Kindergarten Sight Word Bingo

If you’re looking for a fun and engaging way to help your kindergartners learn their sight words, look no further than kindergarten sight word bingo! This game is perfect for practicing sight words in a fun and interactive way. It’s easy to set up and can be played with minimal supplies. Ready to get started? Check out the step-by-step instructions below to download your FREE copy at the bottom of the post.

WHAT SKILLS WILL YOUR STUDENTS BE WORKING ON WITH KINDERGARTEN SIGHT WORD BINGO?

This free 32 page PDF sight word bingo game printable helps young kids work on many different skills. Whether your students are kindergarteners, first graders, or even older, this bingo game is a fun way to practice learning the dolch sight word list. Your students will be practicing common sight words with this bingo set and other skills such as:

• sight word identification
• letter identification
• Fine motor skills
• Handwriting
• Visual scanning skills
• Visual-motor skills

HOW DO YOU PLAY KINDERGARTEN SIGHT WORD BINGO?

There are 52 different word cards for learning the dolch sight words.

1. Provide each student with a unique bingo card (there are 20 different cards in total).
2. You can use a highlighter, dot marker, or pencil to mark off the words.
3. Explain to the students that you will call out a sight word from the call cards.
4. The students look on their bingo sheets for that sight word that you called.
5. If they have the sight word, they can mark it off with the highlighter, dot marker, bingo daubers, pom poms, bingo chips, or a pencil.
6. The object of the bingo sight word games is to be the first player to get 5 in a row either horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

HOW TO GET ACCESS TO THE SIGHT WORD BINGO FREE PRINTABLE

All you need to do is follow these three steps to access the printable packet for kindergarten students, elementary and homeschool students:

1. Sign up to receive the emails from Your Therapy Source. If you already get our emails, you can enter your email in the box. You will not be subscribed twice.
2. You will be redirected to download the PDF format file of the 20 different bingo game boards and 10 different bingo boards with calling cards.
3. Print the sight word bingo cards.

You can laminate the pages on heavy card stock paper and use dry erase markers if you prefer.

If you want to add in more fine motor skills and teach sight words in a hands-on way, have the students mark the bingo boards with pom poms, bingo chips or pennies.

WHY ARE THESE SKILLS IMPORTANT FOR THE CHILDREN TO PRACTICE WITH THIS FREE PRINTABLE?

Here are more details about this free printable and why the skills are important to practice.

FINE MOTOR SKILLS

Fine motor skills refer to the ability to control small muscles in the hands and fingers. For example in this activity, the children have to: pick up the pencil, pom poms or bingo chips to mark the boards. Get more fine motor activity ideas.

VISUAL MOTOR SKILLS

Visual motor skills are the ability to use information from our visual system to guide our motor system. This can include skills such as catching a ball, writing, drawing, and cutting with scissors. Visual motor skills involve the coordination of both large and small muscles. For example, in this activity the children have to: draw a line through the sight word or trace it. Get more visual motor activity ideas.

VISUAL SCANNING SKILLS

Visual scanning skills refer to the ability to look at a visual display and take in the information quickly and efficiently. This can be useful in a variety of settings, from reading a book to finding a specific item in a store. For example, in this activity children have to: look all over the bingo baords to find the correct sight word. Read more about visual scanning activities.

HANDWRITING

Handwriting is still an important skill especially important for young children, who are still developing their ability to form letters and fine motor skills. Handwriting can also help to boost memory and concentration. It is a wonderful form of self-expression.  In the activity, you could have the children trace the sight words to mark them off their boards.

Check out all these handwriting resources.

VISUAL DISCRIMINATION SKILLS

Visual discrimination skills are the ability to see visual differences between similar objects. For example, in simple terms being able to tell the difference between a circle and a square. These skills develop throughout childhood and continue to improve into adulthood. Visual discrimination skills are important for many everyday activities such as reading, writing, and driving. They can also help with problem-solving and critical thinking. For example, in this activity the children are working on: finding the differences in the letters that make up the sight words. Read more about visual discrimination skills.

VISUAL SPATIAL AWARENESS

The definition of visual-spatial relations is the ability to visually perceive two or more objects in relation to each other and to yourself.  In this activity, children are working on: recognizing that they have five sight words in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Check out more spatial awareness activities.

WHEN IS A GOOD TIME TO USE THIS ACTIVITY?

The free printable is great to use for:

• Fine Motor stations
• Whole group educational activities
• Small group extra practice
• Occupational Therapy Session
• Reinforce learning sight words at home with this fun activity
• Anytime kids need some extra sight word practice instead of traditional flash cards.