Learn Portuguese: Supermarket Things – Picture Crossword for Kids

Pictures become Portuguese words in this puzzle: your child sees the carts, baskets and tills, finds the right word in Portuguese, and writes it one letter at a time into the boxes. Because every word is joined to another at a crossing, your child watches each individual letter as they write, practising Portuguese spelling in the most natural way. At the same time their Portuguese vocabulary grows, since each drawing brings along a new word. It is a puzzle for easy, unhurried thinking, with no pace to keep and nothing to tally. You can print it for free or open it online to play together. When all the boxes are full, your child has not only solved a grid but picked up a handful of fresh Portuguese words.

This crossword joins looking and writing in Portuguese. Your child recognizes the carts, baskets and tills, says the Portuguese word to themselves, and spells it into the grid boxes. At the crossings a shared letter shows at once whether the Portuguese spelling is right — a kind little self-test. So vocabulary and spelling grow together through play. Let your child puzzle in comfort; there is nothing to win here but a full grid. That quiet act of turning a picture into a written Portuguese word is exactly what makes first steps into the language feel so light and welcome. Portuguese adds little marks to some letters, like the curly a in "ã", which gives the word a soft nasal sound.

Has your child caught the joy of naming and spelling in Portuguese? Then keep going! The crosswords about the farm animals and the ones with bugs hold fresh pictures, new Portuguese words, and new crossings to puzzle over. And once your child is really in the swing of it, there is a whole free collection built around the supermarket things — free to print or simply to play online. That way learning Portuguese stays varied and gives a little fresh pleasure each day, all at your child’s own pace. Have fun discovering, writing, and puzzling together!