Read Common Sight Words — Hear It, Tap It (Kindergarten)

About this activity

This free, interactive reading activity gives children hands-on practice sounding out and building words. It plays right in the browser on tablets, phones, and classroom computers, with nothing to install and no account to set up.

It is aligned to Common Core RF.K.3.c in the Reading: Foundational Skills strand. Each word is checked for an accurate, child-safe break, and feedback is gentle and immediate — there is no timer and no score.

What's inside this activity

• Designed for Grade K learners (ages about 5 to 9)
• Common Core strand: Reading: Foundational Skills
• Aligned to Common Core standard RF.K.3.c

How to play

Children look at the picture or hear the word, then read the prompt.

They tap the sounds or syllables in order to build the word.

A friendly check reads the finished word aloud and invites another try when needed.

What your child practices

• Breaking words into sounds or syllables and blending them back together
• Matching letters and letter groups to the sounds they make
• Building short, decodable words step by step
• Hearing and saying each part of a word in order

Learning goals

Blend sounds and syllables to read and build simple words.

Connect spoken sounds to written letters — the core of Common Core RF.K.3.c.

Grow the decoding skills that confident, independent reading is built on.