https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:33:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703982 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:18:19 +0000 Freckles 2703982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @Mrs Green Grass 's suggestion of reading lots of books! Up until DD started reading on her own, we probably read to her 10-15x a day. By 3 she had pretty much memorized most of the stories but that also helped her with word recognition. The Elephant and Piggie and Pigeon series books were great for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703899 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:19:52 +0000 Bao 2703899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: That's awesome! Smart little guy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703868 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:55:16 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2703868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: he's just 4 now, so 3. He was born in oct 2012...due Jan 2013.</p> <p>He started with recognizing store signs which is a form of literacy so he understood symbols mean things. Then we just read a ton. I typically stop at certain words and have him say them, but I don't push it if he doesn't want to.</p> <p>My fave books for this were/are Little Blue Truck since all of the animal sounds are different colors from the rest of the text. Also Elephant and Piggie because they change the size of the words, etc. to show inflection. Also The Book With No pictures because of all of the silly words. He really picked the sight words up along the way... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703694 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 07:54:15 +0000 Bao 2703694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: good point on writing them, thank you! </p> <p>@Mrs Green Grass: how old was he when he was learning them? Just curious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703681 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 23:50:57 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2703681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would stick with reading lots of books. She'll still pick up all the words. My son learned all of his sight words this way but also understood that you have to sound out others... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703594 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:44:47 +0000 matador84 2703594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zingo is a fun non-risk sight word game. You can always make sight words on index cards and then "flash" them quickly for fast identification. Sight words are just that--typical high frequency words that are commonly seen in text. It's just as important to practice writing them as it is to identify--you could do shaving cream on a table, magna doodle, sand or salt tray. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703551 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:07:21 +0000 travellingbee 2703551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: I would definitely start with short Decodable words. Like cat, mom, hot, pin... you want him to get the idea that sounds are put together to make words. That's the most important part. So you can start building some short words with letters together </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703459 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:20:16 +0000 ElbieKay 2703459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: @travellingbee: Thanks! I am not really focused on this since my son is a week away from turning 3yo. But he loves books and knows his letters and seems to sort of understand that letters add up to words. Sometimes he tries to identify the letters in a word, especially on the cover of a book. I *really* don't want to pressure him but I also want to encourage him if he shows an interest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703453 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:16:05 +0000 travellingbee 2703453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: As a reading teacher I always advocate a mixed approach. Understanding how to decode a word (phonics, syllables, word families etc.) is the key to continued reading success. However, there are certain words in the English language that you simply cannot sound out as they don't follow the rules. Those have to be taught as site words. Also smaller words that are extremely frequent can be taught as site words because those allow the reader to move more fluently through a text (like, see, me) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703429 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:47:02 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2703429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One thing my 4 yo likes to do is find words after reading a book. We've just started though, so I'm following looking for ideas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703403 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:04:20 +0000 Bao 2703403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: I'll check it out, thanks for the tip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703388 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:44:15 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2703388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: We did actual sight words. The That And He She etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703379 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:27:13 +0000 looch 2703379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: I will have to look into it, thanks for the suggestion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703374 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:19:07 +0000 honeybear 2703374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: Before going full-bore with memorizing words, you might want to take a look at phonics. I think a lot of schools do a mixed approach--some phonics and some straight "whole word" memorization--but English is largely phonetic so starting with phonics will likely mean decoding and reading faster than starting with memorization of entire words. Some words that show up often are not phonetic, so those have to be memorized. But phonics gives you tools to figure out words that you've not seen before; memorizing entire words does not (necessarily--I think some children will internalize rules without having them pointed out, but I suspect that many won't). </p> <p>@ElbieKay: I think memorization is a worthwhile thing to practice, but if you're going to have a child spend time memorizing words, I'd memorize them in a context that's independently meaningful. A passage from a good book or a poem would be far better than a vocab list, in my opinion. (This is what we do. My son's 6, however. I don't think I'd have a child who was younger than 5 memorize anything that they didn't spontaneously select and learn on their own.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703370 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:15:10 +0000 yoursilverlining 2703370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: thanks for the recommendations - I just checked out and ordered Pop for Sight Words. Looks like fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703366 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:05:28 +0000 MamaG 2703366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: would word families work for him? We have been working on word families and we have LO tell us as many words as possible with a word ending. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703348 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:34:35 +0000 looch 2703348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For those of you that do post its, do you do the actual sight words from the high frequency lists, or are you naming objects? My understanding is that sight words are ones that appear often in text, are sometimes not able to be sounded out, and often not objects...words such as so, of, can, an, etc.</p> <p>I am curious because my son consistently confuses me and my, and am looking for ways to help him on that pairing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703344 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:27:46 +0000 808love 2703344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did the post it notes thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703330 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:09:57 +0000 ElbieKay 2703330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just look for opportunities when we are hanging out. He is often interested in the words on the cover of a book, for instance. So we will read the letters together and say the word a few times.</p> <p>Does anyone know if there long term cognitive value in learning sight words? Or does it just encourage interest in reading? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703307 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:20:55 +0000 Anagram 2703307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3.5 year old gets a site work every week at school, and I just start pointing that word out during our story times and then letting her read that work while I point during story time. We just started, so she only has 3 words now (my, is, and go) but those words come up a fair amount in bed time stories, so she seems to have already internalized them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703253 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:17:22 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2703253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Post it notes on the door/mirror/wall. We would work on resorting them by matching first letter, rhyming, last letter, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703252 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:16:56 +0000 travellingbee 2703252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: we started with a few cards and then played little games with them. We did one where the cards are out and I say the word and he has to slap the correct one (or even better slap the card with a fly swatter- there areblank bug cards you can print online for free). Then we made silly sentences with them. You can play sight word bingo. Honestly his favorite game is just drill the cards but he gets a blueberry every time he gets one right. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703250 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:14:52 +0000 looch 2703250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Look on amazon for a game called Pop for Sight Words.</p> <p>We also have a game called Cheese Dip.</p> <p>Another option is DK Silly Sentences, they're cards (with pictures) that you string together. We also have some Learning Journey sets that are self correcting puzzles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sight-words#post-2703244 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:07:14 +0000 Bao 2703244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My oldest is interested in reading and I wanted to start teaching her sight words. I don't want to just drill her with flash cards, I want it to be fun. Any ideas? </p>