Making sight word practice fun makes it more effective! The more sight words new readers know automatically the better they can comprehend the text they are reading. Since Halloween is coming we decided to practice with a little sight word ghost zapping!
The premise of the game is similar to our Fire Hose Fact Practice Game, where the kids read and squirted the chalk sight words.
I used white sidewalk chalk to draw ghosts on our driveway with sight words on them.
He read the words to me and then “zapped” them with the water squirter!
This one was lots of fun and easy to play over and over again! All I had to do was rewrite another word in the middle of the ghosts and we could keep playing. You can put letters, numbers, math facts, or anything you want in the middle of the ghosts depending on what your child needs to practice.
We love to Move and Learn! Each week we are joining with The Pleasantest Thing, Hands on : as we grow, and Toddler Approved to share fun and active educational ideas.
Fun Move and Learn Activities:
- Spider Web Tape Game from The Pleasantest Thing
- Spider Crawl Color Race from Toddler Approved
- Photo Scavenger Hunt for Shapes from Hands on : as we grow
- All of my Move and Learn posts!
JDaniel4's Mom says
October 8, 2013 at 6:54 amI just put away my son’s water gun. I guess I need to take it out again. This looks like a lot of fun.
Jackie Higgins says
October 8, 2013 at 7:54 amLook at that cute ghost buster! My son will LOVE this!
Malia {Playdough to Plato} says
October 8, 2013 at 4:18 pmThis looks like so much fun!! I can’t wait to try it when my boys get a little bit older. Pinning!
Megan Sheakoski says
October 9, 2013 at 8:06 amThanks Malia! It was a lot of fun!!!
Anna@The Measured Mom says
October 18, 2013 at 2:42 pmI need to have my five year old pull out his super soaker before winter weather sets in and use it for this fun idea! Love it!
Megan Sheakoski says
October 20, 2013 at 1:46 pmIt was super fun Anna!
Anna@The Measured Mom says
October 19, 2013 at 8:29 amFeaturing on Monday – I’ll let you pin to the group board 🙂
Megan Sheakoski says
October 20, 2013 at 1:46 pmThanks Anna!
Valerie at Inner Child Fun says
October 7, 2014 at 3:22 pmOh! I love this so much, Megan!!! 🙂
Megan Sheakoski says
October 12, 2014 at 10:59 pmThank you Val!!!!!!