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

Insect activities for preschoolers

If are looking for more bug activities for preschoolers, toddlers, and kindergartners – including lots of free insect printables, you will love these FREE resources:

• Peek-a-Bug Insect Alphabet Printable – four abc games to help kids learn their ABCs, match upper and lowercase letters, and more!
• Ladybug Ladybug Activities for Preschoolers activity for pre-k and kindergarten
• Bug Free printable sight word games is a simple-to-play way to practice sight words with preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students
• I is for Inchworm insect activities including a worm observation book
• Stamped Potato Bee Craft for spring
• Cute Spider Name Craft
• Firefly Preschool Counting Worksheets
• Gummy Worm Edible Slime
• Fun, hands-on Spiders Activities for Preschoolers Activities
• Quick-and-Easy Spider Slime
• All About Earthworm Life Cycle Worksheets
• Insect Printables for Preschoolers 1-10 Coloring Book for preschoolers
• Ladybug Life Cycle Worksheet Pages
• Bug color by blend worksheet – Coloring by Blends

 

Bug Printables

• Free printable Life Cycle of a Spider for Kids worksheets
• Ladybug Life cycle for Kids worksheets
• Life Cycle of a Mosquito Printables
• Free Bee Counting Game
• Lots of fun, hands-on learning ideas in this Free Insect Activities for Preschoolers
• Bee and Insect Theme Preschool
• SUPER cute Spider math activities for preschoolers with Playdough Mats
• Fun, Insect  Telling Time Puzzles
• Catch 20 Bug Counting Activity for Pre-k and Kindergarten
• Ladybug Addition Math Game for Kindergartners and Grade 1 students
• Bug free printable sight word books pdf – children will cut and paste sentences, color the insect coloring pages, and practice reading sight words
• Free Printable, Simple Bug Coloring Pages for kids
• Shape Spider Worksheets Preschool and Kindergarten
• Insect Worksheets to learn about lots of different bugs in our world
• Practice Letters A-Z with these Free Insect Printables

Insect Printables for Kids

• Learn all about ants with these creative ant activities for preschoolers
• Bug Math Worksheets for pre-k and kindergarten students
• Cute Bug Counting Bugs Worksheet
• Measuring Lines of Bugs Preschool Measurement Worksheets
• Count and Clip Bugs Counting to 30 Worksheets
• Buzzing Bees Numbers 1-12 Worksheets
• I Spy Printables pdf – bug activity sheets
• Bee CVC Words Activity for Kids
• Bug Themed Find the letter worksheets pdf
• FUN Backyard Critter Bug Worksheets for Kindergarten
• Ladybug Counting Mats
• Silly Worm Count to 10 Sticker Worksheets
• Free Printable Insect Mini Book to learn about bug life cycles
• Hands-on Spider Shape Activities for Preschoolers
• Free, Educational Insect Coloring Pages pdf for kids
• Help children work on spelling their name with these insect free printable name recognition activities
• Plus don’t miss these fun-to-read bug books for preschool

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