Would you like to spark a love for reading in your child? Reading can become a joyful, shared experience when approached through play and connection. While some children may initially resist reading words or phrases, this is a natural part of their learning journey. The good news is—you can nurture a strong reading culture at home simply by making reading fun and interactive through play!
Try our Montessori Sight Words Activity.
This Montessori sight words activity promotes your child’s reading of sight words, which is part of the language curriculum area in our Montessori classrooms for 3-6-year-olds. Montessori sight words are high-frequency words that are usually not able to be phonetically read. Recognising these words well will help your child to read phrases or sentences more fluently. Introducing this fun and engaging activity not only enhances your child’s memory in remembering the sight words to improve the fluency in reading, but it is also a fun and simple activity to work on their gross motor skills as they move around!
Materials Needed:
- Outdoor Space
- Chalk
Step 1
Write the Montessori sight words on the ground using chalk. Your child’s name is written in the middle as the starting point. The words should be in a child’s eye view so that they can see the letter orientation correctly, instead of inverted view.
Step 2
Call out the Montessori sight word for your child to go to the sight word. This is where the fun is! You may vary the movement, such as running, skipping, hopping or galloping, to the sight word!
Step 3
When your child lands on the correct Montessori sight word, offer plenty of encouragement and invite them to play another round. They can return to their name as a starting point to continue the activity with confidence.
And there you go! We recommend changing the Montessori sight words once you know that your child has mastered the current set of words written. This is the way we have fun with sight words!
