Word Hops – Dolch Sight Words

Teach Dolch sight words with activities, games, and movement!

How can educators teach sight words in a creative way? Try using our Word Hops to introduce fun sight word activities and games to your class! Students can practice sight words while hopping, stepping, skipping, crawling, and tracing on these materials.

This collection of hopping materials covers all of the Sight Words identified by Dr. Edward William Dolch as basic words that, for the most part, cannot be sounded out and must be learned by sight. All 220 Dolch sight words are listed on these 29 mats or stickers. Each material lists seven sight words in large, kid-friendly text on colorful blocks.

Learning how to read can be challenging, especially considering how complex the English language is. With our Word Hops, students drill letter and word recognition through movement. Movement is proven to boost student learning comprehension and improve memory retention. Best of all, your students will love to learn sight words with the games possible on these materials!

With repeated exposure to these high-frequency words, your students will have no problem reading sight words! No more sitting at a desk struggling to understand static books or worksheets. Students can practice reciting the words, spelling the words, and using the words in sentences while moving their bodies. Writing sight words will come naturally as they improve their penmanship.

Make teaching sight words fun! Check out our activity database to find our favorite sight word games. Consider adding our Word Hops to your phonics instruction today!

Product Details

Materials: Our regular floor mats are made from heavy-duty vinyl. They are easy to clean, durable, and long-lasting. Some teachers have used their mats for over 10 years!

Each regular sticker is 6.4 mm thick and laminated for extra protection. Our stickers are made with the latest advancements in 3M adhesive technology so applications are easy, quick, and hassle-free.

Each carpet sticker is 6.6 mm thick and laminated for extra protection. For best results, install stickers on short nap/low pile carpets.

Dimensions: Floor Mats –  21 x 75 inches / Carpet Sticker, Regular Stickers – 18 x 75 in

Sight Word List

Words get progressively harder with each material. See word lists below:

• Word Hop A: I, A, The, Go, Can, Is, Me
• Word Hop B: To, In, It, Run, Did, Like, And
• Word Hop C: Not, We, Get, Said, My, See, You
• Word Hop D: Have, Are, No, What, Do, At, On
• Word Hop E: Was, For, Come, Funny, He, Jump, Little
• Word Hop F: Will, Too, Look, Of, Play, This, Up
• Word Hop G: Saw, Ran, One, Here, Good, Down, Big
• Word Hop H: Away, Yes, All, Am, Around, But, By
• Word Hop I: Call, Came, Eat, Fast, An, Stop, Some
• Word Hop J: She, Who, Out, Old, Make, Into, Going
• Word Hop K: Her, Help, Had, Give, From, Fly, Cold
• Word Hop L: Be, As, After, Your, Under, Soon, So
• Word Hop M: Round, Ride, Its, If, His, Him, May
• Word Hop N: Many, Made, Live, Let, Know, Has, Got
• Word Hop O: Gave, Find, When, Walk, They, Then, Them
• Word Hop P: That, Put, Over, Now, New, About, Could
• Word Hop Q: Ask, Always, Any, Again, Ate, With, Were
• Word Hop R: Went, Take, Say, Our, Once, Or, Long
• Word Hop S: How, First, Found, Does, Been, Because, Bring
• Word Hop T: Wish, Want, Would, Upon, Us, There, Tell
• Word Hop U: Pull, Only, Open, Never, Must, Much, Goes
• Word Hop V: Every, Done, Before, Which, Work, Very, Think
• Word Hop W: Those, Their, These, Small, Show, Sit, Keep
• Word Hop X: Just, Hold, Hot, Grown, Fall, Drink, Draw
• Word Hop Y: Buy, Where, Try, Today, Shall, Read, Pick
• Word Hop Z: Please, Pretty, Off, Own, Myself, Full, Cut
• Word Hop AA: Clean, Both, Best, Better, Write, Why, Well
• Word Hop AB: Use, Together, Wash, Warm, Thank, Sing, Start
• Word Hop AC: Sleep, Right, Laugh, Light, Kind, Hurt, Far

Sample Activity: Word Match

• Create word cards that match the words on your mat. Place the cards in a box or in a pile.
• Have a student draw a word card. Then, they will jump to that word on the mat.
• When the student finds the word, they will shout the word.
• Finally, have the student place the word card on the corresponding word on the mat.
• Instead of shouting the word, students could also hop on the word three times while repeating the word and clapping.