Learn Dutch: Things That Fly – Picture-Word Match for Kids

This match brings pictures and Dutch words together. Your child sees the kites, planes and balloons and, beside them, a colourful set of Dutch names still looking for their partners. They read the Dutch vocabulary, compare it with the drawings, and link each picture with the right line. In doing so your child practises connecting the written Dutch word to what it shows — a gentle bridge into the new language. Because no word has to be written, it is all reading and recognizing, with no stress at all. Let your child work at their own pace and reconsider as often as they wish. There is no timer and no score, only your child, the pictures, and the pleasure of every Dutch word matched correctly.

Which Dutch name goes with which picture? Your child answers with a single line: they look at the kites, planes and balloons, read the Dutch words, and join each drawing to the right one. So they learn along the way how Dutch names look in writing. A line may be redrawn at any moment. The loveliest moment is when every connection is in place. Until then your child may read and think entirely in their own rhythm, because here there is neither a clock nor a single right pace to keep. 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 pets and the ones with summer things 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 flying 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!