Knowing how to read sight words helps kids to read more fluently and better understand what they are reading. Kids learn many sight words just by being exposed to them during shared reading, but there are those tricky ones that need some extra practice. To make memorizing sight words more fun we like to play games!
Last week my kindergartner played Sight Word Swim in the pool and he had so much fun we came up with another game we could play with the ball pit balls–Cup Crash!
I wrote the sight words he was working on plastic cups and grabbed the ball pit balls with the same words on them from the other game.
He read the word on the cup and if he was correct he got to stack it on the counter.
Once he had read all of the words and built a tower it was time to knock the cups down! We already had sight words written on our balls so he practiced reading them again before throwing them at the cups. You could skip this part if you don’t have enough balls to write on. He had a TON of fun with Cup Crash and so did his sisters, there were smiling faces and cups and balls everywhere!
Sight Word Cup Crash! is another post in the Move and Learn series I am doing with The Pleasantest Thing and Hands on : as we grow. Each week we are sharing ways that you can get your kids moving and learning and having fun!
Find the Letter and Swat It! from Hands on : as we grow
Geometry Game from The Pleasantest Thing
Check out their posts from this week and go to our Move and Learn Pinterest board for even more ideas!