activities & games

 Games are a wonderful way to reinforce your child's learning. Most of these games use the Mania Cards, so it is worth printing, laminating and cutting them out, as you will use them a lot.
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Using Mania Cards for the story your child is about to read, try some of these games. Full instructions for the games are included in the downloads. These activities are arranged in alphabetical order.

All Aboard!
You will need:


​Load up the carriages with all the Sight Words that you can read and then the train is ready to leave the station! ​ 

BANG!
You will need:


Place all the cards face down on a table. Take turns turning over the cards and reading the Sight Words. Try not to get one that says "BANG" or you will have to return all your winnings! ​

Beat The Clock
​You will need:


​To play:
  • Place the Mania Word Cards in various locations around the room where they can be easily found (eg on the bed, on the wall).
  • Tell your child which word to find.
  • Your child has to locate the Mania Word Card for that word and return it to you before the timer's buzzer sounds.​​

Bowled Over
You will need:
​To play:
  • ​Line up the triangle pins at an appropriate distance from the bowlers.
  • ​Players bowl the tennis balls to knock down the pins.
  • Score points by reading the Sight Words on the pins that are knocked down.

Build-A-Phrase
You will need:


Select a Phrase Card and using the Mania Cards to recreate that Phrase on the Build-A-Phrase blocks.  ​Full instructions for the game are included in the download. 

My Sight Word House
You will need:
Select words that your child is finding difficult and use those words to play My Sight Word House. Soon, they will no longer be finding those words difficult.

Racing Drivers
You will need:


​To play:
  • Space the Mania Cards across the floor. Each Mania Card is a Sight Word Parking Spaces.
  • Call out a Sight Word.
  • Your child should remotely drive the toy car to that Sight Word Parking Space.​​

Ready. Set. READ!
You will need:
​Race your way around the track 3 times, reading all the way. Claim a Winner's Spot each time you reach the finish line first. The one with the most Winner's Spots is the Sight Word Champion!

​There is a different race track for each Sight Word Mania book. 

Sight Word Pirates
​You will need:
  • Mania Cards
  • A treasure chest - otherwise known as a small container, containing a small prize (eg a coin, a piece of candy)

To play:
  • Make a path of Mania Cards across the room, leaving a reasonable distance between each word to allow your little pirate space to hop from one to the next.
  • ​Place the treasure chest at the end of the path.
  • Your child is to hop from one word to the next,
  • As your little pirate lands near a Sight Word, they must pick up the card and read the word in their best pirate voice.
  • When they arrive at the treasure chest they win the prize inside​

Winning Hearts
You will need
​Place all the cards face down on a table. Take turns turning over the cards and reading the Sight Words. Try to get one that says "Winning Heart" and you will have the chance to steal cards from you opponent! 
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​8/12/2017 Printable Book - Assembly Instructions