Sight Words
3/30/2026 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
This fun activity teaches and reinforces common sight words to build reading fluency.
Sight words make up 50 to 75% of all words in early reading materials. These are whole words learned by sight, rather than sounding them out. Repetition is the key. For a fun way to practice, have your child form sight words, letter by letter, with Play-Doh. Working on 3 to 6 words per session will help a child recognize these common sight words instantly, building confidence and reading fluency.
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Sight Words
3/30/2026 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Sight words make up 50 to 75% of all words in early reading materials. These are whole words learned by sight, rather than sounding them out. Repetition is the key. For a fun way to practice, have your child form sight words, letter by letter, with Play-Doh. Working on 3 to 6 words per session will help a child recognize these common sight words instantly, building confidence and reading fluency.
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And, the, and is are common sight words.
- Baby llama stomps- - And- - Pouts.
Baby llama jumps- - And- - Shouts.
What's the sight word?
- And.
- And, that's right.
- For a fun way to practice sight words, try forming each word letter by letter with Play-Doh.
Not only does this activity help your child learn, they'll also develop their fine motor skills by squeezing and rolling the dough.
- [Mom] So what sight word is this?
- This.
- And how do you spell it?
- [Child] T-H-I-S.
- [Mom] Good.
- [Host] Sight words make up a large percentage of all texts.
Being able to recognize these words automatically will help your child read faster and boost their confidence.
- What does this say?
- This is fun.
- [Mom] This is fun.
- [Child] This is fun.
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