The I Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word I when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The LOOK Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word LOOK when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The IS Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word IS when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The Big Song is an animated sight word music video that helps kids read the word big as they hear it, spell it (b-i-g) and see it in simple sentences.
The AM Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word AM in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The FOR Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word FOR in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The ANY Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word ANY in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The ABOUT Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word ABOUT when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The Sight Word Songs Volume 1 (MP3 Album) will help students recognize 22 sight words as they are repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The CAN Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word CAN when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The FOUR Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word FOUR when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The AWAY Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word AWAY in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The A Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word A when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The AROUND Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word AROUND in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The FIVE Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word FIVE when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The BY Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word BY when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The AS Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word AS in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The AND Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word AND in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The ALWAYS Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word ALWAYS in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The FOR Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word FOR when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
Little words, big reading smiles
In preschool, sight words are a playful first peek at reading. Kids start to recognize a handful of the most common little words by sight, like I · a · the · see · look, along with their own names and words they spot every day on signs and labels. There's no pressure to read sentences yet. The goal is noticing that print has meaning and that the same word looks the same every time. Songs, pointing and finding words in favorite books do most of the work. The click moment is when a preschooler points at a page and shouts, "That says the!"
Preschoolers learn through music, movement and repetition. These moves keep sight words joyful.
Play the I Song and hold up a big card with the word I every time it's sung. Kids jump when they hear it. One word per song keeps it simple and super memorable.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withI Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Watch the Look Song video, then go on a "look" hunt through a picture book. Kids point to the word look every time they spot it. Seeing the word in real books makes it stick.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withLook Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Play a sight word song from the album at circle time each day, cycling back to old words often. Short daily repetition builds recognition without any worksheets at all.
Why it works: spreading practice out over days is one of the two most effective study methods in a major research review (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withSight Word Songs Volume 1 (MP3 Album)SongsOpen it →Preschool sight words should feel like a dance party.
VideosDance to the A Song and freeze every time you hear the word "a."
Open A Song (Animated Music Video) →
VideosSing The Song, then search the room for the word "the" on labels and books.
Open The Song (Animated Music Video) →
VideosSing the And Song and clap your hands together on every "and."
Open And Song (Animated Music Video) →Teacher favorites right now: I Song (Animated Music Video), Look Song (Animated Music Video) and Is Song (Animated Music Video).
A light introduction is great. Preschoolers can learn to recognize a few very common words through songs and play, but they shouldn't be pressured to read. Letters, sounds and lots of read-alouds matter most.
Start with very common, short words like I, a, the, see, look, can and my. Your child's own name is a wonderful first "sight word" too.
Keep it playful: sing songs, point to words in books and look for words on signs and labels. A few minutes a day is plenty.
There's no set number. Recognizing a handful of words and their own name is a fantastic start. Every child develops on their own timeline.
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