Ways to Practice Sight Words
- Play Dough Words - use play dough to form letters to spell out each word. Use pipe cleaners, wiki sticks, yarn, etc. to make words.
- Stamp It - use alphabet stamps and ink pads to stamp out words or let child use fingerprints to write words if you don't have letter stamps.
- Paint It - use a paintbrush and paint to spell words. Use chalk, color markers, highlighters, shaving cream, window paint, bathtub paint. Use different color for each letter.
- Type It - let them type their spelling words on the computer/ipad/lap top.
- Magnet Letters - Take a cookie sheet or head for the fridge, add some magnetic letters and spell out the words. Use alphabet beads, alphabet blocks, alphabet stickers, scrabble pieces to build words.
- Print Words - Use newspaper or magazine print to cut out fun letters. Have child make words using clipped letters.
- Cereal Words - using circle shaped cereal like Cheerios or Fruit Loops build letters to form words. Then enjoy a yummy snack.
- Play sight words bingo – make bingo cards like tic-tac-toe game. Call out words and have your child mark them with bingo doter.
- Sight words hide and seek – hide cards with sight words on them around the kitchen/living room. Have the child try to find as many word cards as they can.
- Great websites: www.abcya.com, www.abcmouse.com, www.primarygames.com.
- Great apps: Gappy's First Words, Little Speller: sight words, Montessori Crosswords, Word Wizard, Teach me: Kindergarten, Sight words by photo touch.