No Time For Flash Cards

preschool activities, preschool crafts, and preschool books.

  • Blog
  • About
    • Terms Of Use
    • Disclaimer
    • Holiday Gift Guide For Kids
    • Advertise
    • In The Press
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Bloglovin
  • Preschool Activities
  • crafts for kids
    Preschool Crafts
  • Preschool Books
  • sensory alphabet activity
    Letters & Numbers
  • For Teachers
  • Toddlers
  • Preschool
  • Kindergarten
  • Elementary

July 5, 2019 | 3 Comments

Sight Word Activity – Sight Word Jars

A friend contacted me about a student who is struggling with sight words. I sent her my sight word resources, but my brain couldn’t stop thinking about it. The student also needed to work on fine motor and gets frustrated when they are asked to write out sight words. We need an activity that will let the child build the word without writing but still help to build the fine motor skills so that they can write with ease eventually. This is what I sent to her – a fun and hands-on sight word activity that would be a great addition to any kindergarten literacy center!

literacy center activity with sight words for kindergarten

This post contains affiliate links.

Sight Word Jars

high frequency words activity for prek

Gather your materials. You will need some lowercase letters, I’m using my favorite magnetic ones ( find them here), but you can use whatever fits. If I were creating this for a classroom, making multiple trays, I would buy two sets of magnetic letters to use. You will also need and tray, permanent marker, and small plastic containers – I got them from Dollar Tree.

sight words

Start by building sight words yourself. I am using the Dolch Sight Word Pre-k List, use whatever list your school uses, they can vary.

kindergarten literacy center

Next, write the words on the lid of the container with the marker.

sight word lesson

Fill them up and pop them on the tray.

sight word activities for kids

Invite your student or child to the tray, and explain how to open the lid, take out the letters, and to use the word on the lid build the sight word with the letters.

 

Not only will your student be working on recognizing these high frequency words, but they will also be working on hand strength when opening the containers and their fine motor skills while taking the letters out and placing them. These tasks will help develop the skills needed to physically be capable of handwriting with ease.

 

More Sight Word Activities

 

sight word activity

Find more sight word activities for kindergarten here. 

Filed Under: Age: Elementary, Age: Kindergarten, Letters & Numbers, Literacy Activities, Sight Words | 3 Comments

Like this post? Share it with a friend!

Become an Email Subscriber

Sign up above and receive all new No Time for Flashcards posts directly in your email inbox.

You may also like these posts

how to teach letter soundsnursery rhymes for preschool
Next Post: Letter Eraser Literacy Center Activities
Previous Post: How To Get Preschoolers to Behave at School

3 Comments

  1. Christine says

    September 29, 2019 at 3:43 pm

    I love this creative idea! I’ve been trying to find new, fun ideas to get my toddler’s feet wet when it comes to reading and this is perfect 🙂 My my older son basically taught himself how to read, so now with my daughter, I’ve been struggling to come up with ways to introduce her to letters and words that she can grasp!

    to Christine" aria-label='reply to this comment to Christine'>reply to this comment
    • Allison McDonald says

      October 13, 2019 at 8:25 pm

      Did you use them? I’d love to hear if they were a hit.

      to Allison McDonald" aria-label='reply to this comment to Allison McDonald'>reply to this comment

Trackbacks

  1. 100+ Fun Ways to Teach Sight Words with Hands-On Games & Activities - what moms love says:
    January 21, 2021 at 9:20 pm

    […] activity. (via Montessori From the Heart) (9)  Sight Word Jars: Try these simple sight words in a jar for another travel option. (via No Time for Flashcards) (10) Caterpillar Bottle Cap Activity: […]

    to 100+ Fun Ways to Teach Sight Words with Hands-On Games & Activities - what moms love" aria-label='reply to this comment to 100+ Fun Ways to Teach Sight Words with Hands-On Games & Activities - what moms love'>reply to this comment

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Search For Activities

Now In Paperback!

Buy NOW

All Activities

Become an Email Subscriber

Sign up above and receive all new No Time for Flash Cards posts directly in your email inbox.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Bloglovin

Copyright © 2008-2023 • No Time For Flash Cards - ACM Media LLC • Site Design by Emily White Designs