Clothespin Games

I mentioned these games when we first made them; I'm bringing them back with a couple of ideas of how to use them.

First, we have our set of clothespins numbered 1-12, and two strips of cardstock with sets of dots.  The goal is to match the clothsepin with the corresponding number of dots.  Today I gave on strip to Lily and one to Jack, piled all of the clothespins in the middle, and their goal was to find their clothespins and pin them.  Not "first"--we weren't making it a contest, and they helped each other find their clothespins.  

 
Next we took our set of alphabet letter clothsepins  and piled them in the middle of the table.  I gave each child a sight work, and he or she had to find all of their letters and pin them to the word card.  They worked together on this one, too ("I need R!  Where is R?!") and it was a fun game.  They actually kept playing for a while without me, though they like me helping to find the clothespins.

Happy with both of these games!

Spelling with Clothespins

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This is a great activity because it gives the kids a little fine motor skills practice while playing with spelling.   I made a little pile of sight words on cardstock and printed letters on clothespins.  (One of each consonant and a few of each vowel, though you really only need one of each to start.)  

At first I just had the clothespins spread out on the floor, but then I printed the alphabet on cardstock and we clipped the clothespins to that first to make them easier to find.  I think that helped a lot.


Great practice at sounding out words, identifying letters, putting them in order...and lots of fun!

Pumpkin Sight Word Game

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This little sight word game seemed like fun, and Lily and Jack enjoyed it.  I "laminated" the pumpkin cards so we can use them again (using clear contact paper); that way I can just print the little coloring sheets in the future.  

You draw one sight word pumpkin, then say the word.  Then you color in the corresponding pumpkin on your coloring sheet.  It was simple and easy.  This set included like, my, I, and see.  The repetition (two of each word) was great for practicing the sight words.

I'll probably make a few more of these games with other sight words!