FREE Printable Bug Sight Word Games

Make practicing reading FUN with this super cute Bug sight word games. This simple, low-prep free printable sight word games has students read and collect insects while improving fluency reading important sight words. This contains options to use as a preschool, pre-k sight words game, kindergarten sight word games, first grade sight word games, and 2nd grade sight word games  to practice common dolch sight words.

Printable sight word games

Kids are naturally curious and fascinated by creepy, crawly bugs! They are so tiny, but usually come in a long line, have so many legs, can fly, and some even sting.  Bugs are a fun spring, summer, or fall theme for young learners. We used this activity as as supplement to our I is for Insect week; bugs theme.  To expand on this natural interest, I made a fun, free bug printables to help students work on reading sight words. These insect printables include ants, ladybugs, flies, bees, and other insects with sight words on their backs. This sight words game helps preschoolers, kindergarteners, grade 1,  grade 2, and grade 3 students practice sight words. It is low prep and easy to play.

Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this sight words printable that allows young learners to improve fluency reading! Use this as extra practice, literacy center in your classroom, or a supplement to your reading curriculum.

Free printable sight word games

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template.

Sight words games

I highly suggest printing the printable on cardstock to make the activity durable. Now, carefully using scissors cut along the solid lines to cute each cute little insect into a separate rectangular piece. We have ladybugs, inchworms,  ants, flies, bees,  and more!

Each grade has a different set of insect sight words to use as sight word cards. Print the set that works best for your children.

Sight Words Games Online

Now put your sight word bugs in a bag, hat, or to be extra cute – a bug catcher! This will really get children excited about playing the free sight word game. I got our bug hotel at the Target dollar section!!

Sight word games for kindergarten

The sight word game is really simple to play. You can play this easy sight word game with just mom, with siblings, by yourself, or with a group of other friends / students.

• On your turn you draw a bug. If you read the word correctly you get to keep it, if not you put it back.
• If you draw a bee on your turn, you get stung & you ‘drop’ all your other bugs. You now have 0.
• The object is to have the most bugs at the end of the game.

HINT: If you have kids in multiple ages try printing the bug cards on different color cardstock so children will pick the correct color (difficulty) words.

Bug Activities

we’ve included cards to play this game with children of various grade levels:

• Pre K Sight Words included in the preschool sight word games to learn to read are:  a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you
• Kindergarten sight words games will help kids practice the following age appropriate words: all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
• First grade sight words that your student will work on developing fluency reading are:  after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when
• 2nd grade sight words your grade 2 student will practice are: always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your