Sight Word Coloring Worksheet: Make, For, Here, Our, From, and What!
This worksheet helps children ages 3-5 build automatic recognition of six common sight words — make, for, here, our, from, and what — words that show up constantly in early reading but don't always follow predictable phonics rules. Finding and coloring matching words hidden within pencil shapes trains visual discrimination between similar-looking short words, a skill that directly supports reading fluency.
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How to use this worksheet
Look at the sight words listed at the top of the page and read each one aloud together, noting the color example shown for each. Have your child scan the pencil shapes below, reading each word carefully to find one that matches a word from the top of the page. When they find a match, have them color that pencil the same color as the example, working through the page until every sight word has been found and colored.
Materials needed
- Pencils
- Crayons or colored pencils
Extension activities
- 1Have your child write each sight word independently on a separate piece of paper.
- 2Create short, simple sentences using each of the six sight words and read them together.
- 3Use the sight words in a game of 'I Spy,' hiding word cards around the room to find and read.
- 4Make matching flashcards for a quick daily practice round before or after another activity.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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