Sarah Chesworth

Sight Word Snowballs

Sight word snowballs are one of my favorite winter activities for students! They are an easy literacy station and can be differentiated for the students in your classroom. This post will show you how to put together this activity for your students and give you a free printable page to use!

These sight word snowballs are a perfect winter literacy station for preschool, kindergarten, or first-grade students. It’s free and easy to print and quickly use! You can add your own sight words too to differentiate for your students! This is a great winter center for students to practice reading and writing sight words.
If you need an easy winter station to practice sight words with your students this winter, read on!

Sight Word Snowball Directions:

This activity is easy to put together for your students and only a few materials are needed! First, head to my TPT store and download Sight Word Snowballs. This is an exclusive free download, so be sure and follow me while you are there! Next, you will need to decide what type of snowballs to use.

These sight word snowballs are a perfect winter literacy station for preschool, kindergarten, or first-grade students. It’s free and easy to print and quickly use! You can add your own sight words too to differentiate for your students! This is a great winter center for students to practice reading and writing sight words.

You can put this activity together for your students using paper snowballs (included in the free download) or with white ping ping balls as snowballs.

If you use the paper snowballs, you will just write a sight word on each line on the snowball. If you use white ping pong balls, then just write each word on each ball using a sharpie and put them in a bucket. If you are struggling with what sight words to use, some ideas are included below or you can check out this post, Complete List of Kindergarten Sight Words.

These sight word snowballs are a perfect winter literacy station for preschool, kindergarten or first-grade students. It’s free and easy to print and quickly use! You can add your own sight words too to differentiate for your students! This is a great winter center for students to practice reading and writing sight words.
You can also make this activity using white ping pong balls. Just write one sight word on each ball with a permanent marker. This is great for kinesthetic learners!

What words should you use for this activity?

Different districts follow different lists when it comes to sight words, so definitely check out your district’s curriculum first! However, here are a few of the most common sight words for Kindergarten and First Grade students to get you started!

Common Kindergarten Sight Words

Here are a few common kindergarten sight words that can be used with this activity:

  • I
  • a
  • you
  • like
  • can
  • be
  • me
  • to
  • do
  • for
  • my
  • are
  • eat
  • have
  • is
  • so
  • go
  • he
  • she
  • the
  • not
  • did
  • up
  • of
  • play
  • no
  • yes
These sight word snowballs are a perfect winter literacy station for preschool, kindergarten, or first-grade students. It’s free and easy to print and quickly use! You can add your own sight words too to differentiate for your students! This is a great winter center for students to practice reading and writing sight words.
This is an easy printable activity that your students will enjoy to practice reading and writing sight words.

Common First Grade Sight Words

In addition to the Kindergarten words above, here are a few common sight words that children in First Grade can read:

  • come
  • some
  • with
  • they
  • there
  • does
  • should
  • could
  • would
  • because
  • school
  • into
  • down
  • have
  • make
  • your
  • again
  • from
  • what
  • who
  • where
  • why

Snowball Sight Word Recording Page

Next, each student will need a recording page which is also included in the free download! Students will find (or grab) a snowball, read the word, and write the word on their recording page. EASY!

If you have students who are ready for more of a challenge, they could also write a sentence with the words they find on the back of the recording page.

These sight word snowballs are a perfect winter literacy station for preschool, kindergarten, or first-grade students. It’s free and easy to print and quickly use! You can add your own sight words too to differentiate for your students! This is a great winter center for students to practice reading and writing sight words.

More Winter Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

A similar activity could also be done with letters too if your students aren’t ready for reading and writing words yet. I have it available for uppercase and lowercase letters (plus tons of other winter-themed activities) inside of Snowman Centers for Preschool.

This is a great station for students who are learning the letters of the alphabet this winter! It's perfect for practicing visual discrimination skills too! Students will find each letter and color the snowball that matches. Uppercase and lowercase letters are available! Be sure to check out all of my snowman preschool activities!
This is a great station for students who are learning the letters of the alphabet! It’s perfect for practicing visual discrimination skills too! Students will find each letter and color the snowball that matches. Uppercase and lowercase letters are available!

More Winter Activities

Winter Writing

Looking for more winter writing activities?

This winter writing activity pairs perfectly with the read-aloud, Snowmen at Night. What do snowmen really do at night? Students will love getting creative with writing and drawing their ideas. This is a really fun class book to create during the months of January or February!

You can read more about class books and get tons of writing ideas in this post, Class Books to Make in Kindergarten.

Class books are a wonderful writing activity for preschool and kindergarten students! This post has tons of great class book ideas to use with your students. These class-created books cover the beginning of the year, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Valentine's Day, Easter, and more!
What do snowmen really do at night? Students will love getting creative with writing and drawing their idea. This is a really fun class-made book to create during the months of January or February!

Winter Math

Tis the season for snowman math activities! These math activities are focused on numbers 0 to 20 and hit multiple math standards. You can learn more in this post, Snowman Math Centers.

These snowman and snow themed math centers were created with Kindergarten students in mind. They are focused on numbers, counting, and sequencing! Be sure to check out all of my snowman math activities!
These math centers were created with Kindergarten students in mind. They are focused on numbers, counting, and sequencing! Be sure to check out all of my snowman math activities!

More Free Winter Activities : 

Are you looking for winter activities for preschool and Kindergarten students? This post has you covered!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

Busy Box Activities for Little One // Alleah Maree

Sight Word Snowballs // Sarah Chesworth

Snowman Feelings Activities for Winter // Fairy Poppins

Winter Board Game // Teach Me Mommy

I hope you are able to use this activity with your students to practice sight words this winter!

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