Word Activities
Here are some activities to do with your child if he/she is really anxious to learn to read and write some sight words. Learning to read should be fun, but if your child can't remember the letter names or the sound each letter makes then some of these activities may be too difficult or frustrating. Try some letter activities (under the Home School tab) first then come back to these word activities another time.
Practice "Phonemic Awareness" and "Sound-Symbol" Matching
http://www.professorgarfield.org/Phonemics/farmIntro2.html
Have rhyming, blending sounds, segmenting, and matching sounds!
Rhyme With Reggie
Read Stories and Play Word Games with Clifford
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm
Practice your reading skills and play some word games online!
Play "What's the Word?" in your car or in a line anywhere! Say a one-syllable word sound by sound (not letter by
letter and see if your child can hear the sounds and blend them into a word.
Parent: "c...a...t" What's
the word?"
Child: "c...a...t" "cat"
Parent: "s...t...o...p"
What's the word?"
Child: "s...t...o...p"
"stop"
WORD PLAY
1. Blending and Segmenting Words (putting together words and taking them apart). Be sure to say the sounds -- not the names of the letters.
Initial sounds:
Parent says, "Start with 'l', add 'unch.' What's the word?"
Child: "lunch"
Parent: "Start with 's' and add 'andwich.' What's the word?"
Child: "sandwich"
Final sounds:
Parent: "Start with 'superma', add an 'n' sound. What's the word?"
Child: "Superman"
Parent: "Start with 'stam,' add a 'p' sound. What's the word?"
Child: "stamp"
Continue the above activities with any familiar words.
2. Middle Sounds:
Parent says three words with same middle vowel sound.
Parent: "teeth, cheek, deep. What sound do you hear in the middle?"
Child: "ee"
Continue activity with different vowel sounds.
Sample word list:
sack-mack-tack
heat-seam-meal
hop-mom-pot
dock-lot-Tom
sank-tank-thank
comb-poke-wrote
hen-yell-pet
hill-tick-sip
3. Whole Word (from part to whole)
Parent gives the child a one-syllable word to blend, one sound (not letter) at a time.
Parent: "b...i...g" What's the word?"
Child: "big"
Parent: "s...t...o...p" What's the word?"
Child: "stop"
Helpful Hint: A great time to accomplish these activities is in your car. You can read street signs and other print that you may come across.
4. Whole Word (from whole to part)
Parent says entire word: "big"
Child says each individual sound: "b...i...g"
Sample word list (any words will work)
nest
sand
mop
when (remember, the "h" is silent -- so your child won't hear it.)
top
game
rug
5. Change the Name Game
Parent: "Say 'man'"
Child: "man"
Parent: "Say it again, but this time say 't' instead of 'm'."
Child: "tan"
SIGHT WORDS
25 Kdg Words + by, of, are, play, she
Parent uses word families to continue playing the game substituting beginning sounds to make new words.
Print 30 words to learn - on labels or plain paper (formatted to fit Avery labels 5160 30/page 1" x 2 5/8")
Print the list above and play "What's The Word?" You sound out one of the words sound by sound and your child guesses
which word it is and points to it. (Skip the sight words for this game since their letter sounds don't make a word that makes sense. Instead, you can say a sight word such as, "the, you, of, do" etc and ask your child to point to it and say the word.)
Word Card Games
http://shi85.org/whitlock/Parent-Guides/WordCardGames.pdf
Online Word Activities
Play "What's The Word" online.
Online Word Games Color Word Match and Word Searches for 100 sight words
http://www.crawfordthecat.com/games/
Play What's in the Bag? online.
Choose Which Shape Each Word Matches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/hfwords/starwords/index.shtml
Sight Word Fun
http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/zes/sightwords/default1.htm
Online Word Games
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/
Learn to Read Some Sight Words!
You can hear the pronunciation of a word when you move your mouse over it. Primer Level Words or Grade One Level Words
Lots of Word Activities
http://carlscorner.us.com/http://www.wordway.us.com/
Online Stories to Read
Starfall Online Word Games and Interactive Books
The Starfall learn-to-read program was created to meet the needs of the emergent reader by incorporating rhyming games and
high-interest books that teach phonemic awareness (sounds in words), phonics, decoding skills, and comprehension. The program is designed to instill confidence and enable the child to proceed as quickly as possible to a balanced reading program.
Online Stories and More
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/rzn2000/
http://www.beartime.com/children_stories.htm
http://www.goodnightstories.com/stories.htm
http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm
http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/adlib.cgi
http://www.storyplace.org/eel/other.asp
http://www.kizclub.com/storylinks.htm
http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
http://www.storylineonline.net/
Read to Me, Read Alone, Read With Help and Links to More Online Stories
http://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.html
Read Long Vowel Stories Online
Scroll
down for more choices.
Sight Word Stories to Read Online
http://www.netrover.com/%7Ekingskid/dolch_store/indexstore.html
200 Dolch words in one story
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/reading/dolch/story.htm
Learn to Spell Word Activities
Learn to Spell Word Songs
The One 1 Letter Word Song
The Two 2 Letter Word Song
The Three 3 Letter Word Song (CVC)
The Three 3 Letter Word Song
The Four 4 Letter Word Song
The Five 5 Letter Word Song
The Six 6 Letter Word Song
Here are different tunes you can use when spelling wordsfrom 3 - 12 letters compiled from the 'net by The Reading Lady.
http://www.readinglady.com/ww/Word_Wall_Songs/word_wall_songs.html
Phonics Handbook
Lists of words for blends,
digraphs, letter sounds, r-controlled vowels, short and long vowel sounds,
vowel combinations, and vowel diphthongs.
Fry's List of 300 instant words
Favorite Books and Authors
Check out all the fun printable activities at Jan Brett's homepage. Visit other authors
like Dr. Seuss and favorite characters such as, The Berenstain Bears, Franklin the Turtle,
Arthur, Clifford the Big Red Dog and others!