Leaf Sight Word Writing Activity

Practice sight words and writing with a leaf themed sight word writing activity. You can use any kind of leaves you have available – real leaves, paper leaves, fabric leaves, etc.

Practice sight words and writing with a leaf sight word activity.

This activity is great for working with multiple ages or word groups at the same time. Color code the leaves to make it easy to separate your groups.

Supplies Needed for the Fall Themed Sight Word Activity

Leaves (cut from cardstock, laminated leaves, foam leaves, fabric leaves, etc.)
Contact paper (optional)
Painter’s tape
Sight words
Scissors
Paper/dry erase board
Pencil/writing utensil

How to Make a Contact Paper Sticky Wall

Roll out a large piece of contact paper.

Use painter’s tape to tape the contact paper to your wall sticky side facing you.

Peel off the backing and secure the sides with tape.

Helpful tip: Don’t leave painter’s tape on your wall for longer than needed for the activity. It’s only meant to be temporary. Leaving it on too long can potentially damage your paint.

How to Set Up the Activity

Print out a list of sight words for your child to work with. I used the list given to us by my first grader’s teacher. If you’re just starting out, you can search for lists online. Sightwords.com has both the Dolch word lists and the Fry word lists.

Instead of sight words you can easily modify this activity to work on letters, letter sounds, or names. Check out our Leaf Name Sticky Wall for inspiration.

Choose only a handful of words to work on at a time. I suggest no more than 10 unless you are just reviewing and reinforcing.

Cut out the sight words and tape them to your leaves.

leaf sight words on a contact paper sticky wall

Place your leaves on the contact paper sticky wall.

Or use painter’s tape to attach the leaves to the wall.

Our fabric leaves didn’t want to stay on the contact paper, so I ended up using painter’s tape to make them stick.

If you choose fabric/artificial leaves, I recommended skipping the contact paper. Just use painter’s tape to attach the leaves to the wall.

Helpful Tips: Card stock and laminated paper work really well with the contact paper sticky wall. Thin paper works okay, but sometimes it is difficult to remove. Real leaves usually work pretty well, too (unless they are dried out). Construction paper leaves fuzzy bits on the contact paper.

How to Do the Leaf Sight Word Writing Activity

Ask your child to choose a leaf.

Child choosing a sight word leaf from the leaf sticky wall.

Encourage her to read the word on the leaf. Provide help when needed. Repeat the word or say it correctly.

Next, have your child write the word. You can use paper and a pencil or a dry erase board.

Sight word "long" printed on fabric leaf with the word long handwritten on a piece of notebook paper.

If you want to incorporate movement into the activity, have your child take the leaf across the room (skip, hop, jump, walk, etc.) and write the word there.

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