Learning ResourcesPop For Sight Words Game,Vocabulary/Literacy Game, 92 Cards, Ages 5+

One of the hardest things to do while trying to teach your child to read is keep his/her attention. Well this game offers the opportunity to do it. The little popcorns are cute and the box is exciting. The game LOOKS fun. I believe the instructions for the game are pretty straight up. You know, you pick one to read, and then he picks one to read. Whoever has the most when you get tired wins. Also, the instructions say that when a "POP" card is picked, the player loses all his cards. BAD IDEA. That will not make the game fun. Instead, when we find a "POP" card, everyone has to stand up and pop around the room like a popcorn. Now this makes reading the cards exciting. The normal player instructions are a little boring for my 4 year old, too. But throw in his noirsy trash truck that gets to haul off the popcorns he earns, and it becomes a blast for him. Add a few imaginary products (like pink elephants, dog paint, dust mite houses, whatever) that he can buy with his earned popcorn currency, and it gets even better. For an imaginary rabbit my son will read any card he can. Then he wants to read one to get the rabbit food, an imaginary collar, a rabbit hutch, and on and on. With this approach I get tired way before he does.My son is 4 and is reading 1st grade level with absolute ease. This is mostly because of starfall.com and morestarfall.com , but these cards help him with the words that can't be sounded out so easily. These words have to be memorized... like the word "please" and "who" and "where" and "the". Other words in the game are: big, run, ran, if, to, today, what, then, well, ride, see, little, do, this, into, now, and, went, could, on, no, said, pretty, at, my, is, there, fun, all, say, are, under, some, soon, be, he, that, it, a, and an. There are 100 words in all, I think. We generally only play with about 15 at any one time, so there is repetition so he can remember them. I recommend this game if you plan on playing WITH your child, and often. There is no way a kid can learn anything from these all by himself or with another child.

I love this game for my students. Splat is an excellent resource for parents and educators looking to enhance sight word recognition in a fun and interactive way. Its engaging design, solid educational principles, and varied gameplay make it a standout choice for young learners. Whether used at home or in the classroom, Splat is always a hit in my classroom! This is a must buy!

We got this about a week ago to use now that school is over. I homeschool and want to keep them learning without them knowing they are learning. :) This is MUCH more fun than flashcards, but the same concept. I have a 5 and 6 year old and we played together. I made up my own rules...when they got 10 words that they read on their own, they'd get a small sticker or piece of candy. (I let them keep them in their hand and it was a great math exercise as well. If they had 7, I would ask, "How many more do you need to get to 10?") They were so excited that they were bouncing on my bed as we played. (Great idea!) So instead of telling them that they can't jump (as most moms do), I told them that if they got a "POP" card that they could jump "X" amount of times on the bed. They loved it! My older two even wanted to play! I got this for seven dollars and some change, but I'd pay full price looking back. Well, worth the money! The box is cardboard, but very durable, so are the popcorn pieces. I agree with the other moms that you should play WITH your child! Some of the words include: (easier ones like) me, in, as, a, but, I, go, ran, if, my, see, but, and, him, for, did, (harder ones like)said, with, some, ride, could, little, down, jump, play, under. So this could easily be adaptable if you are the one picking the pieces for them to read. (Or you could only put those cards in the box if you want them to choose.) You could play with several ages and only pick appropriate "level" words for each child, too. Again, well worth the money as it's fun, educational, and adaptable. So we'll get a full summer's worth of play (and more) out of this for sure!

My son was on his way to 1st grade an struggled all of kindergarten with sight words and reading. I was fearful once summer ended an 1st grade started he would be left in the dust by classmates who naturally didnt struggle with reading. Bought this game an really made it fun for him an our youngest son who is 4 years old. We changed the rules an 1st one to say the sight word kept it an if someone got a "pop" they had to put the hardest sight word for them in their pile back in the box (that way they could practice it more). For a few games we had to slowly sound out the letters for our oldest to be able to get the words as he was really behind, but after playing it a few times it just took an he was off on his own! In the end we love this game its quick an great after dinner before bed.

Teaching my dyslexic kindergartener to read was a major challenge. This was a game changer! We couldn’t start out with the actual game rules. Instead we worked each night pulling out 3 words, memorizing, and putting them in a separate box. The next night we would review the words we learned so far, then pull out 3 more and learn those. Each night our box of learned words grew and after a few nights we had enough words to start making sentences. It was so fun to see her confidently making sentences and reading out loud. We are about half way through all the words and we look forward to playing popcorn every night!