Learn Portuguese: Spring – Picture-Word Match for Kids

Which Portuguese word goes with which picture? That is what your child works out here, by joining the matching pairs. On one side stand the flowers, raindrops and kites as drawings; opposite them their Portuguese names, pleasantly jumbled. Your child reads the Portuguese vocabulary, glances at the pictures, and then draws a line between a picture and its right word. With every connection they make, it sinks in a little more how the Portuguese name of a familiar thing looks and sounds. So their Portuguese vocabulary grows piece by piece, with no pressure and no rush. Let your child think and try in their own time; a line may always be drawn again. By the end, a line runs from every picture to the matching Portuguese word.

Read and connect, with nothing to search for: your child sees the flowers, raindrops and kites as pictures and a selection of Portuguese words beside them. They read the vocabulary, decide which name belongs, and draw a line from the picture to the matching Portuguese word. So they gently practise recognizing the written Portuguese word. It is a quiet task — free to print or to play online. A line may always be drawn again, because here all that matters is the easy thinking with which your child builds Portuguese vocabulary piece by piece. 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 winter things and the ones with household things 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 spring 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!