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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 Dolch Word Game
Read, listen and match the high frequency words in this memory game. This is the first game in a
set which covers all the Dolch words. (Dolchword.net)
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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!
Sight Word Recommendations
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