Fun Crayon Water-resistant Sight Word Activity for Kindergarteners

May 3, 2023 | DIY Crafts & Activities | 0 comments

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I am always looking for fun ways to teach my girls new skills or concepts, and this crayon-resistant art activity is one that I have seen multiple times and have been saving to try.

We are currently learning about bugs, insects and spiders on our home learning journey, so I decided to create a spider web sight word search activity for the girls to paint and find the words and check them off as they painted.

This activity is on our list of favourites because the girls had so much fun reviewing their sight words and were all smiles.

What I loved most about this activity is that it requires just a few materials and minimal time to put it all together for a memorable learning experience.

Materials you will need:

White crayon
learning journal/paper
Markers
Hot glue gun
Hot glue sticks
Watercolour paint
Paint brushes
Container with water
Pencil

Here are the simple steps I followed in order to put this simple and fun learning activity together for my little ones.

Step 1: Use a marker to draw a spider web on white paper.

Step 2: Use your white crayon to write all the words you want to teach or review with your little ones.

Step 3: Use your hot glue gun to outline the spider web so that each word your little one is painting to find is in its own space.

Step 4: Write all the words from the web onto plain paper with a checkbox beside them for your little one to check off as they find each word.

I wrote my list after creating the web, so I had to write them down on a piece of paper and then transfer them onto a list for them. I recommend writing the list on paper first before creating the web.

Step 5: Get some water in a container and place a brush inside.

Here you have it! A fun learning activity created in only five simple steps!

The possibilities of creating learning activities or just activities for fun with this fun traditional art method are endless!

What are Sight Words, and why are sight words important?

Sight words are common words like ‘my’, ‘look’, ‘the’ and ‘little’ that children need to recognize instantly. These words are commonly used in language and must be learned by memorization because they do not follow conventional spelling and phonetic rules and are difficult to sound out.
When our little ones are able to recognize words instantly by sight, they become fluent readers, which leads to them being able to comprehend what they read.

Some tips on teaching Sight Words:

Teach your child a few words at a time. This will lead to your child being confident as words are gradually added to the list of words they are learning.
Repetition is vital when teaching young children, so practice words on a daily basis because sight words will take some extra effort on the part of our little ones to learn.
Read books with the words you are teaching to your little ones, and have them find the words in the text as you read.
You can also allow your child to read text from the story with the words they are learning so that they are putting their newfound knowledge to use.
Use words to compose sentences for your child to read so that they are getting some needed exposure, as children will learn a word after being exposed to that word anywhere from 4-14 times.
Play games with the sight words so your little one will be learning while having fun.
Place words around the home or the classroom as they learn them. I have sight words on the wall in my girls’ bedroom, and we read them at night before going to bed.
For children who are older and writing, encourage them to use the words they are learning whenever they are writing. My girls are not writing as yet, but in their journals, I write sentences they construct or write sentences for them to draw pictures.

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