Learn Portuguese: Feelings – Word Search for Kids

Search across, search down, then circle. Each grid hides the Portuguese names of the smiling, sad and surprised faces among a busy field of letters, and your child’s job is to find and ring every one. Because the answers are recognizable picture-names, your child reads through the grid and spots each whole Portuguese word as it lines up. That whole-word recognition is the foundation a new-language reader stands on: a child builds a bank of Portuguese words they catch at a glance. The picture list keeps the hunt clear, so there is no guessing involved — only the calm scanning your child does at their own pace. Free to print or to play online, with no clock and no score anywhere in sight.

This is reading practice in puzzle form — finding and recognizing whole Portuguese words — which strengthens the on-sight word bank a new-language reader needs. The picture list of the smiling, sad and surprised faces sets the words; your child scans the grid and circles each one. That recognition step is the skill, and short, familiar Portuguese words keep every hidden answer within reach of a child just starting out. Each found word adds to the store of Portuguese words they will know instantly later, and the unhurried, score-free hunt keeps every search feeling friendly and possible. Portuguese adds little marks to some letters, like the curly a in "ã", which gives the word a soft nasal sound.

Does your child love searching for Portuguese words? Then there is plenty more to hunt for! The word searches about the bugs and the ones with post hide fresh pictures and new Portuguese words to find and circle. And once your child is in the swing of it, a whole free collection built around the feelings is ready and waiting — 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, with no timers and no scores.