Sight Words Free

What are Sight Words?
The English language is not as straight forward as it seems to us who are fluent in English. Many words are learned through simple disciplinary repetition, not piecing letters together logically like they should fit.

For Example:
Ground “should” be spelled as “grownd”
Picture “should” be spelled “pikshur”

Sight words are words that fit this illogical spelling approach. Sight Words Free for kids uses the Dolch word list, including nouns, totaling over 300 words! According to Dolch research, these words make up 50-70% of the words in childrens textbooks!! You can see how beneficial it will be for anyone who has knowledge of these 300+ words as they enter the world of spelling and reading.

Why Sight Words?
The more children are exposed to English words, both logical and illogical spelling profiles, the easier they grasp the visual aspect of the English language as a whole. This will make it easier for children when they enter the educational system, whether home or public schooled, giving them a tremendous jump start on spelling and reading!

Builds confidence in children with understanding common words to help them better learn more complex words
Phonics reading is a good tool but not useful for sight words. Having your kids learn sight words assists in helping children decipher differences between words that fit into normal phonetic rules and those that don’t.
Contextual reading is imperative to learning new words. We do it all the time without even realizing it. The more words in a sentence a child knows, the easier and quicker he/she understands the words he/she does not know. Knowing sight words will give children a deeper comprehension in just about every sentence in any given children’s literature.