Sight Word Safari
Catch the word you hear
About Sight Word Safari
The full Dolch sight-word progression as a catch-the-word game, with words you keep missing coming back around more often.
Ankhdase tracks 5 distinct skills in Sight Word Safari, including Sight words: pre-primer, Sight words: primer, Sight words: first grade and Sight words: second grade. Because mastery is estimated per skill rather than per game, the questions shift toward whatever a student is getting wrong — and away from what they have already proved they know.
How to play
- Listen to the word, then tap the animal carrying it.
- Tap the 🔊 button to hear it again — there is no penalty for listening twice.
- Words you miss come back later in the round until you get them right.
Skills Sight Word Safari practices
- Sight words: pre-primer
- Sight words: primer
- Sight words: first grade
- Sight words: second grade
- Sight words: third grade
Mastery is estimated separately for each of these, which is what lets the difficulty move independently — a student can be fluent on one and still be fed easier questions on another.
Questions about Sight Word Safari
- Is Sight Word Safari free to play?
- Yes. Sight Word Safari is free, runs in any modern browser, and needs no download or plugin. You can play straight away without an account; signing in is only needed if you want progress, streaks and badges saved.
- What age is Sight Word Safari for?
- Sight Word Safari suits ages 4–9 — roughly Pre-K to Grade 3. The difficulty adapts as you play, so it stays useful across that whole range rather than being pitched at one year group.
- What does Sight Word Safari teach?
- It practices Sight words: pre-primer, Sight words: primer, Sight words: first grade, Sight words: second grade and Sight words: third grade. Every question is tagged with the skill it exercises, so progress is tracked skill by skill rather than as one overall score.
- Does Sight Word Safari work on a tablet or phone?
- Yes. Sight Word Safari works with touch as well as a mouse, and every drag action has a tap-to-select alternative. Once the page has loaded once it also keeps working offline.
- Can teachers assign Sight Word Safari?
- Yes. Teachers can create a class, add students in bulk without email addresses, and set Sight Word Safari as an assignment with a goal — a score, a number of minutes, stars or a typing speed. Progress updates automatically as students play.