Each square has a sight word. Read it, find it under a crayon and color the square that color, and a hidden picture shows up. Six free sheets on the Dolch pre-primer, primer and first grade words. They print in black and white, with the answer key on the second page.
The hidden picture is an apple. 20 words: a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little. Includes answer key.
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The hidden picture is a house. 20 words: look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you. Includes answer key.
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The hidden picture is a sailboat. 26 words: all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our. Includes answer key.
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The hidden picture is a rocket. 25 words: out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, who, will, with, yes. Includes answer key.
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The hidden picture is a cat. 21 words: after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know. Includes answer key.
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The hidden picture is a rainbow. 20 words: let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when. Includes answer key.
Download PDFA color by sight word sheet is word reading practice with a reason to keep going. The page is a grid of squares with a sight word in each one. The crayon boxes at the top list which words go with which color, so the child has to read every word before coloring its square. The picture is not printed anywhere on the sheet: it shows up as the squares fill in.
The sheets check themselves. A misread word puts the wrong color in the picture, and a stray square stands out, so children often go back and read the word again on their own. That second look is the practice.
The words come from the Dolch sight word lists, split in two so each sheet has 20 to 26 words: the pre-primer list for preschool and kindergarten, the primer list for kindergarten and the first grade list. Color words such as red and blue always go with their own crayon, so a child who reads "blue" colors the square blue. Each sheet has 120 squares, so every word comes up several times.
A full picture takes most young children 20 to 40 minutes, so it can be split over two days. They suit early finishers, a literacy center, a substitute plan or homework. To teach the words first, see the sight word worksheets and the flashcards and word lists. For the math version, see color by math facts.
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