Sight Word Practice
Shine a light on it!
Tape index cards with sight words on them on the ceiling or on a wall. Use painter’s tape so it doesn’t damage the wall. Turn the lights off, and have your child shine the light on a word and read it. Or, leave the lights on and call out a word. See how quickly your child can find that word and shine a light on it. Kids love this fun game that’s perfect for the 5-10 minutes before bedtime.
Hop to it!
Create a hopscotch board with painters tape indoors or sidewalk chalk outdoors. Place a sight word in each square. As your child hops along the board, have them read the sight word.
Time yourself!
Use a sand timer or stopwatch. Have your child read a sight word list and time himself. Do it again and try to beat the previous time. Your child can also play “Beat the Clock” by trying to get through an entire list before the timer runs out. Remind your child (and yourself) that SPEED + ACCURACY = FLUENCY!
Clap, Spell, Chant
Clap the word, spell it letter by letter as you clap, then chant the word again! For extra fun add different kinds of voices and voice levels. Shout it. Whisper it. Chant it in a baby voice. Or use a cowboy voice. Simply put, make it fun!
Write It!
You’ll love this sight word activity. Pour salt or sugar in a shallow plastic tray. Let your child “write” the word in the sugar, sand, salt, flour or shaving cream.
SCOOP IT OUT
Write sight words on index cards and bury the cards in sand, corn kernels, etc. Have your child use a scoop to get a sight word and read it.
BINGO....
Program blank BINGO boards with sight words. Call out a word and have your child find it and place a bingo chip, color square, etc. on it.
GO FISH
Write each of your sight words twice on index cards. One word should have two different flashcards. So if you have 10 words total you should have 20 index cards.
See this website for directions and a video: https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/go-fish/
Password Please!
Make a Sight Word Password for each room in your house. Tape the sign on the door. Your child must read the word to enter the room.
Tic Tac Toe
Play just like tic-tac-toe but you need to say the sight word prior to selecting a box. The youngest player goes first and selects a box using either an “x” or “o” - cross out or circle the sight word. Alternate selecting boxes. The first player to get three in a row wins the game.
Fly SWAT
Play Dough Fun
Write your sight words in Play Dough!
Memory
Make a sight word memory game. Just write each sight word on two different index cards. Then turn the cards over and invite your child to find the matches.
Write the room
Write your sight words or spelling words on post it notes. Have an adult place them around the room and see if you can find them and write them down in a specific amount of time.
Build your words
Lego your way to completing your spelling words. Use the bricks to build each spelling word.
STAMP Spelling
Use stamps to spell out your words!
Spelling snapshot
Write your spelling word at the bottom of a 4X4 square. Then draw a picture of what that spelling word means.
FANCY Spelling
Write your spelling words in a fancy way.
sight word parent packet opt in freebie.pdfGreat Resource with Templates for some of the games listed above!
