FREE Sight Word Battleship Game — Printable Reading Activity for Kids

Practice learning sight words with your students by using this super awesome, free to print, fun battleship style learning game.

What a wonderful and creative idea to turning learning sight words for reading into a fun and free printable game of battleship. When you can make learning fun for your kids they’re more likely to enjoy learning and remember what they’ve learned too because they’re more invested when they’re having a good time.

This is a great free printable learning activity to be able to share with your kids teaching them one on one from being in the comfort of your own home, or perhaps you’re in charge of teaching a classroom full of children in a school classroom setting.

Learning sight words is an incredibly important part of teaching your kids how to read. Sight words are really easy words to memorize how to read without even having to sound out the word. There are so many different sight words the more that your kid learns the easier it’ll be for them to break down learning how to read.

Now you can easily have fun while teaching your kids in preschool through early elementary how to read sight words with this free to print and helpful battleship style learning game.

Tips for Teaching Sight Words

Make it multi-sensory. Combine this game with other approaches — write sight words in sand, spell them with letter magnets, or trace them with finger paint. The more senses involved, the faster words stick. Practice daily in short bursts. Five minutes of sight word practice every day beats 30 minutes once a week. This Battleship game is perfect for quick daily sessions because kids WANT to play it. Celebrate progress. Keep a running list of words your child has mastered. Seeing the list grow builds confidence and motivation.

Check out these links below for more free printable sight word learning activities.