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Printable sight word bingo, memory, roll and read, tic-tac-toe, word searches, mazes and read-the-room hunts for the 50 kindergarten words.

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Sight word bingo

Six different boards per set plus calling cards, and a blank board to write your own words.

Sight word memory game

Roll and read

Sight word tic-tac-toe

Sight word word search

Small grids with words going only across and down. Answer key on page 2.

Sight word mazes

Color the boxes with the word to find the one path from Start to Finish. Answer key on page 2.

Read the room and sight word hunts

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these sight word games worksheets

These printable sight word games turn practice into play. Every game uses the 50 kindergarten sight words, grouped in the same five sets of ten as the flash cards, so a child can play with exactly the words they are learning this week.

There is sight word bingo with six different boards per set and calling cards, a memory match game, roll and read with dice, tic-tac-toe, simple word searches with words going only across and down, mazes where children follow one word through look-alikes, and read-the-room and book hunt sheets that send children looking for words in real print. Word searches and mazes come with an answer key on page 2.

Standards

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.CRead common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.BRecognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.CUnderstand that words are separated by spaces in print.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.AFollow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.

How to use them

  1. Pick the game that matches the set your child is working on. Set 1 is words 1 to 10, set 2 is words 11 to 20, and so on.
  2. For bingo, print the six boards for a small group and cut apart the calling cards. Read a card, and players cover that word with a counter or a cereal piece. Four in a row wins.
  3. For memory, cut out the 20 cards, lay them face down and take turns flipping two. Read both words out loud; a match is kept.
  4. For roll and read, roll one die, read the next word under that die face and color its box. Keep going until one column is full.
  5. For read the room, tape the flash cards for one set around the room. Children walk around with a clipboard, check off each word they find and write it.
  6. For the book hunt, pick any picture book and make a tally mark each time a word shows up.

Teaching tips

  • Always say the word out loud when you play. Saying it while looking at it is what builds instant recognition.
  • Mazes are a good check for look-alike words: children have to tell the from then and she, or was from saw and has.
  • Word searches are easiest when children look for the first letter, then check the next letters across or down. Start with set 1, which uses only two- and three-letter words.
  • Keep games short and end while it is still fun. Ten minutes of bingo is plenty for most kindergartners.
  • Use the blank bingo board and the blank read-the-room sheet for names, spelling words or any other words you want to practice.

Questions teachers and parents ask

How do you play sight word bingo?

Give each player a different board. The caller mixes up the calling cards and reads one word at a time. Players find the word on their board and cover it. The first player with four in a row, across, down or corner to corner, wins. Each set has six different boards, so up to six children can play.

What are good sight word games for kindergarten?

Short games where the child reads a word out loud every turn work best: bingo, memory, roll and read and tic-tac-toe. Mazes and word searches are good quiet games for one child, and read the room gets children moving.

Do the games use the same words as the flash cards?

Yes. All the games use the 50 kindergarten sight words in the same five sets of ten, so you can practice one set with the flash cards and then play a game with the same words.

Are the word searches hard?

No. The grids are only 6 by 6 or 7 by 7 letters, and the words only go across or down, never backwards or on a slant. Each word appears exactly once, and the answer key is on page 2.

Do I need dice for roll and read?

You need one ordinary die. The die faces are drawn at the top of each column, so children who can't read numbers yet just match the dots.