



If they have a match they get to keep the gumball and it’s the next players turn. Children take turns by drawing one gumball, reading the word and looking for a match on their gumball machine. You want to be sure this is not see through. The games starts by placing all gumballs into a center jar (or coffee mug) as pictured below. This is just a little extra fun to keep your little ones engaged! You’ll notice that there are special “Candy Gumballs” at the bottom of each board. Note: Investing a a circle punch is one the best purchases I’ve made for our classroom and ALL of our Punch and Play File Folder games on File Folder Fun are designed with this size punch, so you can create many of our games in a matter of seconds with this handy tool.Įach child chooses a gameboard. Print your gumballs onto white cardstock then punch them out using a 1.5″ circle punch. I love neon cardstock for game as they are bright and engaging and much less expensive than printing in color. Simply add the pages to a 3-ring binder and you are set! Suggested Age: PreK or K4 Click Here for Sample Pagesįirst print your gumball machine gameboards onto colored construction paper. The 40-week curriculum covers all 40 Dolch 220 Pre-Primer words and prints in the necessary order. Providing your students with a springboard to success with this ready to use program. Students put their knowledge to the test with a weekly sight word mini-book that will bridge the gap between emergent and early readers. Each week covers a single sight word with fun and engaging worksheets, activities, games and hands-on resources. Sight Word of the Week covers 40 key sight words for Preschool and Kindergarten students. (We also have follow up worksheets for every word here).īut before I get to that I need to tell you about our BRAND NEW Sight Word of the Week Curriculum: It’s called, “ Sweet Sight Words, ” and it covers all the primer words your child need to know by the end of Kindergarten. I’m afraid I’ve been a bit neglectful by focusing so much on word families, phonics and vowel sounds that they’ve missed out on some of the other more important aspects of reading.Įarlier this week I released a Dolch Pre-Primer game for Preschoolers, and Today I’m sharing this Dolch Primer game for Kindergarteners. If you’ve been following our blog this month you’ll have noticed that we’ve been on a bit of Sight Words binge lately! That’s because I’ve got two boys, a 1st grader and a Kindergartner who are in desperate need of learning these important words.
