Inside: Rainbow writing is a great way for children to practice spelling and sight words. There’s no getting around it – repetition can be important to learning. But repetition doesn’t have to be boring. Taking a varied approach to the activities you choose for learning sight words, spelling lists or times tables and you’ll be […]
Sight Words Games: Speed Racer
This simple sight word game is such a hit with my early reader! As soon as she finishes a round, she’s excitedly asking to play again and again. We play Speed Racer Sight Words on a whiteboard but this game would work just as well on a blackboard, magna doodle, tablet or with plain old […]
Sight Word Games That Make Kids Want to Learn to Read. Print-and-play!
A fun sight word games pack that will make kids excited to practice sight words. “Sam just does not want to practice his sight words. It’s like pulling teeth!” It’s no wonder early readers often don’t want to revise sight words. We hand them a list and expect them to learn by rote and repetition, […]
50 Fun Sight Word Activities for Kindergarten
Revision is so important to learning to read sight words and I love finding new and playful ways to revise words with my girls. Making revision fun makes it both more engaging and more memorable – and I think this is particularly important for our youngest readers which is why today I am sharing 50 […]
Jump Into Learning: Kinesthetic Learning Activities
Do you have an active learner? Kinesthetic learning is a learning style in which learning takes place by the student carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration. People with a preference for kinesthetic learning are also commonly known as “do-ers.” – Wikipedia In my experience, all young […]
Literacy Activities: Threading Sight Words
A little while ago I picked up a container of letter beads at our local craft store. At the time I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with them but I knew they had the potential to come in handy for all sorts of fun literacy activities. Immy and I have used them […]
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! Sight Word Activities: Sight Word Sensory Bag You […]
100+ Best Sight Word Activities: Games, Printables & Hands-On Fun
Inside: A big list of engaging sight word activities – includes games, printables and plenty of hands-on fun. Some children take to reading like fish to water, for others it is a slower process with many moving parts to master. One of these important moving parts is learning to identify sight words at a glance, […]