I try to activities I plan for my son to do that tie into things he is interested in. Right now he is into LEGO! (They are currently LEGO all over our living room floor. ) When I came across an amazing sight word sensory bottle activity in a terrific book called 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids: Teach Reading, Writing, Math and More With Fun Activities, I decided I needed to make a LEGO sight word sensory bottle. It would give JDaniel the opportunity to work on breaking down and sounding out high interest words. A number of them have the r sound we are working on.
You are going to love Kim and Amanda of The Educator’s Spin on It’s terrific book called 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids: Teach Reading, Writing, Math and More With Fun Activities. The sight word sensory bottle activity I adapted is totally based on theirs. We will be doing a number of their activities this summer. This book shares activities that young children can do along with rising third graders like JDaniel. I just love that we can used them review and learn new concepts this summer in fun ways.
Here are the Directions for the Sight Word Sensory Bottle:
Materials
- Empty, clean 2-liter soda bottle
- Tiny filler items such as rice, beads, sequins or bells
- Small foam rectangles
- Black permanent marker
- One-minute sand timer
Directions to Make
- Fill the bottle halfway with tiny fillers of your choosing.
- Write five chosen sight words on the foam rectangles. Sample sight words: I, the, and, see, it.
- Add the words to the bottle.
- Close the lid tightly and shake until the words and fillers mix.
Directions to Play
- Set the timer for 1 minute.
- Roll the bottle and read.
- See if you can find all five words before the time ends.
You can find more information about 100 Fun & Easy Learning games over at The Educators’s Spin On It.
LEGO Sight Word Sensory Bottle
LEGO Sight Word Sensory Bottle
Supplies
- Plastic Bottle
- LEGO
- LEGO Sight Words* (I typed them into a table on the computer and printed them out.)
Sight Words We Used:
bricks, hub, axle, studs, tiles, diorama, vignette, inventory, tube, slope, curve
*I found these words on several online LEGO glossaries and dictionaries.
Directions for Creation and Play
We followed the creation directions from the book. We also followed their directions for how to play the game.
You are going to love seeking and finding fantastic activities for your kids in 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids: Teach Reading, Writing, Math and More With Fun Activities by Kim Vij and Amanda Boyarshinov.
You find more LEGO learning activities on right here on JDaniel4’s Mom and on my LEGO Learning Activities board on Pinterest.
Disclaimer: This activity has been shared with permission from the publisher of the book 100 FUN & EASY LEARNING GAMES FOR KIDS. I received a free copy of the book from the publisher so we could share it with you! All opinions are mine!
