Learn Portuguese: Christmas – Picture-Word Match for Kids

Picture and word become a pair here: your child links the trees, baubles and stockings with their Portuguese names. They read the Portuguese vocabulary calmly, match the right word to each picture, and draw a line between them. So their Portuguese vocabulary grows in the friendliest way, because your child recognizes the written words and ties them to things they already know. There is nothing to write — only reading, thinking, and joining, first Portuguese made hands-on. The task keeps no pace and no score, just the cosy matching your child does in their own rhythm. You can print it for free or open it online to play together, until every line is in place and each picture has found its Portuguese word.

Which Portuguese name goes with which picture? Your child answers with a single line: they look at the trees, baubles and stockings, read the Portuguese words, and join each drawing to the right one. So they learn along the way how Portuguese names look in writing. A line may be redrawn at any moment. The loveliest moment is when every connection is in place. Until then your child may read and think entirely in their own rhythm, because here there is neither a clock nor a single right pace to keep. Portuguese adds little marks to some letters, like the curly a in "ã", which gives the word a soft nasal sound.

Has your child had so much fun connecting? Then there is plenty more to discover! The matches about the forest creatures and the ones with instruments hold fresh pictures and new Portuguese words looking for their partners. And once your child is in the swing of it, a whole free collection built around the Christmas things is ready to go — 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 reading, thinking, and connecting together!