My eldest son is almost finished with Kindergarten…. I can hardly believe it!! He is growing up way to fast… we recently sat down with his teacher and she shared that he is not keeping up with the class in his reading. We know this has been an area of struggle for him, and weren’t sure to push him, or just let him develop naturally in this area. We know he will be okay in the long run, but I don’t want him to feel bad about himself as he notices what his classmates can do. Since that meeting we have been doing a bit more reinforcement at home and one of the ways we are making it fun is with these sight word games.
I created a set of sight word cards that can be used to play {at least} two games. I put words on the card that my son needs to practice, but I’m also sharing a blank set of cards and you can write your own words. Here is my set of Sight word Games Cards. You can download them here. Print on CARDSTOCK
{these are just for reference, use the link for download for the original copy}
You can download the blank version here. It’s a PDF and you can hand write in the words you want or you can convert the document and type your words in WORD. Here is a screen shot.. go to TOOLS- then convert to the type of WORD doc you want… you then should be able to edit the PDF…. You want to make sure you have two cards for every word.. a pair!
We’ve played GO FISH and MATCHING with these cards.
For matching: Choose some or all of the cards, made sure you have pairs. Shuffle the cards and lay them face down on the table. Take turns flipping two cards. READ both words.. and if they match you can keep the cards. If they don’t match flip back over. If they do match you get another turn. Continue until all the cards are matched up.
Go Fish Game: Shuffle Cards and deal each person five cards. Place remaining cards spread out in the middle of the table. Take turns. Ask another player, “_____ do you have the word ______” Insert a name and one of the words. If you have it, give it to the first player. Then that same player can ask again. If the person asked does not have the card – then the second person says “go Fish”, and the first person then takes a card from the center pile. All pairs should be placed word up in front of each player as they are collected.
Links for download- PRINT ON CARDSTOCK
What other games can you think to play with these cards? I’d love suggestions!
Kristi Andres says
I love the game Zingo. It’s not with the cards. But it’s like Bingo with sight words. You could maybe make a version. It uses a board with sight words on it and then when the cards are drawn everyone playing gets to read them and the first person to see if they have the word and say it gets to take the card and place it on their bingo board. You’re working for either a row or black out.
Emily says
that sounds like a great idea! I bet it wouldn’t be hard to come up with a home version of that!! thanks for sharing.
Leah says
Do you have a version of this but with the words spelled in all lower case letters?
Elizabeth says
Thank you for sharing this! My little ones are just graduating from kindergarten and I am pinning this to use! Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle!
Anne says
I love these ideas, but as a grade 2 teacher I often have students unsure of when to use capital and when to use lower case letters. All of these words should be printed with lower case letters because they are not proper nouns. Even a spelling list should have lower case letters. Thanks for listening to my rant….
Candice says
I agree. Thank you for mentioning this.
Lisa @ Fun Money Mom says
Great idea! It always helps when you make a game out of learning!!! Thanks so much for sharing at #ShareTheWealthSunday!
xoxo
Lisa
christine says
My son is also in Kindegarten and while he showed so much excitement at the beginning of the year for studying w/ flashcards, it lost it’s luster after the Christmas break. We’ve actually had great luck w/ the go fish game the past couple of months. They don’t even realize they’re learning! Thanks for linking this w/ us at The Wednesday Roundup this week!
Kristina & Millie says
what an awesome idea as so easy to make/share/personalize per reading list or level! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Snickerdoodle!
All that's Jas says
Really great idea! Thanks for sharing at Thursday Favorite Things!
Gail Akeman says
Thank you for joining the Small victories Sunday Linkup. Please join again.
Adrian says
I used to do a lot of sight words for my son when he was younger. One thing they taught us when we were teaching our kids to read is that longer and more varied words are easier to discern. Words like elephant, refrigerator, dresser are a lot easier for kids to tell apart than small, similar words like when, then, them, these. Here’s a post on how I taught my son to read – maybe you’ll find it helpful. I think I’ll dust that one off and repost it next week. http://adrianscrazylife.com/2013/11/teach-your-child-to-read.html
Emily says
Thanks for the tips! can’t wait to check out your post!
theartinpartyplanning says
So great! This will be perfect for summer. My daughter is just finishing kindergarten as well and I don’t want summer to be a step back. Thanks for sharing!
Kristen from The Road to Domestication says
Those came out quite nicely! Thanks so much for taking the time to link up with us over at the #HomeMattersParty – we hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend, and that we see you again this Friday! Feel free to bring a friend 🙂
Jaimi@The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide says
What a great resource for the moms of school age kids. Thanks for sharing at Wonderful Wednesday!