I found two great resources that connect the alphabet and animals in Portuguese. The first one can be printed and cut. I am in the process of making it as a little book. I am going to cut, laminate and then connect with a book ring.
Here is where you can find the cards
http://lereescrevercerto.blogspot.com/2009/09/alafabeto-dos-animais.html

It is missing the X-- but that is easily fixed by downloading a picture of Xexeu or Ximango (two different birds). For instance if you go here you can learn about birds from Brasil and download your picture of the Xexeu
http://www.criadourokakapo.com/index.php?secao=artigoab000065

The other great site that I found is a wikemedia site. It is the Teenager Sister to Wikipedia (you know...the hot young one). It is totally worth your time to check it out!!! Children will love it! I love because it has little guessing games for the children to see if they know what is the next animal...plus the pictures are real (no drawings).If you notice you can click on a printer friendly version. I decided not to print because I thought the pictures were too beautiful and would not come out right, plus too big for a book.
http://pt.wikibooks.org/wiki/Alfabeto_dos_animais

UPDATE!! Here is the picture of my book

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Escolinha- tema Carnaval

This past week was Carnival in Brazil. So, in our preeschool we did a Carnival theme.
Very wisely, Monica started the teaching by writing our schedule in the board. Therefore, counting to seven in Portuguese, writing, and drawing was presented to the children.

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We also sang our regular songs (more on this at a later post). Then we danced to some carnival/samba songs. The children had a blast dancing!

A puppet show was next. We watched as the puppets talked about carnival and their costumes. Look at how creative the puppets were!

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Then the puppets dressed as a pirate and a princess. Isn't that what every little boy and girl want to be? I still think I want to be a princess some day (don't tell anyone!).

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After fun with puppets it was craft time. They got to color a princess and a pirate. Play time and yummy food followed that. Boy, are we tired....