Sight Word Games
Follow the links below to the free online sight word
games. Your child will have lots of fun while developing
their sight word recognition and spelling skills. These games
will help children to learn to recognise the most common
reading words on sight.
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 Dinosaur Eggs
A high frequency word is read aloud (click
the sun to hear it again). You have to
click the correct egg which matches the word
you heard. (ICT Games)
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 Star Words
Drag the words to the correct shape. You can
use the Teacher's Control Panel to alter the
settings, for example, to choose specific words
rather than a random list. (BBC
Schools)
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 Number Words
Drag the number word to the correct
number. If you get it right, the word
turns green and sticks. If you get it
wrong, it floats back again.
(Crickweb)
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 Look, Cover, Write,
Check
Choose a set of words then practice spelling
them using the look, cover, write, check
method. To use the high frequency words,
click the red buttons from Easy to Hard on the
right hand side. (ICT Games)
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 Flash cards and
spelling
Type in a list of words, then choose either
flashcards or a spelling practice game.
(Crickweb)
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 Colour Words
Drag the number word to the correct
number. If you get it right, the word
turns green and sticks. If you get it
wrong, it floats back again.
(Crickweb)
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 Make a Match
Click two cards and see if they match.
The words are read out clearly, making it a
useful game even if the child doesn't know all
of the words yet. (Starfall)
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 Spellbound
This game shows a word, then the letters get
jumbled up. The child has to rearrange
the letters to make the word. Most of the
words are high frequency sight words.
(BBC Education)
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 High Frequency Word
Games
A set of six games to help with recognition
of high frequency words. The idea is to
drag the word on the left into a sentence
so that it makes sense.
(Sadlier-Oxford)
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 Word Reader
A high frequency word is read aloud and you
have to click the flower with the matching
word. (ICT Games)
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 Roy the Zebra
Drag the colour words to match them to the
correct colour. There are also games on
this site for days of the week, months of the
year and number words (click the list on the
left hand side). (Roy the Zebra)
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Sight reading is particularly useful for those
all-important and frequently used words which are quite tricky
to sound out or spell phonetically. Developing an instant
recognition of these words will give your child's reading a
boost and help them to gain confidence. Learning the
words from flashcards can be mind-numbingly boring, so using
games (either online or card games) will help them to learn
almost effortlessly. Sight words are also sometimes called key
words, high frequency words, Dolsch words or Fry words.
Sight Word Video
This video goes through several sight words, putting them
into a sentence to aid understanding. Then children are
invited to try reading the words themselves. Great
fun!
Recommended books:
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