Caterpillar Sight Words, Dolch Pre-Primer Set

Dolch pre-primer word building with 40 caterpillar head cards; students choose a word such as and, big or come and spell it with letter body pieces.
Year groups
Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Year 1 (Key Stage 1)
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Updated Sep 18, 2026

Subject
Vocabulary, Language Development, English
Topic
Vocabulary, Sight Word
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This packet is designed to offer a fun, engaging and educational way to work on

spelling and phonemic awareness during your school year. This packet requires some prep.

Simply print, laminate (optional) and cut out the caterpillar body parts. For this activity your

students will pick a caterpillar head and build the sight word with the caterpillar bodies. This

packet includes 40 word caterpillar heads and 3 sets of alphabet letter bodies (including two

capital I).

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Spell Dolch pre-primer sight words

  • Recognise pre-primer sight words on sight

Skills covered

  • Early spelling — assembling letter segments in order behind each word head

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Sight words

  • Dolch pre-primer list

  • Letter order

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