Yes, you read that right! Eat your sight words....literally!!!
When I told Tyler that we were going to use these cute Alphabet cookies for "school stuff," he was game!! I've passed by these Alpha cookies many times before, but I am not one to just buy cookies-- I'd rather make them. But for some reason I just couldn't pass them bye one more time; I told myself they were educational, so why not?! ; ) Well, I've munched on a couple myself, and they are quite delicious!
I bought them at our local Jewel Osco-- which is known as Albertsons in other states.
I bought them at our local Jewel Osco-- which is known as Albertsons in other states.
Carissa over at 1+1+1+=1 posted You Can Read Unit # 18 recently and I decided it was time for Tyler to learn another group of sight words. He has done several of Carissa's units before and has always enjoyed them; unit 18's words are: new, was, under, be. After he completed a couple pages from her unit I snuck in the kitchen to prep an activity with the alphabet cookies.
I pulled out letters for each of the sight words, plus 5 extra cookies that spelled another word he knew. When I brought the activity to Tyler he was ecstatic! The "rules" were simple. He had to use the cookies to spell his four new sight words then tell me what each word was in order to eat the cookies. The extra word was "can," and he had guessed it right just by looking at the letters that were left! I was impressed! He very much enjoyed eating his sight words! You could also change this up to teach your child's name or ABC's!
I am always looking up or thinking up ways to make our "school time" fun, especially word work activities! Here are a couple other things we have done do make it fun:
Sight Word Pumpkin SMASH
Fly Away with Sounds
Read.Your.Way Scavenger Hunt
Sight Word Crayon Rubbing
Short Vowel Sound Review
Check them out!
What word work activities do you do with your child?
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ReplyDeleteCute! Can you share where you bought and what kind of cookies those are??? I'd love to find some :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! We played a game with M&M's earlier today. Getting to eat the candy after the activity was a sure-fire way to get them motivated to complete the game! I love ideas like this.
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I've never seen these cookies. Where'd you find them? Great idea. He might also enjoy an activity we did last week http://www.meaningfulmama.com/2012/03/day-62-soft-pretzel-letters.html - you can look into it. It might be harder to do the smaller letters though. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea. I love anything related to literacy. This would be so much fun for kids! Thanks for sharing on Thinky Linky Thursday.
ReplyDeleteLori @ Cachey Mama’s Classroom
Really cute! I've never seen those cookies before - I'll have to keep an eye out for them!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for linking up to Kid's Co-op!
What a great idea! Love the cookies - where did you find them?
ReplyDeleteI should have mentioned it in the post, huh? I bought them at our local Jewel-Osco!
DeleteLove this idea! I would also like to know where you found those cookies.
ReplyDeleteKeitha-- Thanks for stopping bye! I bought the cookies at our local Jewel Osco.
DeleteMy kids are always game for anything that requires eating.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a Jewel Osco near me. The cookies are such great teaching tools.
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LOVE it! So cute! May have to look for these at Albertsons! My 4 1/2 yr old would love this!!! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI love this! I'm a reading specialist in an urban school district and we're always looking for new ways for our kids to connect to what they are learning. They'll love this! Thank you for stopping by The NY Melrose Family and leaving such a sweet comment on my Minnie Mouse Centerpieces. I'm following.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! We don't have those stores near us, but I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for those cookies! It would be a great way for me to reinforce spelling my three year old's name!
ReplyDeleteCute! Maybe we'll try this with that abc cereal (I can't remember the name right now) since we don't have that store. Lots of fun~
ReplyDeleteThis is perfect timing! I'm working on a few sight words right now with my son, and he LOVES the alphabet cookies from Trader Joe's. Thanks for linking up with the Weekly Kid's Co-op!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I have seen cheeze it's with letters, too!
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That sure looks like a fun way to "eat your words"! I haven't seen these cookies before. I'll have to be on the look out.
ReplyDeleteHow fun!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!! I hope you have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Now to find those cookies locally. Wish we had that store.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great activity. I am going to feature this week on fun frugal friday. Thanks for linking up.
ReplyDeleteWhat FUN ideas! I shared it on my Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-Life-Intentionally/261252997248957 - Thanks for linking up to TGIF! See you again tomorrow,
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ReplyDeleteLori @ Cachey Mama’s Classroom
Trader Joe's has cookies like that too. I used them to help teach my kids (now 9 and 12) the alphabet and some sight words. Their other favorite was using the magnadoodle.
ReplyDeleteVery nice sensory idea...all around! Thanks for sharing it! Yummy!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! I' haven't seen those cookies before, either--I'll have to look for them! I'm going to share this on my PreschoolPowolPackets Facebook page too! Thanks for linking up at Teach Me Tuesday!!
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ReplyDeleteLori @ Cachey Mama’s Classroom
It's not hard to pick up these yummy treats and I loved how you justified it because it was educational. We loved this idea abd included it @ theclassroomcreative in our summer reading sight word games post. Enjoy your summer, Karen & Nicolette
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