Learn Finnish: Post Office – Picture-Word Match for Kids

Which Finnish word goes with which picture? That is what your child works out here, by joining the matching pairs. On one side stand the letters, stamps and parcels as drawings; opposite them their Finnish names, pleasantly jumbled. Your child reads the Finnish 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 Finnish name of a familiar thing looks and sounds. So their Finnish 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 Finnish word.

Read, think, connect: your child studies the letters, stamps and parcels and reads the Finnish words beside them. Then they draw a line from each picture to the matching word. That trains recognition of written Finnish 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 Finnish word grows more familiar, and your child moves step by step toward reading their first Finnish vocabulary. Finnish builds long words by clicking small pieces together, a bit like adding cars to a train.

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