Learn Portuguese: Thanksgiving – Picture-Word Match for Kids

This match brings pictures and Portuguese words together. Your child sees the turkeys, pumpkins and pies and, beside them, a colourful set of Portuguese names still looking for their partners. They read the Portuguese vocabulary, compare it with the drawings, and link each picture with the right line. In doing so your child practises connecting the written Portuguese word to what it shows — a gentle bridge into the new language. Because no word has to be written, it is all reading and recognizing, with no stress at all. Let your child work at their own pace and reconsider as often as they wish. There is no timer and no score, only your child, the pictures, and the pleasure of every Portuguese word matched correctly.

Read, think, connect: your child studies the turkeys, pumpkins and pies and reads the Portuguese words beside them. Then they draw a line from each picture to the matching word. That trains recognition of written Portuguese words, with no writing at all. Take your time together — what counts is the happy joining, with no clock and no contest. With every pair matched, the look of the Portuguese word grows more familiar, and your child moves step by step toward reading their first Portuguese vocabulary. 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 Fourth of July things and the ones with bakery treats 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 Thanksgiving 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!