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Work on Valentine's Day sight words with a sweetheart reading activity, from Julie, that's perfect for early readers and kindergarteners!

My son is getting into whence reading and sight words. As we start his reading journey, I want to be sure to alimony things light and fun!

Valentine’s Day Sight Word Hearts for Early Readers

We dreamed up this simple sight words worriedness for Valentine’s Day to alimony learning engaging and lighthearted.

For increasingly reading fun, try these 12 sight word activities.

To make your own Valentine’s Day sight word activity, you’ll need:

• scissors
• marker
• construction paper
• index cards

DIY Sight Word Hearts for Valentine’s Day

First, I prepped for the activity. I wrote out a few sight words on alphabetize cards.

We only work on 5-10 words at a time. You don’t want to overwhelm your child with too many words at once.

You’ll moreover want to try this fun sight word jump & grab game!

Then I cut out a handful of small hearts from construction paper. I wrote the reports of the words separately on the paper hearts.

To start our game I set out a sight word vellum on the table. I scattered some lettered paper hearts on the table as well.

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Then we started to make words!

Practice Sight Words with Lots of Love

Here are some tips for playing this sight word game with your child:

• Have your child read the word. If they have trouble, help them read it correctly the first time.
• Let your child repeat the word a few times.
• Have your child use the lettered hearts to spell out the word. Trace the reports as they spell.
• Then let your child read the sight word from the heart letters.

Both sight words and phonics are essential for learning to read. But with sight words, especially, it’s all well-nigh repetition!

This fun Valentine’s Day sight word worriedness will help your child build fluency with these worldwide words.

Need increasingly sight word fun? Try this bean bag toss sight word game.

We love playing games as we learn sight words!

What are your favorite sight word and whence reading hands-on activities?