Learn Portuguese: Shapes – Picture-Word Match for Kids

In this picture-word match your child links each drawing to the right Portuguese word, simply by drawing a line from the picture to its name. On one side are the circles, squares and triangles as pictures; on the other are the Portuguese words that go with them. Your child looks at a drawing, reads through the Portuguese vocabulary, and decides which name belongs to it. So they learn to connect a picture with its written Portuguese name — a soft, happy first step into the language. There is nothing to spell and nothing to search for, only reading, thinking, and joining. Let your child work at their own pace: no timer and no score, just one picture at a time matched to the right Portuguese word with a single line.

Which Portuguese name goes with which picture? Your child answers with a single line: they look at the circles, squares and triangles, 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 vehicles and the ones with action words 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 shapes 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!