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Paper Airplane Sight Word Fun!

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250-Summertime Sight Word Review Games - This Reading Mama

This summer, I’ve spent each Monday giving ideas for simple sight word games you can play with your child to keep them fresh.  If you’ve missed any of them, click ont he image above or HERE to view all the games we’ve done thus far.  Next week will be my last one for the summer…and I’m SUPER excited about it!

Today, I have an easy game I created for ALuv to integrate some paper airplane fun (since he really enjoys building them.)

paper airplane sight wordsMaterials:

  • paper
  • sight word cards
  • an open area (we used our downstairs hallway)

How to Play:

1. He made a paper airplane.  We’ve explored many ways to make a paper airplane and by far, this is his favorite way.  It seems to fly better than the other ones we’ve made.

sight word cards on floor2. While he made his airplane, I laid out about 10-15 sight word cards on the floor in our downstairs hallway.

3. He threw the paper airplane.

paper airplane, sight words4. Whichever card it landed closest to, he read aloud.

We repeated steps 3 and 4 several times. 

To extend the activity, he could have written the words down, given them to me in sentences, or I could have called out the word and had him spell it without looking.  Another idea would be to change out the cards mid-game and start again.

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Comments

  1. Tonya Dirksen says

    July 24, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    What a fun idea!

    Reply
  2. wilhcarm says

    July 26, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    Good old fashioned constructive and educational fun! Thanks for sharing! Carolyn

    Reply
  3. No Doubt Learning says

    July 27, 2012 at 2:05 am

    We will be trying this – what a blast!

    Reply
  4. hodgepodgecraft says

    July 15, 2013 at 5:21 pm

    What a clever idea! 🙂

    I have linked to your post in my round up of the 10 best craft ideas and activities for paper planes: http://hodgepodgecraft.com/2013/07/the-10-best-craft-ideas-and-activities-for-paper-planes/

    Thanks for letting me share!
    Gude at Hodge Podge

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      July 15, 2013 at 6:03 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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