Follow the links below to the free online sight word games. Your child will have lots of fun while developing their sight word recognition and spelling skills. These games will help children to learn to recognise the most common reading words on sight.
A high frequency word is read aloud (click the sun to hear it again). You have to click the correct egg which matches the word you heard. (ICT Games)
Read, listen and match the high frequency words in this memory game. This is the first game in a set which covers all the Dolch words. (Dolchword.net)
Drag the words to the correct shape. You can use the Teacher's Control Panel to alter the settings, for example, to choose specific words rather than a random list. (BBC Schools)
Drag the number word to the correct number. If you get it right, the word turns green and sticks. If you get it wrong, it floats back again. (Crickweb)
Choose a set of words then practise spelling them using the look, cover, write, check method. To use the high frequency words, click the red buttons from Easy to Hard on the right hand side. (ICT Games)
Type in a list of words, then choose either flashcards or a spelling practice game. (Crickweb)
Drag the number word to the correct number. If you get it right, the word turns green and sticks. If you get it wrong, it floats back again. (Crickweb)
Click two cards and see if they match. The words are read out clearly, making it a useful game even if the child doesn't know all of the words yet. (Starfall)
This game shows a word, then the letters get jumbled up. The child has to rearrange the letters to make the word. Most of the words are high frequency sight words. (BBC Education)
A set of six games to help with recognition of high frequency words. The idea is to drag the word on the left into a sentence so that it makes sense. (Sadlier-Oxford)
A high frequency word is read aloud and you have to click the flower with the matching word. (ICT Games)
Drag the colour words to match them to the correct colour. There are also games on this site for days of the week, months of the year and number words (click the list on the left hand side). (Roy the Zebra)
Dinosaur Eggs
Dolch Word Games
Star Words
Number Words
Look, Cover, Write, Check
Flash cards and spelling
Colour Words
Make a Match
Spellbound
High Frequency Word Games
Word Reader
Roy the Zebra
Wild West Phonics
Letters and Sounds Phase 2 Initial Sounds Match
Sound Sea
Letter Lifter
Phoneme Pop
Word Wheel
Reading machine
Three-letter house
Starfall
DJ Cows
Phonic Fighter
CVC Maker











