Sometimes you can look at something someone has made or written or said and think, “That pretty much sums up who that person is.” Such was the case when my husband Bill appeared one day with his Sight Word Scrabble Board. At the time our daughter was in kindergarten and loved to play Scrabble Jr. Then Bill went to a parent-teacher conference and was given the Sight Word List by the teacher. The Sight Word list is a list of words that a child is supposed to master at a given age.
So my graphic-design-whiz husband disappears into the office for a few minutes and emerges having developed the Sight Word Scrabble Board. He even printed his rules on the board. Each player gets seven letters then has to finish the word by placing matching letters on the board. Once the player has completed the word, he/she needs to say the word aloud, spell it and use it in a sentence to get a point. He designed the board in Illustrator, printed it out and laminated it onto a foam core board. That’s our Bill. The kindergarten teacher was so amazed by it that she asked to borrow it from time to time.
Should you want to keep little minds busy over summer vacation, Bill’s even made his game into a pdf that you can download and customize to the child’s reading level or language (multitalented husband not included).
Click thumbnail below for a downloadable 6-page PDF (1.7MB) of the board game and letters.
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Nice idea, I have sent it on to a teacher friend of mine who might be able to use it! Pat hubby on the back!
Wow! What a thoughtful and creative dad,I love this! Thanks so much for sharing this, I’ll be linking.
That is awesome. My 5 year old loves to try playing Scrabble – this would be a great one for her. Thanks to Bill.
thank you and your husband so much! i’ve been wanting to buy a scrabble game to play with my young daughters, but i think this one is an even better idea! i can’t wait to try it out!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I just printed and am getting ready to glue. My son is going to love this game!
Cheers,
Tracey
You and Bill never cease to amaze me with your endless creativity. Well done, Bill!
Thanks for this! I have two boys who will love it!
Just found your blog – having fun going through it this morning!
thanks so much for sharing this!
Love this – linked to it on my weekly roundup! Thanks!
This is great! Thank you for sharing. My son and I are going to enjoy this. I hope you don’t mind that I linked to you as well.
Great idea! Another great activity to expose children to sight words is playing a board game called, Er-u-di-tion.
This award winning game incorporates over 300 sight words and the letters of the alphabet and their basic phonic sounds in an enjoyable, engaging activity, providing both teachers and parents with a useful tool.
Cards are categorized so children of all reading levels can play together!
O.K. ….This is too weird. Today I was brainstorming ideas for a children’s literacy group and…
You guessed it. I thinking about a Scrabble Junior with tailor made words. This is a great board!!! Thank you for sharing it.
Your husband is truly talented. Please thank him for me.
Is it ok if I use it for the group at the library?
Thanks,
~Gwen~
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