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Kindergarten Sight Words Game

November 14, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

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If you’ve been following our blog this month you’ll have noticed that we’ve been on a bit of Sight Words binge lately!  That’s because I’ve got two boys, a 1st grader and a Kindergartner who are in desperate need of learning these important words.

I’m afraid I’ve been a bit neglectful by focusing so much on word families, phonics and vowel sounds that they’ve missed out on some of the other more important aspects of reading.

Earlier this week I released a Dolch Pre-Primer game for Preschoolers, and Today I’m sharing this Dolch Primer game for Kindergarteners. It’s called, “Sweet Sight Words, ” and it covers all the primer words your child need to know by the end of Kindergarten.  (We also have follow up worksheets for every word here).


But before I get to that I need to tell you about our BRAND NEW Sight Word of the Week Curriculum:

 

Sight Word of the Week covers 40 key sight words for Preschool and Kindergarten students. Each week covers a single sight word with fun and engaging worksheets, activities, games and hands-on resources.  Students put their knowledge to the test with a weekly sight word mini-book that will bridge the gap between emergent and early readers.  Providing your students with a springboard to success with this ready to use program. The 40-week curriculum covers all 40 Dolch 220 Pre-Primer words and prints in the necessary order. Simply add the pages to a 3-ring binder and you are set!  Suggested Age: PreK or K4  Click Here for Sample Pages


How to Play:

First print your gumball machine gameboards onto colored construction paper.  I love neon cardstock for game as they are bright and engaging and much less expensive than printing in color.

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Print your gumballs onto white cardstock then punch them out using a 1.5″ circle punch.  Note: Investing a a circle punch is one the best purchases I’ve made for our classroom and ALL of our Punch and Play File Folder games on File Folder Fun are designed with this size punch, so you can create many of our games in a matter of seconds with this handy tool.

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Each child chooses a gameboard.  You’ll notice that there are special “Candy Gumballs” at the bottom of each board.  This is just a little extra fun to keep your little ones engaged!

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The games starts by placing all gumballs into a center jar (or coffee mug) as pictured below.  You want to be sure this is not see through.  Children take turns by drawing one gumball, reading the word and looking for a match on their gumball machine.  If they have a match they get to keep the gumball and it’s the next players turn.  If they don’t have a match they return the gumball to the center jar and it’s the next players turn.  The game continues until one player has filled their entire gumball machine with matching words (candy ball included.)

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You can speed up the game by allowing children to draw three gumballs instead of one.  Additionally, removing gumballs that match unused gameboards will speed up game play as well.  There are five separate gameboards, each with unique words so there are exactly the right amount of gumballs for all five boards.  You can expand this game for more than five players by printing an additional copy of the game.

Print Sweet Sight Words Free from File Folder Fun

Print Coordinating Worksheets Free from Kindergarten Mom

 

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We have a ton of reading games and printables available. Here are links to some of our most popular resources:
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  • Kindergarten Alphabet Games
  • Kindergarten Math Games
  • Kindergarten Phonics Games
  • Kindergarten Sight Word Games
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  • View All Kindergarten Games
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  • First Grade Math Games
  • First Grade Language Games
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  • First Grade Social Studies Games
  • View All First Grade Games

 

Filed Under: File Folder Games, Language Arts, Language Arts Printables, Sight Word Printables

Free Sight Word Printables

November 11, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

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Learning about sight words can be tons of fun with a few simple resources!

Both of my younger boys have been working hard on learning word families and phonics, but sight words have been a tad more difficult for them.  This week I’ve made a simple Sight Word Slap Game for them to practice PrePrimer Dolch 220 words.


But before I get to that I need to tell you about our BRAND NEW Sight Word of the Week Curriculum:

 

Sight Word of the Week covers 40 key sight words for Preschool and Kindergarten students. Each week covers a single sight word with fun and engaging worksheets, activities, games and hands-on resources.  Students put their knowledge to the test with a weekly sight word mini-book that will bridge the gap between emergent and early readers.  Providing your students with a springboard to success with this ready to use program. The 40-week curriculum covers all 40 Dolch 220 Pre-Primer words and prints in the necessary order. Simply add the pages to a 3-ring binder and you are set!  Suggested Age: PreK or K4  Click Here for Sample Pages


 

Sight Word SLAP:

How to Play:

It seems like a simple game, but it’s really tons of fun and their picking up new words super quick this way!

I like to save my color ink, so I’ve printed these on colored cardstock paper to make them more engaging for my boys.

 

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And my paper trimmer really came in handy to save me time prepping this game.  (I appreciate that this has a safety lock on it but I still keep mine above the fridge to keep little hands away from it :)

 

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Anway, you can print Sight Word Slap free from our sister site File Folder Fun.

While you’re there check out all the Free Sight Word Games and the Free Phonics Games as well.

You could also follow up with some Sight Word Worksheets for extra practice, and this free set matches the words used in the game.

 

Find More Free Sight Word Resources Here:

Sight Word Worksheets

Sight Word Bingo

Fishing for SightWords

Word Family Printables

Filed Under: Language Arts Printables, Sight Word Printables

Letter of the Day Worksheets

May 3, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

Preschool and Kindergarten children who are learning their alphabet will love these Free Letter of the Day worksheets from PreschoolMom.com

Each worksheet is filled with different activities and skills children can build upon on a daily basis.

-Read & Identify the letter
-Say the Sound
-Trace Uppercase
-Trace Lowercase
-Write Uppercase & Lowercase
-Color Beginning letter animal
-Seek and Find letter
-Draw (items that begin with your letter)
-ABC Order

Print the entire set of worksheets free from Preschool Mom

Find More Alphabet Preschool Printables Here

Find Bible ABC Printables Here.

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Filed Under: Alphabet Printables, Language Arts Printables, Preschool Printables Tagged With: alphabet, letters, worksheet

Printable Word Family Game

April 6, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

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Word families are words that have the same ending sound, “back,” “sack,” and “rack” are all in the “ack” word family.

Teaching children to listen to ending sounds and rhyming words is a great way to build early reading skills.

Print Crayon Word Family Game at File Folder Fun

Find More Word Family Printables on Kindergarten Mom

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Filed Under: File Folder Games, Language Arts Printables, Reading Printables, Worksheets Tagged With: Early Reading, file folder game, Phonics, word families

DIY Homeschool Tools

May 3, 2014 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

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These tools can be used in your Homeschool or Classroom setting as an alternative to purchasing premade educational materials. Not only will you save money, but you’ll be able to customize your classroom to fit the needs of your children!
Base 10 Bean Sticks
Math Facts Learning Folder
DIY Number Bean Bags
Making Math Sentences Game
Printable Math Equations Board
Math Master Speed Scoring Chart
Math Mini Office Printables
Free Math File Folder Games
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DIY Language Arts Tools
Learning grammar and spelling doesn’t have to be boring!  Try these eight ideas in your own classroom to spice things up a bit. Most of these games are made with resources you can find around the house.

Word Family Block Game

DIY Spelling Activities

Free Printable Language Charts

DIY Vocabulary Notebooks

Free Language File Folder Games

Free Summer Reading Chart

Language Mini Office

Writing Notebook (available in our eStore)

 

Be sure you check out our Favorite Homeschool Tools and Craft Supplies during your visit!

 

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Filed Under: Hands-On-Learning, homeschool printables, Language Arts Printables, Math Tools Tagged With: base ten, budget homeschool, crafty, diy homeschool, language, make your own, math, mini office, printables, resources, tools

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