Learn German: Forest Creatures – Picture-Word Match for Kids

Read, think, connect — that is the whole idea of this German picture-word match. Your child studies the foxes, deer and hedgehogs and reads the German words offered beside them. Then they draw a line from each picture to the matching word. This task trains recognition of written German words, because your child has to read the name and join it to the right picture. It is an especially friendly way to practise early German, since nothing has to be spelled and nothing has to be searched for. Take your time together; what matters here is the calm, happy joining. When a clean line runs from every picture to the correct German word, your child can look proudly at the match they finished all on their own.

Pair by pair, your child brings order: they match the forest creatures with their German names. Your child reads the words, thinks, and draws a line between picture and word. This calm joining task firms up German vocabulary, because the written word keeps coming together with the right picture. Let your child puzzle in peace, with no pace and no score. You can print the match for free or open it online with your child to play, as often as the urge to connect returns. Here is something special about German: it gives every naming word a capital letter, even a small cat or a ball.

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