Fall Sight Word Book

Oct 8, 2011

Sight words are words that appear frequently in print, but they are either difficult to sound out, or don't follow the rules. New readers need to develop a “bank” of these sight words, so they can read them quickly, without having to pause to figure them out. I love making sight word books for my girls using everyday pictures. They read these books more than any other books on our bookshelves because they have pictures of them in it (I still need to print out the picture going on the cover). 

This is the cover of our latest 8x8 sight word book (I'll post the rest of the pages once I finish the book). I'm going to focus on just a few sight words for this book (I, see, the, at, and look).  Sample sentences:
I see the apple tree.
Look at the pumpkins.
I see the corn.
Look at the leaves.
etc... 
Studies have shown that children retain more from a sight word book that is 8 pages long. If it is any longer, children tend to lose interest and don't remember the sight words.
 So give one a try and let me know how it turns out. They make awesome gifts too!
Items used:
White gel pen
Random paper from my stash
Peachy Keen Stamps (wide eyed kid face assortment, everyday character faces)
Cricut (Simply Charmed, Platin School Book, Designer's Calendar)

I'm entering this page into:
Peachy Keen's Let's face it Friday - Leaves

7 comments:

Marlene on October 8, 2011 at 7:59 PM said...

That's adorable!! I love the faux stitching you did with the white pen!

Emily on October 9, 2011 at 1:47 PM said...

LOVE this! You did a fabulous job!!!

Amanda T on October 9, 2011 at 8:20 PM said...

This is the most darling book I've ever seen! I love it. My girls would love it, too! What a brilliant idea to do sight words. Your blog is amazing!!

Sarah on October 9, 2011 at 8:42 PM said...

Great job and what a wonderful Mommy thing to do! I love seeing parents ACTIVE in their child's learning. Way to go!

Sherrie K. on October 9, 2011 at 8:52 PM said...

This is fantastic! I love the idea of it as well...clever idea! TFS!
Sherrie K
http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

DoBea A. on October 10, 2011 at 8:55 AM said...

This book turned out fabulously!!!

Felicia - Scrapper in the Making on October 12, 2011 at 6:08 PM said...

This is Fabulous. What a great idea. I'll be doing this with my little one too. Love this girl. Smooches... Felicia.
p.s. You should enter this in the PKS (LFIF) challenge about leaves.

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