Ready to have some fun learning sight words? We love sight word activities that let us move and learn and I've found 20 different sight word games that you and your kids can play inside. They are the perfect way to practice when the weather is bad outside. Sight Word Practice Activities: 1. Light Saber Sight Word Practice 2. Cup Crash Sight Word Game 3. Spider Web Sight Word Match 4. Bean Bag Toss Sight Word Game 5. Blowing Down Sight … [Read more...]
Acts of Kindness Books for Kids
I truly believe that small, intentional acts of kindness can change the world and work very hard to teach my kids that even at their ages they can really make a difference. That's why I love today's post so much! My friend Erica from What Do We Do All Day? is the book list queen and curated this wonderful list of books that focus on kindness for me and my readers. I am so excited to read these with my kids! I'm so pleased to have this … [Read more...]
Mystery Book Activity: Fingerprint Detective
We love mystery chapter books so we had a hard time choosing which book to read for the Virtual Chapter Book Club for Kids this month! After some discussion we chose Nancy Clancy by Robin Preiss Glasser since it was one my 5 year old hadn't read yet. One of the kids' favorite parts of the book was when Nancy Clancy dusted for fingerprints with her fingerprint kit--so we had to try it ourselves! We used the Undercover Spy Gear Fingerprint kit to … [Read more...]
Light Saber Sight Word Practice
There are just some things that need to be memorized and sight words are one of them. Some kids can remember sight words easily while others need to practice them. The best way to get kids to practice sight words is to have fun with them! And what is more fun than knocking down plastic cups with lightsabers??? The set-up was simple. We took the cups from our Cup Crash! sight word game and set them up on the back of the couch. They were just … [Read more...]
Polar Bear Activity and Cupcakes
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr. is one of my kids' favorites books! The repetitive text and animal sounds make it especially appealing to preschoolers. There are so many fun ways you can play and learn with the story that we just had to choose it for this month's Virtual Book Club for Kids! The story is very similar to his Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? book except that instead of seeing a new animal on each … [Read more...]
Gross Motor Sight Word Game: Cup Crash!
Knowing how to read sight words helps kids to read more fluently and better understand what they are reading. Kids learn many sight words just by being exposed to them during shared reading, but there are those tricky ones that need some extra practice. To make memorizing sight words more fun we like to play games! Last week my kindergartner played Sight Word Swim in the pool and he had so much fun we came up with another game we could play with … [Read more...]
Sight Word Swim Game for Kids
Playing games is great for kids to learn sight words. If you have a child that needs to learn them for school you already know that practicing can get old very quickly! In order to make practicing more fun for my 5 year I decided to incorporate swimming, one of his favorite activities, into our game! To prepare the game I wrote 12 of the kindergarten sight words that he didn't automatically know on some of our ball pit balls. We have hundreds and … [Read more...]
Move and Learn Activities for Kids
My kids learn best when they are active. Getting up and moving motivates kids to practice new skills and helps them to better retain the information. Plus, it's also lots of fun! Hands on : as we grow and The Pleasantest Thing and I are teaming up to bring Move and Learn! activities each week as part of a new series. To kick things off we are sharing move and learn activities from all over the web for each age group and I am focusing on active … [Read more...]