Why should you care about teaching your child sight words before kindergarten? Because your child will start reading in kindergarten! Sight Words for Kindergarteners (and why it's important to introduce early) Learning some sight words can speed up how quickly your child learns to read. They are important to learn so your child doesn’t get discouraged when they have to stop and sound out every. The thing is, most sight words don’t follow normal phonetic patterns (phonics is the relationship between letters and their sounds). Words like “cat” and “dog” will be taught by sounding them out, using phonics and decoding. Now imagine how your child must feel when he’s just starting out? And how frustrating it is for parents teaching their kids how to read! Try reading these words (go ahead…pretend like you’re a 4-year-old and sound out each letter): Did you know that over 60% of the words your child first sees in books can’t be sounded out?
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