Run Around For Sight Words
Get your active young child engaged with learning basic sight words! Make or buy a set of flashcards that show basic words that every child needs to learn. These would be words like go, sit, up, down, run, and could. You can find complete lists by search key words like Dolch list.
Spread the words out around the floor of your play area. You’ll want several feet of space between each word. Now, call out a word and have your child run to find it. Call another word and let your child run to the new word. Keep going as long as excitement is there, and your active child will be practicing vital reading skills while burning up some energy and getting exercise!
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Try playing a board game called Er-u-di-tion that incorporates both sight words and phonics.
This award winning game helps children learn to read, spell and understand the most common words in the English language while playing an entertaining board game.
Cards are categorized so children of all reading levels can play together!
Sight words are imperative to learning, and this article just reiterates that fact!