the matching Dutch word. So they gently practise recognizing the written Dutch word. It is a quiet task — free to print or to play online. A line may always be drawn again, because here all that matters is the easy thinking with which your child builds Dutch vocabulary piece by piece. Dutch likes to join small words together, so a single word can grow surprisingly long.

Has your child had so much fun connecting? Then there is plenty more to discover! The matches about the vegetables and the ones with accessories hold fresh pictures and new Dutch words looking for their partners. And once your child is in the swing of it, a whole free collection built around the animals is ready to go — free to print or simply to play online. That way learning Dutch stays varied and gives a little fresh pleasure each day, all at your child’s own pace. Have fun reading, thinking, and connecting together!