Hey y’all who all has kids in Elementary school ? Well I do and I have truly enjoyed it so far. I have heard so many people struggling with sight works with the kids and I hate that ! I know every child is different and learn way different than others. But i think cause I make it fun it helps me and my daughter.
1. I took very cute scrapbooking cards and wrote the words each week kn those so far and put them in a cute metal box. It’s easy and cute and my girl likes all the prints.
2. I bought some sticker letters and a poster board and let her find the words out of the letter s and then place on poster board what kid boy or girl don’t like stickers. Especially big ones !
When it’s pretty weather out side we do them out there so we are not so cooped up !!
Poster and sticker fun !!
So far it has worked wonders for us !! She knows each weeks sight words before the new set comes out. And of course we go over all the old ones each week to refresh as well.
Do y’all do sight words at your child school ?
Do you struggle getting your child to “want to do it” ?
What fun ways have y’all tried if any?
Below you will find more ideas I have found on Pinterest that we will be doing in the weeks to come !!
Tons of kids these days have a phone they use on WiFi or a tablet and love using it cause they feel like a big girl/boy. These apps are perfect for that!
This is perfect when I saw this I knew it would be perfect I literally bought Nerf guns on Friday and they love using them in the house hahah !!
Word version on candy land perfect in our house cause we play candy land about 30 times a day !!
These are really cool and feel neat they have these at school but I’m going to may a few for home in different colors !
Thanks so much for coming by I love it !!!
I love this idea! My daughter would definitely dig those polka dots, too. 😉 I think I’m going to do this for her math facts cards as well. Great post!!
Love all of your ideas, I think my kids would love the sticker letters and a poster board. Thanks!
These are all really good ideas! I have one child in Kindergarten and we are just starting to go through sight words. As of now it is fun but I will have to get creative with it soon. Thanks for the ideas!
I’m not sure if my first comment went through, but I really love this idea. I think my son would enjoy doing this outdoors and helping to make the cards too.
I love your idea of using cute cards to teach sight words. I homeschool my kids who are 7 and 3. This school year I just started teaching my 3 year old how to read. We have been using hooked on phonics. She knows her letter sounds so just started learning short a words. We practice with refrigerator magnets a lo, but I want to try some of these ideas too.
I love your ideas. When my son was in kindergarten I added colorful backgrounds to his sight words. That increased his engagement level and the process was much easier for him. We should have tried it outdoors though. He would have loved that!
This is GREAT!!! I love this idea for my 1st grader!! 🙂
My son is only in preschool right now but these are some great ideas! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I don’t have children yet, but I am simply amazed that there is now an app for sight words! Times have truly changed and evolved. By the way, I love the cards you made. I’m a die hard gold and polka dots fan.
Aww thx so much !!!!
Great idea! We’re homeschooling and need to get back into learning sight words. This might be a good way to start back up!
You sound like a fun mother (:
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Great ideas- thanks for sharing! Any way to get kiddos interested in reading is a plus!
I pray my someday child is not dyslexic like me. My mom tried things like this with me—that’s how SHE knew before the teachers that I had a problem.
And that is why it is so important for parents to be their child’s first educator, because you truly care and you will know when your child is struggling.
But what a fun and painless way to develop reading readiness without your child really knowing this is “school!”
Those are great ideas and cute cards. We did do sight words, with all 4 kids, still do actually. They are pretty good about it. We just do flash cards. What I do appreciate is the website our school uses to prep for spelling tests, there are fun games on there and since it’s on the computer my kids enjoy it!
Wow this is so cute! I need to share this with my little sister and mom! You make the site words look so fun. Thanks for sharing 🙂
These are excellent! As a homeschoolin’ Mama I am IN to this!!!
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Very cute. Much better than the boring white variety you get in stores.
Great idea! I love that you make it fun by using something other than plain index cards! As someone who struggled through grade school due to learning disabilities, when my mom or teachers made learning fun it really helps. I think this is a wonderful idea!
Awesome idea, this is something my nephew would love. I am sending this to my sister in law for my nephew he just started learning words
Great idea. I don’t have any children but this is great for someone who does.
What a fun way to do sight words! I think making things pretty is always the way to go. 😉
I learn the same way, if it’s fun I love it but if it’s boring I have to snazz it up a little. I hope you guys are having a great monday!
Wow, what a cool idea! I don’t have kids but I use it for my hubby. 🙂
That is a wicked fun way to teach the littles their sight words! I love this idea.
My oldest is 4, so sight words are coming. Great idea for making them fun!
So many great ideas. I think my son would have loved shot the sight word when he was young.
That’s awesome that you’re putting in the extra time to work with your daughter on sight words. Early literacy is SO IMPORTANT. And believe it or not, it’s a big deciding factor in the future success of a child.
One fun thing to do is get small boxes (shoe boxes work well), decorate them with sight words –for example, “red”– and have the child fill the box with red knick knacks from around the house or outside. It’s a good, tactile way for them to ingest the words 🙂
What a neat idea! I also really like how you used scrapbook paper to make it more cute and fun!
Great ideas! Sight words that are fun = new awesome learning opportunities.
I love this idea! What a great way to learn sight words. My daughter struggled and struggled and then one day it just clicked and she went from not reading to reading on a fourth grade level in less than 3 months.
This is a fantastic method. I like that you used scrapbook paper to make it more fun. Great idea!
I love this idea and it’s so much fun and colorful too. I used index cards to teach mine site words and we would do 10 a week and I would leave the word all over the house in various places and play games.
What a fun and creative way to be involved in your daughter’s learning! Great work, Mama!
This are such creative ideas! I love that you’re investing so much in their education, it’ll only benefit them!
These are cute and fun ideas. I’ve got nieces and nephews who will enjoy these activities.
These are all really good ideas! I like that you used scrapbook paper for more fun!
This is great! I love this idea to work with both my granddaughters
I don’t have any kids (yet– just a few months!) but when I worked in after school childcare, our younger kids had sight word notecards and I worked with them on learning them every day. The notecards definitely help, and I always just went back over the words they struggled with!
I love the fun way you set them up! My sons came pre-done from his teacher, he finished them right before Christmas Break though.
Ah, these are great ideas! Im going to be trying these out with my kiddos for sure!
Great ideas to get kids started reading. We usually have sight words we use in the classroom, but helping at home is essential. Nice work!
Great ideas! Kids are always more likely to learn when it’s fun! Thanks for sharing.
My daughter would love shoot the sight word. We have that nerf gun, so going to try that one out.
I love your tips. We need to start sight words for my youngest son so I’m pinning this idea.
We used many of these same tips. 🙂 Great ideas!
Great ideas. My daughter is the queen of fun flashcards.
Wow great ideas!! My kids love flash cards- I’ll be pulling out our scrap book paper now!
Omg not only is this cleaver, you totally made site words fabulous!!!! My daughter would love this!
Great way to help kids learn while making it fun! I love the “shoot the sight word” game and the putty in the ziploc bag. 🙂
I think when you put them on index cards with fun colors and art, kids are more likely to retain the information. It worked for my nephew.
what a great idea and a fun way to learn I remember doing this with my youngest child.
I love this idea. My son is really into words now and he would do this over and over.