As you may (or may not, harhar) know, our second child is already of Kindergarten age (she just turned 5 last month). While I’m not one to push for “formal” learning at this age, I do want to expose her every now and then to what other kids her age are (probably) learning in school. Right now, my focus is on teaching her phonics (or letting her learn them through the Leapfrog DVDs we got at an event, ha, ha!) and a few sight words.
I usually let the kids watch 1 to 2 DVDs a day — either LeapFrog videos, saint videos or Christian cartoon videos.
In my search for “tools” to help me teach my five-year-old sight words, I came across a few cool websites. At first I thought of creating my own flashcards, so I googled “create your own flashcards.” Among the top search results was Cram.com, but apparently it’s more appropriate for older students (think high school to college). I still bookmarked it though, because I discovered that it has Filipino flashcards (and we all know that we need all the Filipino resources that we can get, right?!).
But then I changed my mind about creating my own flashcards because I knew that there are A TON of free websites that offer free printable flashcards. Here are a few that I’ll be checking out in more detail in the next few days (Lord, help me! 😉 ):
SightWordsGame.com — These have 25 sight words (see screen shot below) and the cards are made with 3 different fonts: a regular font, dotted lines and a bubble font.
KidZone.ws — This page has 4 sets of flashcards featuring Dolch Sight Words for Kindergarten.
MrPrintables.com — This has Dolch Sight Words printable flashcards AND fun game ideas for using the cards. (I think I like this site the most! It has a fun, visually-appealing design — look how “pretty” the screen shot below is!)
Screen shot from MrPrintables.com
Now, the question is: When will I find the time to look at all of these thoroughly and print what I need to print for now? Ha, ha!
Whatever the case may be, I hope you found these links helpful! 🙂 You don’t have to be a homeschooler to make use of these, of course! (Incidentally, if you are a homeschooler, or thinking of becoming one, please do join us on September 6!)
Do you know of other useful websites for teaching 5-year-olds to read? Do share them in the comments! 🙂
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Hi Tina! May I know what Christian cartoon do you let your children watch? TIA!
Hi Cym! 🙂 We have a collection of cartoons based on the characters in Max Lucado’s children’s books (Hermie the Common Caterpillar, Punchinello), Veggie Tales, and Cherub Wings (I wrote a review of Cherub Wings here: http://www.smartparenting.com.ph/parenting/parent-rated/shaping-children-s-values-with-cherub-wings-videos. 🙂 Hope this helps! God bless always!
Thanks for the links, Tina! 🙂 Good thing I saw your post so I don’t have to search for Dolch sight words! Yay! 😀 😀
I’m excited to learn more on September 6! 🙂
Hi, Kat! 🙂 You’re most welcome! Now, let’s see if I actually get around to USING the links, LOL! 😛 See you on September 6!
God bless you!