The Fidget Game Sight Words Game, Reading Flashcards and Pop Fidget Toys

This game is great practice for anyone learning to read and it’s fun!

I first laid the foundations of reading with my 7yo and 5yo: letter sounds, vowels and consonants, syllables, and etymology. Then, before I learned about this game, I had a "word of the day," which we would break down into syllables, and I would explain why each word was spelled the way it was. Beyond that, it was hard to motivate my 7yo to learn to read, and I wasn't quite sure what my next step was for my 5yo. Enter The Fidget Game! After one week of this game (just 4 words), they were BOTH reading sentences! The game worked exactly as described on Shark Tank: by learning common words, their brains were free to focus on sounding out new words. I would mix in simple new words with their learned sight words, so the learned words acted as breaks and a confidence boosts in between the new words. They were both so excited! Now they're reading everywhere they go, even words that are new to them. I've also started expanding the game by creating word searches and bingo cards using all the words they've mastered in the game. Once we've learned our new words for the week and are ready to incorporate them into the game, I only have to supervise a round or two of them playing to be sure they've mastered each word and aren't cheating. Then, they play independently while I tend to my other duties. Great game for a homeschooling mama who has ADHD and 5 young children! BONUS: There are extra mats for the little brothers to play with while the big brothers play.I will say I don't understand the division of the grade levels. They don't seem to progress in difficulty from Pre-K to 3rd grade, so maybe there is another way they are organized that I am unaware of. I also don't quite agree with how some of the hearts and lightning bolts are assigned. On Shark Tank, the creator explained that the hearts are for the tricky parts that the children had to memorize and the the bolts were for words that made sense phonetically and that the children could "read in a flash." On the word "funny," for example, the "nn" are assigned a heart, but the double-n has the function of giving the "u" its short sound, so phonetically, the word does make sense. That's just one example. We just don't use that aspect. I've also skipped the unicorn cards for now because I want them to have to read a word for each of their turns. We didn't add the gremlin cards in until after we had done 8 words. For the sake of others' enjoyment of the game, I do wish the instructions that came with the game explained the game as well as the Shark Tank pitch did. The QR code on the instructions did lead to a better explanation.So maybe half a star off for presentation, but as far as fun and effectiveness go, this game WORKS!

Exactly as described. Very nicely packaged.

Have recommended to several parents in my daughter’s age group. This game made it fun for my daughter and helped her to prepare for kindergarten.

Great game and fun way for the kids to learn, but who judged the words for each grade level? They're judgement is a little suspect. See the attached picture for some of the words in the "Pre-K" level. It has words like "yellow", "little", and "where". Really? I don't know about your Pre-K but where I live my kid in Pre-K is learning what sounds each letter make and MAYBE starting simple 1-3 letter words.

I am extremely impressed at how well my son can focus on the words and gets them correct very fast. He loves that he can play a game while he is learning and it is super easy for him to get the idea of what he is to do. I have recommended it to a few friends for their children.

Very helpful. My granddaughter has PANS and was not able to stay in preschool. These games have helped her learn a lot of the information she missed.

Awesome game!. My grandkids look forward to it when the come to my house.

Must have! This was by far the best purchase for my little. We played the game and without her realizing it she was sounding letters and reading words. I will be purchasing this again.The quality of the boards is thick (not cheap or flimsy), the cards are great and instructions are easy to navigate.I purchased a soccer ball sized dice to make it more fun.

Thease are awsome . My 5 year old really sees reading as a chore ..... not with thease he loves the game aspect and is eager to read his words and loves to play this with me . What a grate product 👏

This has helped my 5 year old son so much to recognize and identify letters.He is honestly obsessed with playing it, every day without fail he requests that we play.It’s simple and easy for a 4 or 5 year old to play. So many spin off games you can make up yourself. I have already ordered another version of it for him for Christmas!

This game is not what I expected. I don't want to say its a bad game but for the price I wouldn't reccomend it. My kids are big on board games, particularly learning games but they aren't at all interested in this game. I think getting a word wrong and not being able to take a turn is very disappointing for young kids, it puts a negative on it. It doesn't help that the words are in US grades rather than british phonics levels making it very tricky for my 5 year old. We've played it twice and only played one round and they'd had enough. I think this game is way overpriced. There are much better and more hidden learning games out there for kids.

Our 5 year old that expresses some anxiety when ever we encourage him to read with us, LOVED this game! We ended up having to bend the rules a bit to make it more relaxed, but he was naming all the letters and sounds and trying his best to sound things out. We then used the words in a fun sentence a few times to make it stick.