GAMENOTE Sight Words Wooden Magnetic Fishing Game - 220 Fish, Phonic Games for Kids Ages 3-9 Pre K to 3rd Grade, Dolch Sight Words Level 1 - Level 5 Educational Brain Games (220)

This game is a favorite of the children in my reading classes. It's bright and sturdy. There are many ways to use the game. A child who is just learning letters can catch a fish and say any letters he/shek recognizes. Those who know the words can read them and make oral sentences. In one group, a child who didn't know any letters yet, was the group fish-weigher. He counted the letters in each fish caught, and announced the weight of the fish --the number of letters in it. A great, simple and versatile game. It arrived with the magnet having fallen out of one fishing rod. The magnet was loose in the box, but fixable with gorilla glue.

I was looking for a fun tool to learn sight words and I am so happy that I found this fishing set. My son absolutely loves it. It’s so fun to play and learn at the same time. His reading skills improved a lot and he loves to read on his own now. I definitely recommend this!

Colorful and well-crafted learning fun. To make storage easier, I added a drawstring to the "fishing pool" so that all of the fish could be gathered up for storage. It would have been handy to have a chart for each of the word levels so the fish could be placed on them as if playing "coverall bingo". I plan on making such a chart for each word level. I have not compared these words to her school words as yet, however, plan on using reverse side of the fish to add any needed words. I totally recommend this educational product.

It's a great concept for young Learners. You can even add your own twists, like use it in a sentence, or spell it. There were a few pieces without magnets but overall, still functional. The most important thing is the reading levels. They are not as tough as anticipated. I have a level 2-3 reader. There were maybe 3 words, so far, from "level 5" that she didn't know. Thus the added twists to the game. My niece still loves it. And it's a great way to avoid guessing and memorization based on pictures.

I love this game for my son. He’s in first grade and he’s behind on his sight words. My son suffers from autism level 2 and we’re in the process of getting him evaluated for add or adhd. It’s hard to teach him his sight words so I bought this game so that we can play it on family game night. I took the fishes with the words he needs to learn and once he’s got those down I’ll put in the rest of the fishes. But he loves this game at first he could only really get the easy words but now he’s starting to master the more challenging words for him. But it does take time and a lot of play time to see improvement. I bought this one and bingo Game for sight words but I like this one more because you can choose the words he’s struggling on and make it more individualized for his learning. I plan on using it with my toddler once he becomes a preschool age it will help with his motor skills and language.

Most things intellectual and physical come easily to my granddaughter - which makes her lazy when an effort is required. Her parents have read books to her every day since she was in the womb so she loves stories - being read to her. She wants to read but doesn't want to make the effort. Since she received this for her birthday in August, the whining and "I don't want to" have completely stopped! She played this game everyday for a week or so and continues to play with it at least 3 times a week 2 months later. And she just finished her first chapter book. While most of it was read to her, she followed along and chimed in when she recognized words from this fishing game! Excellent tool for encouraging young readers!

The wooden, magnetic fish are really well made and will survive a lot of use. Packs up neatly in a small box for easy storage. The pool and fishing rods are small, but could easily be replaced with a kiddie pool and larger fishing rods if you wanted to use the fish with a much larger group of kids. Perfect as is for 2 children. My 5yo loved fishing and never noticed we were having fun and learning sight words. Better than worksheets any day! Would definitely recommend this product to teachers or homeschool families.

I bought this for my Kindergarten classroom. The "pool" is pretty flimsy, but the two fishing poles and the wooden fish seem pretty sturdy. The kids LOVE to play this game, and it helps them to practice high frequency words in a new way. I would recommend this for parents or teachers.