Sight Word Target Practice

March 01, 2022 Post a Comment

Howdy! I'chiliad Kristina from Toddler Canonical and I am so excited to be invitee posting today while Jenae takes care of her pregnant self and rests! Can't await to encounter her beautiful fiddling baby girl.

Today I am going to share a unproblematic move activity with you. My kids don't always seem to stop moving. I love to channel their non-stop energy and practice simple and active learning games with them! My oldest son just started kindergarten and I am trying to notice ways to extend his learning at home each afternoon.

I of our favorite afternoon activities is a sight word target exercise game using paper plates.

Materials Needed:

Paper plates, markers, some sort of soft ball, and painters tape.

When I am reading with my son I endeavor and notice which sight words are harder for him to call back and and so I write them on paper plates and stick them on our kitchen cupboards using painters tape.

We beloved using these blimp Ty Beanie Ballz for throwing games because they are soft and don't hurt if someone accidentally gets hit while we are playing.

We like to play our sight discussion game while nosotros are reading and also only for fun throughout the afternoon/evening.

To Play:

After our cupboards are covered with a few paper plate sight words, I call out a word and my son tries to find the word, read it, and and so hit it with a brawl.

After he's learned all of the sight words on our wall, he will yell which one he wants to hitting, read it, and and then throw the ball at it!

When nosotros are reading a book together we likewise similar to finish when we detect a sight word that is on our wall and go over and throw the brawl at the word… then head dorsum over to the kitchen table to go along reading.

Little Sibling Version:

My daughter ever likes to go in on the fun too, so we give her a ball and she tries to hit newspaper plate words that start with a specific alphabet alphabetic character.

Nosotros have also played this game using the materials from our paper plate name game (featured over at NurtureStore). My preschooler practiced saying the letters on the paper plates and throwing a ball at the different letters in her proper noun.

This is activity is great for building hand-center coordination and for practicing simple throwing skills. You could also adapt it in a variety of ways depending on which learning skill you lot are working on (word family words, alphabet letters, numbers, shapes, etc.).

If you are a fan of movement activities that teach uncomplicated skills, make sure to check out the posts from our Move and Learn series that we are participating in with The Pleasantest Thing, Hands On: Equally We Grow, and Coffee Cups and Crayons. Nosotros even accept a Move and Learn pinterest lath filled with cool ideas.

Practice you have a favorite move and learn activity you can share with us?

Kristina is the author ofToddler Approved, a weblog where she helps parents capitalize on teachable moments in everyday life and motivates them to detect, create, and learn with their children. She is a mom of three and is a onetime Special Pedagogy teacher and Curriculum Specialist. When she'southward non blogging, yous'll find Kristina jogging effectually town, organizing church and neighborhood social events, throwing crafting parties for kids, and traveling with her family. She also hosts a monthly Virtual Book Club for Kids online and a Mommy & Me Book Social club with friends offline. Kristina tweets equally@ToddlerApproved and can be found onFacebook andPinterest.