Learn Spanish: Animals – Picture-Word Match for Kids

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

Read, think, connect: your child studies the cats, sheep and hens and reads the Spanish words beside them. Then they draw a line from each picture to the matching word. That trains recognition of written Spanish 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 Spanish word grows more familiar, and your child moves step by step toward reading their first Spanish vocabulary. One friendly thing about Spanish: the words are said almost exactly the way they are written.

Has your child had so much fun connecting? Then there is plenty more to discover! The matches about the Thanksgiving things and the ones with vehicles hold fresh pictures and new Spanish words looking for their partners. And once your child is in the swing of it, a whole free collection built around the animals is ready to go — free to print or simply to play online. That way learning Spanish stays varied and gives a little fresh pleasure each day, all at your child’s own pace. Have fun reading, thinking, and connecting together!