Learn Italian: Weather – Picture-Word Match for Kids

Read, think, connect — that is the whole idea of this Italian picture-word match. Your child studies the sunshine, rain and snow and reads the Italian words offered beside them. Then they draw a line from each picture to the matching word. This task trains recognition of written Italian 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 Italian, 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 Italian word, your child can look proudly at the match they finished all on their own.

Which Italian word goes with which picture? Your child joins the matching pairs: they study the sunshine, rain and snow, read the Italian names, and draw a line from each picture to the right word. With every connection it sinks in how the Italian name of a familiar thing looks. So their Italian vocabulary grows step by step, with no rush and in real calm. Your child may think as long as they need, discovering in the friendliest way what the things they already know are called in Italian. Italian has a musical sound, and many of its everyday words end in a bright -o or -a.

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