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PSPKK123 February 1, 2015  •  18 Comments

10 simple sight word activities

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Today I’m sharing a fun round up of sight word activities to try at home!

Looking for sight word activities? Try these games for some fun sight word practice!

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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!

Looking for sight word activities? Try these games for some fun sight word practice!

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)


Looking for sight word activities? Try these games for some fun sight word practice!

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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18 Comments

  1. Tanya

    February 3, 2015 at 10:10 am

    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!

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  2. Christina @There's Just One Mommy

    August 21, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    So many fun ways to practice those sight words!
    Can’t wait to try the domino one with the kids this week.

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    • Anna Geiger

      September 4, 2015 at 5:19 pm

      We like that one too!

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  3. Adelita

    October 5, 2015 at 8:31 pm

    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)

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    • Anna Geiger

      October 5, 2015 at 8:32 pm

      Oops – the link was wrong. Fixed it!

      Reply to this comment
  4. Mahogany

    November 28, 2015 at 4:55 pm

    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!

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    • Anna Geiger

      November 28, 2015 at 6:21 pm

      You’re very welcome, Mahogany!

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  5. Patti

    March 18, 2017 at 5:36 pm

    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.

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    • Anna Geiger

      March 21, 2017 at 8:05 pm

      I’m so happy to hear this, Patti!

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  6. Julia S.

    May 8, 2017 at 1:18 pm

    What about teaching students to sound them out? Shouldn’t that be first on the list?

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    • Anna Geiger

      May 9, 2017 at 5:11 am

      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.

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  7. Brittany

    December 27, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    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.

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    • Anna G

      December 28, 2017 at 6:35 am

      This is a method worth trying!

      https://www.themeasuredmom.com/how-to-teach-sight-words/

      Reply to this comment
  8. JoAnne Hight

    February 21, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    Thank you for all the wonderful ways to help teach those pesky sight words

    Reply to this comment

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