Learn Portuguese: Tools – Picture Crossword for Kids

Pictures become Portuguese words in this puzzle: your child sees the hammers, saws and wrenches, 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.

Look, think in Portuguese, and write: your child finds the Portuguese word for the pictured tools and spells it into the crossword. Each word is joined to another at a crossing, so your child attends to every single letter. That practises Portuguese spelling and firms up vocabulary. It is a feel-good puzzle — no haste, no contest, just one new word per picture. You can print it for free or open it online to play together, as often as the urge to puzzle returns and a few more Portuguese words feel worth meeting. 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 birds and the ones with classroom objects 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 tools — 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!