sight words

Sight Word Activities and Games

February 11, 2011

Edward William Dolch, PhD published a book “Problems in Reading” in 1948 which contained a list of frequently used words in the English language. The Dolch Word List contained many words that cannot be phonetically sounded out. For children to learn to begin reading fluently, Dolch insisted that they need to know these words by [...]

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10 Online Games To Practice Sight (Magic) Words

November 10, 2009

In a previous post I wrote about 10 Resources On Children’s Literacy. They were resources on the web that I have used for ideas, strategies and to educate myself in the area of children’s literacy. Today’s post lists online games that my children have used to help them master their sight words (also known has [...]

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Magic 100 Words Or Sight Word Lists

July 23, 2009

This post has proven to be one of the most popular on the blog. Thinking about this and reflecting on my own experience with my first child and sight words, I have created a downloadable pack of Sight Word Activities and Games. The pack includes a comprehensive list of 125 words, broken down into 10 [...]