Today I’m sharing a fun round up of sight word activities to try at home!
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Is your child resisting those sight word flash cards? I’ve got good news.
You don’t need them!
Try one of these simple ways to practice sight words. These are all fun, creative ways to learn with minimal set up. Have fun!
1. Get a free printable Tic Tac Toe board and learn sight words four different ways. I love the variety in this post! (Finding the Teachable Moments)
2. Here’s one of our favorites: write the sight words on sticky notes and slap them with a fly swatter. (Hands on As We Grow at PBS Kids)
3. Play “Where’s the Bear?” with Dixie cups. (Sprinkles to Kindergarten)
4. Make a sight word parking lot! (Juggling with Kids)
5. Write sight words on sticky notes and use small toys as learning props. Brilliant! (Kids Activities Blog)
6. Get a free printable and play Roll a Sight Word. (I Can Teach My Child)
7. Play a sight word game with a muffin tin. (Growing Book by Book)
8. Circle sight words with bottle cap stamps. (Sugar Aunts)
9. Make popsicle stick sight words. (This Reading Mama)
10. Enter the words you want to practice, and print a set of free sight word dominoes! (Sight Words)
P.S. We love learning to spell our sight words with this fun CD collection.
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Tanya says
Thank you so much for including our Tic Tac Toe games. 🙂 This is a great resource. As I type, I am mentally planning the activities I want to try this week! Like that domino generator… so cool!
Christina @There's Just One Mommy says
So many fun ways to practice those sight words!
Can’t wait to try the domino one with the kids this week.
Anna Geiger says
We like that one too!
Adelita says
Hi Anna,
Thanks so much for those brilliant ideas on sight words. I was so happy when i saw the Tic Tac Toe board game but unfortunately the page has been removed. Is there a possibility that i can get my hands on that game? that would be a plus for my kiddos..
Blessings..
Adelita (Belize)
Anna Geiger says
Oops – the link was wrong. Fixed it!
Mahogany says
These are amazing activities to incorporate into my class. I have students in my class who are having difficulty with sight/high frequency words. I’ve been working and trying to help them but this would be great to add. Thank you for sharing these great activities and resources!
Anna Geiger says
You’re very welcome, Mahogany!
Patti says
I have been using your freebies faithfully, and my grandchildren are actually learning their numbers and sight words. Thank you so much for your games and manipulatives.
Anna Geiger says
I’m so happy to hear this, Patti!
Julia S. says
What about teaching students to sound them out? Shouldn’t that be first on the list?
Anna Geiger says
The challenge is that you can’t sound out many commonly used words, such as “where” and “the.” There are some words students simply have to memorize. But I definitely believe in teaching phonics as well. If you check my free printables page you’ll find many, many games and printables for teaching kids to sound out words.
Brittany says
I know you are super busy, and I want to thank you for all the free resources. You have literally been a life saver for me. I am currently teaching my daughter sight words and struggling with the best ways to teach them. I see so many resources here but need help finding the best way to teach them where she will remember them. If you could help that would be amazing.
Anna G says
This is a method worth trying!
https://www.themeasuredmom.com/how-to-teach-sight-words/
JoAnne Hight says
Thank you for all the wonderful ways to help teach those pesky sight words