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Tips For Blending Sight Word Games into Your Child’s Learning 

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How to Add Sight Word Games to Your Child’s Learning Routine

  1. Establish a Routine

    Incorporate digital sight word gameplay into the daily learning schedule. This could be a short session after homework or a playful activity before dinner. Consistency helps children develop a habit and a positive attitude toward learning.
  1. Combine it with Other Activities

    Complement digital learning with hands-on sight word activities to help commit new information to memory. For example, after playing a digital sight word game, encourage children to write down the words they learned using crayons or markers and adding an illustration of the word or using the word in a silly sentence. 
  1. Encourage Reflective Discussion

    When your child finishes their sight word games, discuss the new words they learned. Ask your child to use the words in sentences or point them out in a storybook. This can reinforce their learning and helps keep you involved in their studies.
  1. Set Achievable Goals

    Establish simple, clear objectives like “learn five new sight words a week” and use sight word games as a way to help achieve these goals. Celebrating achievements can motivate further learning and offering encouragement when your child struggles with a new word can help them work through it.

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Quick and Easy Sight Word Games

Sight Word Tracing 

In this game, children will see a series of sight words to trace with their finger or a mouse. This activity helps children practice sight words, spelling, and letter shapes.

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Shrimps in Sight   

Children have 60 seconds to “eat” (click on) the sight words they see at the top of the screen and hear being said. The goal is to eat as many sight words as possible.

Screen shot of  a fun sight word game called 'Shrimps in Sight' from ABCmouse.com.

Carla’s Word Path 

In this game, children build their sight word recognition skills by helping Carla find her way to the Golden Gate Bridge by reading sight word signs.

Screen shot of a fun sight word game called 'Carla's Word Path' from ABCmouse.com.

Buggy Sight Words 

Players “swat” mosquitoes carrying sight words to advance through the game, “swatting” the mosquito carrying the sight word they hear.

Screen shot of a fun sight word game called 'Buggy Sight Words' from ABCmouse.com.

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