Being able to sight read common words is an important step in learning to read. It frees up time to focus on sounding out unfamiliar words and makes reading faster. As kids recognize more words and read faster, their confidence in their own reading abilities grows. Proficient readers sight-read almost all words, pausing only when something doesn’t make sense.
Teaching your kids to sight read some of the most common words around consequently a good idea. They would naturally pick up these words as they read more, but why not help them along. Purefun offers an excellent selection of sight words learning materials for preschools, schools, and parents.
Flash cards are among the best tools for sight reading. Hold up the card and ask your kid to read the word. Let him or her sound it out if s/he doesn’t recognize it yet, but remember the goal is to recognize the word and not have to sound it out. Start with just a few cards. Once your child has these down, add one or two more to the mix. Keep the words your child already knows so that s/he doesn’t forget them and gets a boost of confidence from reading some words correctly.
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