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by: carolyn

Magic Words Watercoloring: Reading Activity

Early reading sight words activity using watercolors

My 5 year old is in the early stages of learning to read. Almost every time he reads a word out loud, his eyes light up. The magic he sees in deciphering each words gave me the idea for using wax crayons to make words “magically” appear when painted with watercolor.

Setup

  • white paper
  • white crayon
  • watercolor paints

Using the white crayon, write several words (we choose sight words and other easily recognizable words). Give your child the papers and the watercolor paints. The watercolor won’t stick to the crayon. And the word you wrote will appear, as if by magic!

We pretended to be spies, and the words were our mission. My son loved it!

Early reading sight words activity using watercolor paintModify it:

For non-readers: like my toddler, draw pictures.

For writers: take turns creating messages for each other.

Early reading activity

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