When your mom is a teacher, you never know what is going to happen when you see her take out a muffin tin and some baking cups. She could be baking something delicious, OR she could be making a learning game. Today, I decided to save the baking for another day, and made a learning game instead. My daughters were slightly disappointed until they got to play the game. They were completely engaged which was nice to see and forgot all about baking. If you would like to see a video of them playing, visit my Instagram @thiscraftygirlmom
What You’ll Need:
Muffin tin
Baking cups
Marker
Pom poms (two different colors)
Index cards
How To:
So, for this game you can review any skill. Letter recognition, sounds, sight words, even math, to name a few. Today, we decided to review sight words.
- Write 12 sight words in marker on the baking cups and index cards.
- Place the baking cups in the muffin tin.
- Hand out the pom poms and place the index cards between both players.
- Each player gets a to pick a card and place their pom pom in the muffin tin that shows the same word. The first player to get three in a row wins!
I ended up writing all of the sight words for their age on a bunch of baking cups and index cards, and we kept switching them out. They played until we reviewed them all! Mom win for sure!
Sight Word Palm Tree
What I love about this sight word craft/activity is that it is completely personalized. Your child gets to use their handprints as leaves, and you can include only the words they really need to review on the coconuts. My daughters enjoyed tracing their hand and trying to figure out how to place the rectangles so it looked like the tree was leaning. They had a fun time which is a positive when they are completing a learning activity.
What You’ll Need
- Green, brown and white construction paper.
- Scissors
- Glue
How To:
- Trace your child’s hand and cut out the handprints.
- Cut out little rectangles to make the tree bark
- Cut out circles (coconuts).
- Write the sight words on the coconuts.
- Glue down the tree bark first onto the white paper, then add the handprints and coconuts.
You do not need to glue down the coconuts. Your child can simply place them on the leaves, say the word, and then remove them to work on new sight words as they learn more.
That’s it for today. I hope you like these activities. Comment down below. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
*Adult supervision is required*
The end of the school year is fast approaching and I have begun preparing some review games for my daughters to play during the summer. Memory match is one of my favorite games to use to review skills. My daughters don’t even realize they are learning, they think they are just finding matches. You can use this game to review so many skills. I decided to create a sight word memory match game.
Materials
Wood circles ( any shape)
Mod podge
X-ACTO knife
Scrapbook paper
How To
An adult should make this activity.
Cut your scrapbook paper into squares.
Paint a layer of mod podge to one side of the wood circle and place the scrapbook paper square on top. Gently press and smooth out the paper to prevent wrinkles. Set them to the side to dry.
While you are waiting for the paper to dry, type up and print out all the words you would like to include in your game. Cut them out and place them to the side for later.
Flip your circles over and carefully cut off the excess scrapbook paper using an X-ACTO knife.
Paint a layer of mod podge to the unfinished side of the circle and place one of the words you printed out on top. Paint another layer of mod podge over the word.
Once everything is dry, flip your circles back over to the side that shows the scrapbook paper and paint a layer of mod podge over it. This will give your game a finished look while protecting the paper.
If you give this game a try, comment down below and let me know which skill you reviewed.
*Adult supervision is required*