The snow has melted (well, for those of you that had snow anyway) and the sun is shining! It's time to head outdoors and move and learn. I found lots of fun sight word games that are perfect to play outside--a great way to get some fresh air and learn at the same time! Sight Word Games to Play Outside Sight Word Soccer Kids can dribble and shoot as they practice sight words. Sight Word Rescue Climb around and save the sight words! … [Read more...]
Jingle Bell Word Family Sort
This festive and fun jingle bell word family sort is sure to be a hit with your children this Christmas season. It's a great activity for beginning readers, or use it with more advanced readers to practice new words. Jingle Bell Word Family Sort We have been working on word families lately. We started with -at words in our Room on the Broom Race to Learn -at Words. Aiden requested to learn -ap words next. We thought of all of the -ap words we … [Read more...]
Fun Sight Word Practice: Ghost Zappers
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 … [Read more...]
Bath Time Sight Words
School is already back in session. Summer just seemed to fly by, didn't it? Once school starts you have limited time with your children. By the time they get home from school you only have a few hours which are usually spent helping with homework, making & eating dinner and getting things ready for the following day. Here's a fun activity you can have for bath time to practice sight words (or anything else your child is learning) so that you … [Read more...]
Splat Sight Word Painting
We love to get hands on with learning over here at my house. My kids are full of energy and taking learning away from the table often helps them get excited about learning something new. Right now I am working on sight words with my oldest who is 5yr. This day I decided to give Splat Sight Word Painting a try with him. All 3 kids ages 1-5yr got involved in this activity. Big brother gave it a thumbs up for learning and we will be doing this again … [Read more...]
Sight Word Basketball Activity
Spring is here and instead of sitting inside doing homework we are ready to get outdoors and move while we learn! This week we practiced both sight words and dribbling with this simple sight word basketball activity! Sight Word Basketball Activity flat surface (drive way, basketball court, parking lot) sidewalk chalk sight word list (or math facts or spelling words) I wrote a bunch of sight words on our sidewalk and got out our … [Read more...]
Sight Word Stomp Practice Activity
Practicing sight words doesn't have to be boring--you make it fun by turning it into a game! One of our favorite ways to move and learn with sight words is to play Sight Word Stomp! Sight Word Stomp Game: sight word cards a kid Yep. That's it! It is a very low prep activity that makes it perfect for all of us with kids. I spread the sight word cards around the floor and called out a word. My kindergartner had to find it and stomp … [Read more...]
Sight Word Snowball Fight Activity for Kids!
Make sight word practice fun by turning it into an indoor snowball fight! This has to be one of our most fun move and learn activities yet! Sight Word Snowball Fight Instructions: Write the sight words you want to practice on different sheets of scrap paper. Choose a mix of known and new words to keep it fun. Scrunch up the paper into "snowballs". Divide the kids into two teams. We played boy vs girls. Throw the paper snowballs at … [Read more...]
