The creators of shaving cream probably never dreamt that it would ever be used to teach children to write. However, that’s what we’ve been doing … writing in shaving cream!
If you haven’t had a chance to play with shaving cream yet, then I can seriously recommend it. This is one sensory experience that is absolutely fantastic – silky, smooth, soothing and very irresistible!
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Children learn best when they’re having fun. Based on this principle, we often try to find ways to teach sight words in a way that is engaging and enjoyable. This is the theory behind the Sight Words Tower Game. The game is easy to set up. It can be played individually or in small groups.
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Speedy Sight Words is a sight words game which focuses on a limited number of words. The aim is increases the fluency and speedy of reading the sight words through repetition while playing a fun and challenging game. It’s easy to set up and promotes a range of skills. Continue reading
It’s time to get out a construction set of some sort in order to play Sight Word Construction. The aim of the Sight Word Construction is for children to collect one piece of the construction set each time they read one of the sight word cards correctly. Continue reading
Here’s a fun way to play with sight words. It involves sight words, roads on the floor, cars and crazy houses. There are also free PDFs you can download of the crazy houses. Continue reading
Today we tried a new game which focuses on sight words which we called the Pebble Sight Words Game. The aim of the game is for each player to engage in reading while playing a game in which he/she places all of his pebbles on the sight words. Continue reading
This sight words game uses brightly coloured buttons. The aim is to place buttons from your pile on top of each sight word as it is called out. The different sizes and shapes of the buttons make them irresistible to children … and any adults who wants to join in the fun. Continue reading
Magic Words is a term we coined to label words which contain other words within them. The term seems to grab children’s imagination as they enjoy looking for words which contain hidden surprises (e.g. other words). Continue reading
Who said that learning must be restricted to the classroom or to pen and paper? In reality, children are learning all the time – not just when they are at formal lessons. Sand sight words involves taking the learning outside of the classroom. Continue reading
Fly swat sight words is one of our all time favourite sight word games. It’s a heap of fun. A word of warning: This is not a quiet game! Continue reading