Game One
    Open a cupboard and take turns with your child, finding and reading sight words.  Keep going until you run out of words, time, or things in the cupboard.

Game Two
    Turn sight words into rainbows!  Ask your child to write a sight word on paper in big letters.  Using different-colored crayons, your child can then trace around the word again and again, reading the word each time.

Game Three
    "Write" a sight word on your child's back.  Can your child guess the word?  Trade places and let your child trace a sight word on your back.  Continue taking turns tracing and guessing sight words.

Game Four
    Practice sight words by singing them to a familiar tune or making up your own.  If you run out of words before you get to the end of the song, just start over again with the same sight words.  Some songs to try include "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."

Game Five
    Copy sight words on index cards (one word per card).  Make a second set of the same words.  Scatter one set faceup on the floor, leaving about a foot between each card.  Place the other set in a stack facedown.  Turn over the first card in the stack.  Have your child read the word (offer help as needed) and then jump on the corresponding card on the floor. Turn over the next card and have your child read it and jump to that word. Continue until your child has jumped on all of the words.  Mix up the cards and play again.

Game Six
    Sit with your child and look at a newspaper to see just how often sight words pop up in print.  Ask your child to choose a sight word and an article from the paper.  Look for the word together.  Highlight and count the word each time it appears.  Try the same thing with a second sight word.  Which word appears more often?

Game Seven
    The next time you're going somewhere with your child, play a sight word game.  It's easy just have your child find as many sight words as he or she can on billboards, signs, and so on.  If you don't have a sight word list with you, invite your child to read the "little words.  You can play this game in a car, on a walk, even in line at the grocery store.

Game Eight
    Copy sight words onto small cards.  (You can cut index cards in quarters or cut sturdy paper into pieces.)  Place the word cards in an empty container, such as a tall plastic tumbler or an empty tennis ball can.  Invite your child to shake the container, spill out the words, and read the ones that fall faceup.  Give each word your child reads a score that is equal to the number of letters in the word.  Record the total, then place the remaining words back in the can and shake and spill again. Add the total to the first score. Play until your child has spilled and read all of the words.

Game Nine
    Play a game of "I'm thinking of..."  Make a list of sight words.  One player starts by giving a clue about one of the sight words--for example, "I'm thinking of a word that starts like horse and has three letters."  The other player looks at the list and tries to identify the word. (his)

Sensational Sight Word Games by Joan Novelli; Scholastic Professional Books, New York.