Learning doesn't have to feel like learning. As humans, learning through entertainment is highly preferred and shows more success rate. At least in my opinion. I can almost guarantee though there are facts to back up my statement. I know I learn more when I am enjoying the topic, or more so when I am actively engaged. Now that it is summer, I am home and wanting to continue educating my school aged child. (Going into to first grade) I am far from a teacher. By absolutely no means am I professional. Just a mom who is passionate in my child's education. (yes, I called and emailed her teacher a great number of times this year, even though she was right on target). If there is anything I can suggest to parents or guardians sending a child to school for the first time, stay engaged. Ask questions. Seek advice from other parents as well as the teachers and staff. There are no silly questions, trust me! They are used to kindergarteners questions on the daily! :) You are not annoying for being engaged, for being a part of your child's success team and support. You are amazing and you can do this school aged child thing. Whether you think you can or not. You can. And you do not have to do it alone!
Are you the parent or guardian of a child 6 and under? Are they preparing to start kindergarten or even first grade? Are you looking for some learning activities to enhance their development and growth this summer? Is it their goal to read this year? Just seeking activities to keep them engaged? Well, here are some fun, sight word activities that are sure to enhance their language skills while having fun too!
SIGHT WORD LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
suggested for kindergarten-first grade
Children often learn by repetition and modeling. With these simple DIY sight word activities and games, your child will learn not only how to recognize sight words, but learn how to match words up by the word endings. They will also enhance their rhyming skills! The best part is they likely won't pick up on it being a learning opportunity because it is entertaining!
FIND & MATCH SIGHT WORDS BY ENDINGS
Supplies Needed: toilet paper rolls, construction paper (or white paper is fine), tape and marker
Cut paper into strips and write ending words on the rolls. For example, "op, at, all, an" (you can choose whatever ending words you would like) Tape the words around the toilet paper rolls. On the remaining strips add words and cut into smaller strips. To play: mix the strips with words and have the child match the words to each ending. For example, "man, can," would be placed in the "an" tube. You can arrange the tubes in a different order as well as the word cards. You can also use any topic for the toilet paper roll. For example instead of doing sight words, the children can match colors in the tube. "Colors," -place all the words that say a color in the tube, green, pink, purple, orange, blue, etc. Have fun!
Word of the day!
This is by far one of our favorite sight word learning activities. We have added this to our morning routine, so each morning I swap out the sight word for the day. We sing this in the tune of "Old MacDonald" and to say the children have caught on would be an understatement. Even my four old is picking up sight words while my six year old and I sing this together. I ask her throughout the day what our sight word is and will ask what the sight word was the day before. This has helped her recognize and remember quite a few words in such a short time!
Supplies needed: Paper and marker
"There was a sight word of the day and *SIGHT WORD* was our sight word. *SPELL SIGHT WORD, SPELL AGAIN, SPELL ONCE MORE* and *SIGHT WORD,* was our sight word!
To keep track of sight words we have learned, I created ice cream scoops where we write the word and tape to to a cone on the wall. When she learns so many words she has the opportunity to cash in for ice cream!
See it. Say it. Find it. Erase it. Say it again.
Okay, this is so simple, yet my little found so much enjoyment from it. All you need is a dry erase board or even a chalk board to write on. Add a bunch of sight words, colors, etc whatever topic you want! Then, ask your child to find the word. Once they find it have them say it, point to it, erase it and say it again!
My daughter loves trying to sound the word and we switch it up too and I will spell the word out loud and have her search for it. I think her favorite part is erasing the word though! She is so proud when they are all gone and begs for me to write some more!
Say it and Spray it!
Looking for an outdoor sight learning game? Grab some chalk and a water gun! That's it! Take the chalk outside and write words, numbers or even the ABCs and have the kiddo spray it away. You can quiz them on what letter is missing or simply enjoy by writing and spraying!
ABC Scavenger Hunt
Our elves, Addi and Elfie actually taught us this one! One morning we woke up to find that these silly elves took our ABC puzzle and hid all the letters throughout the house! The kids had to find them and once they completed the pieces they left them with the elves to learn the ABCs! Now, we just print out the ABC letters and I hide them myself all over the house for the kids to find! They have fun searching and finding and they do not even realize they are learn letter recognition!
Spelling with Salt!
Ready for the next sight word activity? Go ahead into the kitchen and grab some salt and a baking pan. Line it with wax paper and cover it with salt. (Sugar works as well!) We had some flashcards, so we used those to practice reading and spelling the words, but you can suggest a word and have your kiddo spell it out! This was a great resource to learn how to spell her name!
Thanks for taking the time to read our learning sight word activities! We will be adding to this post over the course of time, but in the meanwhile, we hope you enjoy these ones!
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