"Autumn Leaves" - printable game for Golden & Red Sight Words

If your child has been learning the M100W at school (Magic 100 Words) or if you want to teach or reinforce the most common 'Sight Words' (words that are useful for children to know instantly by sight), I'll be posting some suitable games over the next few days.

This is for the first level - 'Golden Words', plus a few of the 'Red Words'.

Print as for the other games on light card if you have it, and laminate if you want it to last longer. You will need a die (dice) and any small tokens or 'movers' (e.g. buttons, small stones, mini erasers, tokens from other games).

Autumn Leaves game board - for Golden>Red Words

"Butterfly Hunt" printable game board for Sight Vocab cards

Here's another game to use with sight vocabulary cards; print and play as for the other 'Sight Vocab' games.

Butterfly Hunt Printable Game Board

For this one, I've also made some 'movers' that you can print on card and assemble. You can print the PDF below onto card, or you can use the design to make your own - just don't make them too large or they won't fit on your game board ;)

Butterfly Hunt Movers & Assembly Instructions

"Alien Worlds" printable board game for Sight Vocab Cards

Here's another game to use with Sight Words cards, with a fun theme  - print and play as for "Travel Time". You can choose between the version with the coloured background, or the less ink-intensive version.

Aliens Worlds printable board game_ Colour + 

Aliens Worlds printable board game_ Col. 1

"Travel Time" printable board game for Sight Vocab Cards

Although travel is heavily restricted at this time, I thought I'd share the scans of this game I developed some time ago. Travel Time 2 is the same format, but with more complex procedures.

The game is designed to be played with word cards, to encourage children to practise their Sight Vocabulary. You can make your own cards by cutting up thick paper or thin card (even cereal packets etc) and writing or pasting words on one side.
You will also need a die and tokens or "movers" to play the game.
Click on the links below the pictures, to open the printable .PDF file. Print on light card and laminate for more lasting results.

Travel Time_printable board game

Travel Time 2_printable board game

"I Spy" for fun and for pre-reading skills

"I Spy" is an old but fun game!'

Here's a sheet of "I Spy" pictures that can be used to entertain children at home, and to sharpen reading skills such as:

• visual discrimination
• knowledge of letter names
• awareness of letter sounds 
• awareness of sounds in words.

"I Spy" picture sheet 1

For younger children, it's good to use sounds rather than letter names, e.g. "I spy something beginning with 'th'..." for thumb.

Here are some ideas for variations of the game:  "I Spy" variations

I'll post some more picture sheets, and other ideas for using them, soon.

"Cats & Dogs" - sight words printable board game

There are 2 versions of this game - one with 'first' sight words, the other with blank spaces so you can write in your choice of sight words, word families etc.

They are both black & white, 'colour in' format. Click on the links below to open the printable .pdf files.

Print on A4 paper or card, and print the instructions on the back. Laminate after writing words/colouring if you wish, and use a die or spinner and tokens or 'movers' (e.g. buttons) to play the game.

Cats and Dogs printable game board -1st words -to colour

Cats and Dogs printable game  - instructions 

Cats and Dogs printable game board - blank 

"Word Wizard Challenge" basic vocab game

Here's an oldie - a scan of one of the first games I made; it was always popular, so worth sharing again. It's handy for practising basic sight words and some easy-to-decode words. Print onto A4 paper or light card, and add extra glitter/stars if you like before laminating.

Play as a normal board game with a die and 'movers'

'Word Wizard Challenge' printable game board (PDF)

'Word Wizard Challenge' game instructions (JPG)