You can choose from lots of different topics and have fun playing games and learning English at the same time. The best part is that when there were only 10 minutes before I had to leave to pick her up from preschool I through this together and the game was a fun way for us to re-connect after hours apart. We have lots of great word games for you to play. We is so so easy! It’s just me with a w!” You can tell them things like ” You are close, keep trying.” ” Let’s take it letter by letter.” ” Sometimes that letter makes more than one sound.” etc… let them work it out. When your child is sounding it out if their first attempt is wrong don’t just yell out the correct word.

Keep going until all the words are covered with their match! When they find the word they must call it out and stick it on. She knew what to do and didn’t want to waste any time. She was off hunting before I could really do anything. Look at how she ran from the car inside… that’s a first. When your child is home from school tell them you have something RAD for them to play. Pop those sticky notes all over your house. If you aren’t sure where your child hits you can always read through a list with him together before the activity. You can see all the Dolch sight word lists here. Write out the sight words you want to work on. You will need some paper, a clip board, a marker and some sticky notes. You can turn up the challenge once you can gauge their ability a little better. Reading is fun, so let’s keep it that way. The reason I say this is because we don’t want to send the message that reading is this impossible mountain to climb. If reading activities are new to your house I suggest erring on the side of short and easy. I want to challenge her but not overwhelm her. This is such a simple sight word game that you can throw it together after a long day at the office, as a quick activity between dinner and bed, or like we used it a short activity for days when your child is already going to school. That was when I knew it was time to work some targeted reading especially sight word, activities into playtime. I asked her if she read them and she said ” No, I just knew them.” She didn’t know she was reading because to her reading is sounding words out. If Student 2 has the card, they hand it to Student 1 to make a match. Student 1 asks Student 2 for a specific sight word. Students take 5 cards and try to make matches. They play this game using the typical Go Fish rules. A few weeks ago at church she looked at the projector screen and read all the words. In order to play this sight word game, print two copies of each sight word that students are working to master. We haven’t been pushing any of this just paying attention to what she was doing during reading and writing ( self directed writing) times.

My 4 year old has been sounding out words for a long time and has always enjoyed rhyming and playing with the sounds letters make. When kids start putting together the developmental building blocks for literacy it’s exciting.

Online sight word games for 1st grade