Using visual clues and helps can reinforce the learning of sight words for preschoolers. Label items around the classroom with index cards. Regularly read the cards together. Once a week, remove the labels and place in a basket. Have children take turns drawing a card and trying to place the index card on the correct item in the room. If they miss, they put the card back and wait until their next turn to pull a new card and try again. Play ends when all the cards are placed in the correct place.
Divide the class into two teams and prepare the game by writing two columns of sight words on the board. Have children say the first word on the column for their team. If they're correct, they may erase that word and then return to the back of their team's line. If they miss, the next student in line for their team has a chance to say the sight word correctly. The first team to erase all of their words wins.
Prepare pairs of sight word cards on index cards and shuffle. Place the words face down on the table. Play a memory game where each player gets a turn to turn over two cards to see if the cards match. When a pair is uncovered in a turn, the player takes the cards and places them in front of them in their win pile. Then the player gets another turn. For sight word memory, the player must also correctly read the sight word as well.
For this game, make sight word cards on tag board and lay out the cards in a grid on the floor of the classroom. Divide the class into two teams and give each team bean bags to toss. When it's a child's turn, he tosses the beanbag and whatever word card the bag lands on must be read by the child. If it's correctly read, the student may pick up the word card and gets a point for the team. Play ends when all the cards are read and the team with the most cards wins the game.