3 Reading Practice Activities
We
love playing games during our learning times. These 3 reading activities make
it fun to practice letter names, sounds, sight words and blending words.
Reading
is fun!
Peek-A-Boo Letters
For
this activity, I folded a sheet of copy paper in half 3 times so that when you
open the sheet up there are 16 squares. Then, I cut across the3 folds going
across the short side of the paper. Each cut strip should have 4 squares.
Then,
I wrote a letter inside each square. You can use painter’s tape to cover the
letters yourself or like me, you can allow your little one to tear the tape and
cover each letter herself. Once they’re covered, the student can choose one to
uncover and say, “Peek-A-Boo (letter name)” or “Peek-A-Boo (letter sound).”
Then,
the student can recover the letter and choose another one.
Peek-A-Boo Blending
This
activity is just like Peek-A-Boo letters but instead, I wrote words in the squares
for my son to practice blending. First, he covered the words with painter’s
tape. Then, he chose one to uncover and sound out. Once he figured it out he
said, “Peek-A-Boo (word).” Then, he covered the words back up and chose another
one. The game gets more and more fun because the next time he uncovered the
word, he was already familiar with them and could figure out the word much
faster.
Sticky Letters & Sticky
Words
For
this activity, I tore short and long pieces of tape and placed each on the
ground randomly. Then, I used a permanent marker to write letters and blending
words. Each child took a turn. Lily Anne chose letters to name and Caleb chose
words to read. Once they read them, they could peel them up.
Letter Bash & Sight Word
Bash
Lily
Anne played the Letter Bash game. I used painter’s tape to tape a letter to a
paper cup. Then, I created a small tower. Lily told me the letter name and then
got to throw a ball toward the tower to knock it over. She had a blast!
Caleb
played the Sight Word Bash game. I taped a sight word to each cup and created a
tower. Caleb read each word and then through the ball to knock down the tower.
I love it when they get so excited they jump up and down all over the place
when they’re learning! I know I’ve got a winner.
I
hope you have as much fun with these games as we did. I’d love to hear how they
went! Feel free to let me know in the comments below or find me on Facebook or
Twitter! I always love to hear from my readers!
God
Bless You on Your Learning Journey ~
Are
you interested in more ways to practice sight words? Check out my post on Sight Word
Games.
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