Sights words are words that young children learn to recognize by sight instead of trying to sound them out. For young readers, these are commonly words like 'the', 'and', 'to', 'be', and so on. Learning and memorizing sight words is fun and can grow the confidence of kids because they can start to recognize more and more words on their path to writing. They will also help the child become a faster reader.
With all of that in mind, we thought, "How great would it be to teach our kids some Bible sight words?" These would be a few words that we would want kids to recognize as soon as they see them. Words that we could teach our children how to read them and what they mean in. So we picked out 10 Bible sight words to teach young kids (generally ages 4 - 6) to help them on their learning and reading journey. These words are:
- God
- Jesus
- Bible
- Faith
- Love
- Hope
- Peace
- Sing
- Pray
- Church
Bible Sight Word Printables
From these Bible sight words, we made some fun printables that you can use with your child or Bible school class to teach them these words. These can also be great quiet activities for young kids to do during a worship time to help them stay quiet while still learning.
Flashcards
Repetition is key to learning new sight words. Use these flashcards to flip through these words and start memorizing them. You can make games with them too, like "How Fast Can You Go". You could also print double, then use them for a memory game.
Bible Sight Words - Flashcards
Letter Tracing
After your child learns some of these sight words, they can work on writing them too! We love this tracing font and how it can help kids with the basics of writing words.
Bible Sight Words - Letter Tracing
Word Search
Kids can search through this sea of letters to try to find those new Bible words that they are learning to recognize. This word search is simplified and large print to help young learners.
Bible Sight Words - Word Search
Bible Sight Words - Word Search Answer Key
Word Scramble
This would be a more advanced option once your kid starts to get the hang of the sight words. Jumbling the order of the letters would be quite tricky for a young learner. But once they really learn their sight words, they can try their hand at unscrambling them!
Bible Sight Words - Word Scramble
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What do you think of these sight words? Do you have some other ideas for words? What about the printables? Are there other activities you would like to see? Tell us more below in the comments or on Facebook!
