Learn Portuguese: Pets – Picture-Word Match for Kids

Here it is all reading and connecting. Your child sees the cats, dogs and rabbits as pictures and, beside them, a selection of Portuguese words. The task: read the Portuguese vocabulary, work out which word goes with which picture, and draw a line from the picture to the matching Portuguese name. In this way your child gently practises tying the written Portuguese word to the thing they already know. Because no Portuguese word has to be written out, the focus rests entirely on reading and recognizing — ideal for first steps in learning Portuguese. It is a quiet task with no contest and no clock. Free to print or to play online, so your child can match the Portuguese words as often as they like, until every line is in place.

Which Portuguese name goes with which picture? Your child answers with a single line: they look at the cats, dogs and rabbits, 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 tools and the ones with zoo animals 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 pets 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!