Learn Dutch: Supermarket Things – Picture-Word Match for Kids

Which Dutch word goes with which picture? That is what your child works out here, by joining the matching pairs. On one side stand the carts, baskets and tills as drawings; opposite them their Dutch names, pleasantly jumbled. Your child reads the Dutch vocabulary, glances at the pictures, and then draws a line between a picture and its right word. With every connection they make, it sinks in a little more how the Dutch name of a familiar thing looks and sounds. So their Dutch vocabulary grows piece by piece, with no pressure and no rush. Let your child think and try in their own time; a line may always be drawn again. By the end, a line runs from every picture to the matching Dutch word.

Read, think, connect: your child studies the carts, baskets and tills and reads the Dutch words beside them. Then they draw a line from each picture to the matching word. That trains recognition of written Dutch words, with no writing at all. Take your time together — what counts is the happy joining, with no clock and no contest. With every pair matched, the look of the Dutch word grows more familiar, and your child moves step by step toward reading their first Dutch vocabulary. 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 weather and the ones with animals 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 supermarket things 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!