Sensory Sight Word Activities: Sight Word Sensory Bag

A fun sensory sight word activity for kids who are learning to read, this DIY sight word sensory bag is super simple to make.

I continue to look for playful sight words games to reinforce learning and this peekaboo, DIY sensory bag certainly ticks all the boxes!

1. Write your collection of sight words directly inside the sheet of clear laminate with the permanent marker. I used quite small writing to make the hunt for words that little bit trickier. You can adapt the size and number of words to best suit your child’s level of sight word learning.

RELATED: Not sure which words to use? Check out our free, printable resource, the Dolch Sight Words Flashcards, for a complete list of the first two levels of the Dolch sight words list.

2. Laminate the sheet closed with a thermal laminating machine.

3. Cut each of the sight words out. I rounded the corners of each small sight word token to reduce the likelihood of them poking through the plastic bag.

4. Squeeze or tip the hair gel into your plastic bag (please note, I cut down a much larger bag to make our sensory bag which is why I am filling the bag from the bottom, you can just use the regular opening).

5. Add your collection of sequins. You want enough sequins to make the search for sight words a little tricky.

6. Add your small sight word tokens. A note of caution here, I just dumped the words all in together and many of them stuck to each other with the hair gel. They aren’t too difficult to separate but you might want to sprinkle them out a little more to help prevent this problem.

7. Gently spread out the contents of the bag, removing as much air as possible before sealing the bag.

8. Fold a length of tape over each side of the bag to reinforce the seams.

To play:

Challenge your child to find a word at random and read it out to you, or suggest one particular word for them to find.