Learn Portuguese: Bakery Treats – Picture Crossword for Kids

This crossword brings your child gently into contact with Portuguese. The drawings show the bagels, buns and cakes, and your child says the Portuguese word to themselves before setting each letter into the grid. In doing so they practise turning a remembered Portuguese word into its correct written form — a lovely warm-up for anyone just starting to learn Portuguese. At the crossing points the words meet on a shared letter, and that is exactly where small moments of "oh, it fits!" appear. Take your time, because this puzzle wants to be solved slowly. There is no timer and no score, only your child, the pictures, and the satisfaction of every Portuguese word spelled correctly into place, box after careful box.

Here your child turns pictures into Portuguese words. They study the bagels, buns and cakes, settle on the right Portuguese word, and spell it carefully into the grid. Because the words trade a letter at their crossings, your child checks their own work as they go. So a first step into Portuguese becomes a real pleasure. Take your time — this crossword wants to be solved slowly, with no rush at all. With every word entered, Portuguese spelling grows more familiar, and your child quietly gathers a little treasure-chest of new vocabulary. 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 flowers and the ones with kitchen tools 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 bakery treats — 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!