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Summer Sight Word Game with Seashells

Summer Sight Words with Sea Shells

Finding playful ways to incorporate learning and fun in the summer is important! As we kick off summer, here is one way with a summer sight word game to catch their attention using a childhood favorite… SEASHELLS! 

Summer Sight Words with Sea Shells

We look for summer camps that kids love but still look at what they will take away from the camps as far as learning new skills, too. One focus that we want kids to keep is their language development and reading abilities.

Sight Word Game with Shells

Here’s a fun sight word game that is summer themed that your child will love! And it will give you a great use for all of those shells collect this summer!

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Seashells Summer Sight Word Game

  • Sea Shells
  • Scrapbook Paper
  • Sharpie Marker
  • Cloud dough or Kinetic Sand
  • Plastic Bin

Summer Sight Word Game Game Directions

To create, first gather some sea shells from the beach or even at your local craft store Or grab some Sea Shells on Amazon. You will need at least 26 shells for each letter. Now it’s time to research the words our child should be working on.

Here’s a list of Dolch Words or Fry Words for each grade level from Kindergarten to Third Grade.

Use the words that your child should be working on and write them down on a sheet of paper with your child. 

Here’s a blank circle template for printing.  Then attach the circles to a few funs pieces of scrapbook paper to make it colorful.
 

Sight Word Sea Shells with Colorful Sand

 
Next take the seashells and add with your Sharpie Marker all of the letters of the alphabet onto each shell.  Put the shells in a fun container.  We added ours to some colorful cloud dough we created recently. 

Sand would be fun too to use in the container.

Sight Word Game for Kids with Sea Shells

 For the Summer Sight Word activity encourage your child to spell on the sight words using the shells.

It’s time to search for the letters needed to create the site words on your game board. Create enough words so that you can switch the search around too!

Click here for additional Sight Word Games or Follow our Sight Word Board on Pinterest.  

Learning with Shells for Kids

 
For more Literacy Sea Shell Activities you may enjoy:

  • Rainbow Shells
  • Alphabet Fun with Shells
  • Storytelling Shells
  • Shell Necklace
20 Shark Themes Activities for Kids featured at The Educators' Spin On It for Shark Week
Ocean Activities for Kids of All Ages
A collection of the best Sight Word Games for Kids

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Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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