Diving into sight words

So, we have officially started working on sight words. I'm so nervous for this transition. One of the only things I was worried about when we decided to home school was teaching Madison to read. Just thinking about it still makes me get worked up. The English language is so difficult, I know everyone has seen that poem where it talks about all the ways English is ridiculous. If not, here's a link to one article 21 Reasons why English sucks.

Anyways, back to us beginning our sight word units. First up... play-doh!!!

We use Preschool Prep, which is an awesome resource. I just picked 5 sight words to start with and I put the coloring sheets in page protectors. 

And then she formed each word with Play-Doh! 

After all five words were done we played some games. First up, she was behind each word and as I called each word out she would jump behind the word. 

The next game we played we spread the sheets out some and Madison would jump over each page while saying the word. Kind of like a sight word version of hopscotch! 

I made this awesome clip sight word activity that I found on Pinterest. I wrote each sight word on a popsicle stick And then put each letter on a separate clothespin.  

I laid this activity out and Madison jumped right in with no instruction! 

She was so proud finishing each word! 

Both of these ideas were super simple and a great way for us to start on sight words! I'm still extremely nervous to teach reading but, we're diving right in!