Importance of Sight Words

So very happy to be able to offer these great sets of Sight Words for early learners! There are three sets of sight words. Each set includes 20 sight word flash cards and 20 worksheets with each sight word used in a sentence along with a picture. The worksheets are personalized with your child's name with lined paper allowing space to practice printing the sight word as well as their name. This allows for use of the word/words in context. There are pictures to color that incorporate the sight word as well, further establishing the word into memory. What a great way for your child to learn these words and each set sells for $24.95! (Set 1, Set 2, Set 3 visit website for words used in each set ~ click here) You may choose to do a word a day, starting with the flashcards and reinforcing with the worksheets. Proudly displaying your child's work sheet on the refrigerator will reinforce their learning the word and make them eager to share their new knowledge.

Not many people really understand the importance of sight words. Reading is a very complex task; it involves pronunciation as well as meaning of words. Sight words are a group of common words that a good reader recognizes instantly. Usually they are connective words like and, of, there, to and as.  A child that masters sight words learns to read at such a greater pace because sight words are usually words that cannot be sounded out, they do not follow phonetic rules and the only way to read these words is to recognize by sight. Learning sight words eases frustrations and allows the reader to ease over words rather than struggle to figure them out. A reader that has to slow down and try to figure out words usually overloads their memory and as a result their recall suffers. Another reason for learning these words - most of them do not carry much meaning but are relevant to the sentence and gives it meaning.

As a teacher of young readers, I have found many ways to generate enthusiasm and stimulate little brains. Introducing sight words with these sets introduces these words in a meaningful way; they see the word on the flashcard with a picture and they use the worksheet to reinforce what they have seen. Repetition has always worked when I have taught sight words, we see it, we read it, we draw the word in the sky, we paint it, we trace it, we use it in a sentence, we make up silly sentences with it! I have been able to get the slowest readers to pick up their speed by incorporating visual with tactile and incorporating the words in sentences, writing and drawing......Now you can have the same at home! Give your child a head start! Visit The Polka Dot Monkeys now! Use code BTS2012 for a 15% discount (good with a $25 cart).