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Sight Word Snowball Toss

January 18, 2014 • 11 Comments

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During the cold winter months, we are always looking for fun indoor activities.  Today, I have a snowball toss game that will help children practice reading sight words too.   This is just one of the sight word activities that I have on my reading activities page.

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The inspiration for this game came from the book, Snowball Fight! by Jimmy Fallon.  It’s a funny story about kids who have the day off school and prepare to head out into the great outdoors for a traditional snowball fight.

Sight Word Snowball Toss

sight word activities: a fun indoor snowball toss game from growingbookbybook.com

 

For your sight word snowball toss you will need the following:  10-16 pairs of white socks, masking tape, permanent marker, two forts made from pillows or chairs and sheets.

snowball target

1.  Build two forts leaving a big open space in the middle of the room.  Tape a square target in the middle of the floor between the two forts.

sight word snowballs

2.  Write sight words (or see variation ideas below) the kids are practicing on masking tape.  Place one word on each pair of socks.  You want two sets of snowball words.

3.  Divide the snowballs into sets.  Each player should have one of each word.  Place the snowballs behind each fort.

snowball toss game

4.  To play, call out a word.  Players must find the correct word, say the word and then throw it towards the target.  One point is given for throwing the correct word and an extra point is given if you hit the target.

Variations:  My boys are a little young for sight words.  So we played to practice letter recognition and letter sounds.  Just write a letter on each piece of tape instead of sight words.  You could also use this game for spelling or vocabulary words.

This is a fun game that can be played over and over again!

If you would like to see a math snowball game that compliments the book, Snowball Fight!, check out Sugar Aunts post, Snowball Fight Craft and Activity.

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Jill says

    January 26, 2014 at 7:50 pm

    I love incorporating fun in education. This is a great way to learn sight words!!

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

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  2. stephanie says

    January 25, 2014 at 10:57 pm

    This is fantastic! Pinning!

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  3. PragmaticMom says

    January 21, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    This looks so fun! Love it!

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  4. michelle says

    January 18, 2014 at 10:09 am

    This is awesome! I’ve been looking for more ways to help teach beginning Hebrew and this is a wonderful active game.

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    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      January 20, 2014 at 2:01 pm

      It’s such a great and easy game that can be adapted to practice many skills. I love your idea for teaching languages through the game!

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  5. marg Noecker says

    January 18, 2014 at 8:06 am

    Great idea for a game! Love it!

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    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      January 20, 2014 at 2:01 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply

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