Sight/Tricky Words

Sing a Song of Sight Words: practice singing the words to a familiar tune such as "Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star" or "Row,Row,Row Your Boat." If you run out of words before you get to the end of the song, just start words over again.

Jump On It: make 2 sets of the same words. Scatter one set face up on the floor, leaving space between each. Place the other set in a stack facedown. Turn over each card and have your child read the words (offer help as needed) and then jump on the corresponding words on the floor.

Newsprint Words: sit with your child and look at a newspaper to see just how often sight words pop up in print. Ask your child to choose a few sight words and look for those words together in the newspaper. Highlight and count the words each time it appears.

Rainbow Letters: turn sight words into rainbows! Ask your child to write the sight words on paper. Using different colored crayons, trace the words again and again, reading and spelling the word each time.

Read My Back: "write" a sight word on your child's back with your finger. Can he or she guess the word? Trade places-let your child trace a sight word on your back!

Spill a Sight Word: copy words onto small cards. Place the word cards in an empty container. Invite your child to shake the container, spill out the words, and read the ones that fall face up. Replace the words tat fell facedown back in the container and repeat the game until all words have been read.

Spell It clap It: have your child say each word, then spell it, clapping once for each letter.

Please keep working on the sight words each week with your child. Ideas for learning sight words: Make 2 sets of word cards and play the memory game. Have your child write the words in sand, shaving cream, rice, or salt. They could form the words with play-doh or stamp the words with letter stamps and ink pads. Have fun with it!