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FREE Printable List of Kindergarten Sight Words & How to Teach Them

If you’ve got a child in kindergarten, you’ll want to get familiar with kindergarten sight words and learn how to teach your child to read & learn sight words.

As a child play therapist and teacher, I understand how important it is to understand what sight words are, as well as understanding which activities, games, and apps are best to use to teach them.

This post has been updated to include more Kindergarten Sight Word Resources for parents and teachers (like this Kindergarten Sight Word Bundle Packet). 

Sight words are words that kindergarteners will see the most. Sight words are a commonly used term that usually refers to a set of words that reappears on almost any page of text.  

These high-frequency words are seen often.  In fact, between 50-75% of your child’s text will include sight words from pre-primer & primer Dolch word lists.

What are sight words?

To become a great reader, children must master their sight words. It is essential to learn their sight words and to continue to practice them. Once your child has mastered them, it is time to move onto the next list.

When your child is looking at these words on a daily basis, they will learn them quickly.  Repetition is the key to fluency (reading smoothly, without a lot of pauses), so practicing these words over and over will help to achieve that goal. Here is a FREE printable list of Kindergarten Sight Words (click here, and I will send you the list)

Or if you really want the complete package, get this Kindergarten Sight Word Bundle Packet. As a child play therapist, I put this packet together so you can help your child learn sight words. You can print it over and over again to help your child learn his or her sight words.

There are 52 sight words that are typically taught in kindergarten.

The Kindergarten Sight Words are:

all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes.

These are the 52 most commonly seen words in kindergarten level books. When a child is able to master those words, it not only makes it easier for them to read the words, it also improves their fluency or how quickly and smoothly they can read a passage.

To begin, simply introduce your child to the list (show your child, hang it up, read them).

Read all of the words to your child (every day) and explain that he will be learning a new word every day (or every other day). Be excited about it.

On day one, see if your child knows any of the words. If they do, put a sticker, a checkmark, or a smiley face to the left of the word (there is space for that). If not, that’s OK! He will.

Every single day, go over the new word, as well as the OLD words that they know. I start by going over the old words with the sticker and then picking a new word. I say it, spell it, say it again, and ask my child to repeat it.

During the day, we will talk about that word and go back to the wall where it is hanging to look at it. I do this at least three times. I keep my chart in the pantry, so anytime our kids eat a snack or want to grab something, they see the words.

Continue to add a sticker, checkmark, or a smiley face to their new words, until the whole list has been completed. From then on, you can just review them every day or every few days.

As the days go on, find these words in other areas (words in books, service words on signs, flash cards before bed…)

Related: YOU ARE WELCOME TO DOWNLOAD THIS SIGHT WORD CHECKLIST ↓ (free) by clicking here.  

SIGHT WORDS TO TRACE

Tracing kindergarten sight words gives children a chance to engage with the words in a new and different way. By combining multiple learning styles in one lesson, kids are more likely to learn and recall their sight words. Here are a couple of methods for creating kindergarten sight words to trace.

• Rainbow Writing: At the beginning of the school year, have students trace the sight words in three different colors. This repetition helps them develop motor memory while also solidifying the spelling of the word. As the school year progresses, have students write the words independently in three colors. They can overlap the colors or write them three separate times.
• Dry Erase Words: Kids love writing with different writing tools, so dry erase markers always make things more fun!
   – Print out the kindergarten sight words you’d like students to practice on a sheet of heavy cardstock.
   – Slip the cardstock into a transparent page protector and clip it to a clipboard.
   – Then, with a dry erase marker, students can trace the sight words on the page protector.
  If they make a mistake, it can be erased with a tissue or an old sock!

Technology has made even the youngest students digitally savvy. If you have access to a computer or tablet and a printer, have your students type their kindergarten sight words and print them out.

Kids love working in word processing programs and learning how to type. They can print the words in different colors, fonts, and sizes. Use the sight words they printed to decorate the room or as part of their reading folder.

If you minimize the page size, you could even use their printed words as Kindergarten sight word flashcards!

Learning sight words are important, but kids need to learn how to identify those words in sentences.

For early readers, being able to pick out kindergarten sight words in sentences means they have a complete understanding of the word.

Not only can they trace and write the word, but they can pick it out amidst other words. This is an important skill as they continue to develop their reading abilities.

One way to help kids identify their sight words in sentences is to play a modified version of I Spy. Instead of looking for objects, they are tasked with finding sight words. Give them a highlighter or highlighter tape to cover the word once they have found it.

Since kindergarteners have a limited reading vocabulary, make the sentences as uncomplicated as possible. Even three-word sentences allow students to practice finding and identifying sight words. If you want to make it more challenging, add a couple of sight words in each sentence!

Kindergarten sight words are basic words that are seen the most frequently in grade-level books. Many of the words are hard to illustrate because of their simplicity. One way to create flashcards of kindergarten sight words with pictures is to have students decorate them or create an illustration that helps them remember the word.

For example, they may draw someone crawling under a table, or they might draw a picture of a toy that has fallen under a bed to illustrate the word “UNDER.”  

Whatever image helps them remember the word is fine to use. The goal is to help them learn the words so there is no right or wrong.

Kindergarten sight word flashcards are especially helpful for quick practice. They can be useful for reviewing words at home or on the go.

Some people even uploaded them as virtual flashcards to a tablet or smartphone to be practiced while in the car, visiting relatives, or on vacation.

It doesn’t matter if you print them out to review alone, study them from a device, or turn them into a game; sight word flashcards are a great way to reinforce kindergarten vocabulary.

When using Kindergarten Sight Word Flashcards, start with three sight words. When your child knows these three words, add one additional word at a time to the existing words the child already knows.

If you add more, your child will likely become frustrated – and we want this to be fun! Continue adding one word at a time until your child can recognize all Kindergarten sight words.

Learning is always more effective when it’s turned into a game! Here are some of our favorite sight word games and apps.

• Go on a Word Hunt: Look for sight words in your Kindergartener’s favorite book! Count how many you can find. You could also print out a list of kindergarten sight words and put a checkmark next to each one you find.
• Sight Word Hopscotch: Draw a hopscotch board on the sidewalk with chalk and write different sight words in each square. As your child hops from square to square, have him call out the sight word he’s jumping to.
• Sight Word Water Balloon Smash: Fill water balloons and write sight words on each balloon in a permanent marker. On the sidewalk, write the sight words in chalk. Have your child choose a balloon, match it to the word on the sidewalk, and smash it on the chalked word. Not only is it a lot of fun, but it’s also a great way to stay cool.
• There are more Games in this Kindergarten Sight Word Bundle Packet, like these puzzles, etc.

• Sight Words by Photo Touch – Free.  This no-frills sight word app lets kids match the sight words and progress through the different levels.
• Sight Words List by Innovative Mobile Apps – $1.39. Bright and simple, this app lets you use pre-built lists of sight words or create your own. There are also challenges where kids can pick the sight word out of a group of words. The clear font makes the words easy to read.
• Sight Words: Kids Learn by Teacher Created Materials – Free. This sight words app features more frills than the two above. The pictures are colorful, the font is clear, and there are multiple games to help students practice their sight words.
• Print this FREE Kindergarten sight word list – Hang it by your door or on your refrigerator.  Review the list daily until your child can read them fluently and confidently.

You’ll also want to think about helping them even more by using this Kindergarten Sight Word Bundle Packet.

This printable packet is easy to use; you can download it and print it over & over to help your child.  The kids love it & they learn so much from the repetition of seeing the same words again & again.   It’s a great way to help your child learn their sight words, which helps them to learn to read well.

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If you're working with kindergarteners, a lot of your time will be spent helping them build language and reading skills. Sight words will be a primary focus of many of your lessons and activities. Use the helpful list of kindergarten sight words, along with related teaching tips, to help your students establish the strong language arts foundation they need to succeed in elementary school and beyond.

Dolch List: Basic Sight Words for Kindergarten

The Dolch sight words list is commonly used in elementary school classes. The full list contains more than 200 words, but not all of the terms are designed for use with kindergarten students. There are just over 50 (52 to be exact) kindergarten-specific sight words on the list. Those are the terms you should focus on when teaching basic sight words to kindergarteners.

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Printable List of Kindergarten Sight Words

The printable list of the Dolch kindergarten sight words is colorful and visually appealing, so it works well as a handout to share with students. Young children are sure to enjoy reviewing and studying the list!

52 kindergarten sight words

Kindergarten Sight Words A-G

You may want to break the word list down into relatively small alphabetical groupings, starting with the ones that begin with letters "a" through "g."

• all
• am
• are
• at
• ate
• be
• black
• brown
• but
• came
• did
• do
• eat
• four
• get
• good

Kindergarten Sight Words H-P

If you're proceeding alphabetically, move next to the words that start with "h" through "p. "

• have
• he
• into
• like
• must
• new
• no
• now
• on
• our
• out
• please
• pretty

Kindergarten Sight Words R-U

The next logical division is the words that begin with "r" through "u."

• ran
• ride
• saw
• say
• she
• so
• soon
• that
• there
• they
• this
• too
• under

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Kindergarten Sight Words W-Y

Finally, move to words that start with "w" through "y." Please note that the Dolch kindergarten sight words list doesn't include any terms that begin with the letter "z."

• want
• was
• well
• went
• what
• white
• who
• will
• with
• yes

Activities to Teach Kindergartners Sight Words

There are many ways to teach sight words to kindergarten students Whatever strategies you use, focus on helping students learn how to recognize and properly use sight words.

• Start with these lessons to learn kindergarten sight words, which focus on using flashcards, creating an animated movie and writing a song.
• Include some fun sight word games into your class, such as creating patterns with sight words or scavenger hunts to find hidden sight word flashcards.
• Challenge students to listen closely for sight words during storytime, and award prizes to the first student who raises a hand when a sight word is spoken.
• Assign students to come up with original sentences using certain sight words. Start with just one sight word per sentence, then make it more challenging by requiring two or three.
• Spur creativity by assigning students to work visual representations of one or more sight words into a drawing or other art project.
• Have students create a greeting card for a parent or other caregiver that features one or more sight words in the design or text.
• Challenge students to describe designated objects using only sight words. This can be a group, partner or individual activity.
• Read off a selection of phrases or sentences with sight words and ask students to ring a bell or hold up a card any time you speak one of their sight words.
• Host a sight word spelling bee, offering prizes to all students who make it through the round without misspelling any terms from the kindergarten sight word list.
• Engage in a round-robin storytelling game, with each student coming up with a sentence using a sight word. Go around the room in order so that the sentences form a story. Whether the story makes sense or not, it'll be fun and students will get to practice using their sight words.

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Tips for Developing a Sight Words Lesson Plan

For teaching kindergartners basic sight words, you should consider putting together a lesson plan focused on sight words appropriate for their grade level. Be sure to remember to add the fun into the lesson plans along with structured lessons.

• Take a close look at the resources you have around you in the classroom. Come up with a few objectives and goals which you would like your kindergartners to accomplish.
• The next part of your lesson should specify how you intend to teach the reading and spelling of the sight words. Use some of the activity ideas listed above, as well as any other sight word games or teaching methods appropriate for the subject matter.

Before you know it you will have a rock-solid plan on how to teach your students about their basic sight words.

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Building Langage Skills in Kindergarten

Of course, kindergarten language arts education shouldn't be limited solely to sight words. You'll need to use other tools and strategies to help your young students learn how to read. Incorporate some three-letter words for kindergarten reading practice into your language arts lessons. You may also find these printable kindergarten reading comprehension worksheets to be beneficial.

learning to be friends and help - article - Corporation Russian textbook (Drofa-Ventana publishing house)

In this material, we have collected for you 10 psychological games and exercises aimed at improving relationships with others. Their implementation does not require additional props, and the rules are very easy to remember or modify so that the game does not bother the children even after a month.

1. Wizard game

The main purpose of is to build trust within the group.

Game progress : all the children stand in a circle, putting their hands on each other's shoulders. One of the children is chosen as a "wizard", the teacher blindfolds him and transfers him to another place in the circle. Now other children are already standing next to the child: touching their shoulders with his hands, the “wizard” must say who it is. The teacher asks the guys to keep quiet while guessing so that the “magic” does not dissipate.

2. Game "Get up, I'm looking at you!"

Main target - develop mutual understanding between children.

Game progress : The teacher leads first to show the rules. Everyone sits in a row, the driver comes forward, looks around at all the children, and then stops looking at someone for 2-3 seconds. Whoever the host is now looking at should stand up and smile. All the children take turns leading to learn to understand and feel the gestures and articulation of others.

3. Game "Nature is sad"

The main goal of is to develop the ability to sympathize and help.

Game in progress.
Educator: Do you cry when you are offended?
Children: Yes, sometimes!
Educator: do you think nature can cry if someone offends her?
Children: probably!
Educator: it’s raining in the fall, did someone offend nature?

Further, the facilitator invites the children to discuss why nature can cry and how it could be offended. For a change, you can choose not abstract phenomena, but trees or flowers. Children should offer various options: how to take pity on nature and help her. During the discussion, the facilitator asks if it is possible to feel sorry for his friend in the same way if he was offended. Children come to the conclusion that empathy and support is not difficult.

4. Game "Good Magical Beast"

The main goal of is to develop the ability to cooperate and work together.

Game progress : all children gather side by side, hold hands (or put their hands on their shoulders). The lead educator says that now they are together - a big magical animal. In order to really become one, one must observe silence, calm down and listen to each other's breathing. And now try to breathe the same way - as if we are all one.

5. Evil paw game

The main goal of is to develop children's self-control skills in situations of conflict.

Game progress .
Leading: a long time ago, a small, but very harmful and evil paw lived in the city. She pushed the children, took away toys and pinched them. But the good guys managed to re-educate her. Let's try it too!

Children take turns sitting on a chair in the center of the circle and showing the Evil Paw - they squeeze their hand tightly, finger it. Further, all the children are invited to discuss in what situations the paw could be evil, and whether their own hands have ever been so. At the end of the discussion, the children come to the conclusion that the Evil Paw must be driven away, because no one will be friends with such a paw.

At the command of the leader, all the children immediately depict Evil paws, tensing their muscles, twisting their fingers and moving them. And after the teacher’s words “The paw has become kind!”, The children relax their hand. The game can be played after all conflict situations in the group.

6. The game "Offended Bunny"

The main goal of is to develop the ability to sympathize and love others

Game progress : the leader (one of the children) sits in the center of the circle. He is an offended little bunny who did not have time to pick a delicious carrot / not the fastest in the forest / met an evil wolf. The reason can not be specified if the children themselves do not offer options.
All the guys take turns approaching the sad bunny and trying to comfort and feel sorry for him.

7. The game "Small circle - big circle"

The main goal is to develop in children the ability to cooperate.

Game progress : the leader and the children form a large circle, holding hands. At the command of the teacher, it is necessary to make the largest circle without breaking hands. Then the smallest one. You can try: the longest, the highest (jumping), the lowest (sit down), the most smiling (smiling), the most cheerful (laughing). The main thing is to learn how to do it all together and keep the circle intact.

8. Magic bubbles game

The main goal is to show children that love is magic.

Game progress : Bubble bottles are required for this exercise. You can use one and pass it around. The facilitator turns on the music and invites the children to take a deep breath and exhale.
Educator: Now imagine that there is a lot of magic and love inside you! Breathe them into each bubble. Imagine what you love: mom, flowers, animals, friends, the whole world! Let our magic bubbles scatter in different directions, taking our magic with them!

9. Game "Sit down if you..."

Game progress : the host tells that all children and all people in the world are very different, but at the same time everyone is similar to each other. Then he turns on quiet background music and offers to check.

Host: Let's make sure it's true! Let those who love . .. chocolate now stand up and take the place of another!

Children get up and move to the vacant seats.

The teacher offers different options: who loves Fixies, who likes to sleep during quiet hours, who helps mom, who always finishes lunch, who loves autumn, etc.

After several stages, the children are invited to conclude that they really have a lot in common in the group, and in order to get to know another person and make friends with him, you can ask him what he likes.

10. Funny Piano Game

Main target - develop the ability to cooperate, empathy skills and self-control

Game progress : all children sit on chairs in one line. Now they are not just guys, but the keys of a magic piano that sound like the voices of different animals. The teacher assigns each kid his own voice - cats, mice, frogs, dogs, high, low, la-la, a-a-a.

Next, the lead pianist moves along a row of children, lightly touching the shoulder or head of the child - pressing the keys. The keys need to sound at the moment of touch, and then stop.

When performing the task again, you can complicate it: for example, press “two keys” at once next to children sitting or adjust the volume of the sound with the place where the pianist presses: the head is loud, the shoulder is quiet.

Municipal preschool educational institution "Kindergarten No. 2" of the city of Yaroslavl

02.12.2019 Waste paper collection

Dear parents!

We would like to thank you and your children for participating in the environmental education campaign "Bright Ecology" (waste paper collection). This action has already become traditional in our institution. We collected 1310 kg of waste paper!

Thank you for the fact that most families take an active part in the action, thereby forming the right environmental awareness of their children!

"You are a human! It depends on you,

How your planet will live!"

06/25/2018 Gratitude

Dear parents!

Thank you for your heartfelt participation in the life of the kindergarten, despite being busy and lacking time. Thank you for your patience and diligence!

more: Photo gallery of gratitude to groups

08/08/2017 Ecological and educational action "Bright Ecology" (collection of waste paper)

Dear parents!

Thank you and your children for participating in the environmental education campaign "Bright Ecology" (waste paper collection). This campaign has already become traditional in our institution. We collected 1850 kg of waste paper, breaking our personal record of last year.

Thank you for the fact that most families take an active part in the action, thereby forming the right environmental awareness of their children!

"You are a human! It depends on you,

How your planet will live!"

08/17/2017 Thanks for the registration of groups

Dear parents!

The kindergarten administration and teachers sincerely thank you for the help you provide in organizing the groups. Thank you for your patience and diligence.

08/17/2017 Competition "The best feeder"

Dear parents!

Within the framework of the city campaign "Take care of the birds", a family competition "The Best Feeder" was held in our kindergarten. 125 families responded to our call: fathers and mothers, together with their children, made wonderful and unique feeders. (exhibition of works)

November 29, 2016 vote passed. Parents and children visited the exhibition and chose the feeders they liked the most. Adults and children received an amazing charge of joy and pride for the work done.

According to the results of voting, feeders were recognized:

08/17/2017 Waste paper collection

The administration of the kindergarten thanks you and your children for your help in collecting waste paper.

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08/17/2017 Feedback from parents

Dear parents!

We would like to thank you for your heartfelt feedback on the activities carried out in our kindergarten during our first academic year.

• “Dear employees of our kindergarten! What good fellows you are!! Everything was very bright, beautiful, elegant!!! Such a holiday was arranged for our children !!! Thank you, parents of the group "Pearl".

• “Thank you for the interesting activities within the framework of the Open Doors Week, it is clear what children know and can do, it's nice that the classes are in an exciting and playful way. Parent of the "Rybki" group.

• “… having visited the holiday dedicated to the family day, we saw how our children opened up to us in a new way: they read poetry, sang songs, danced. How much joy and inspiration in their big eyes. Many thanks for the work done and the organization of such a wonderful holiday.” 05/16/2017 group "Rybki"

• “… many thanks to the teaching staff of the kindergarten. The holiday dedicated to the family day left the best impressions. This is a great event that parents spend with their children, rejoice, admire and remember their childhood. ” 18.5.2017 parents of the Zvyozdochka group.

We are very pleased that parents see and appreciate our work. In turn, we are grateful to them for their activity in the life of the kindergarten, for their responsiveness, positive attitude and high appreciation of the professionalism of the teaching staff.

We bring to your attention a video film about the professions of a teacher and educator, developed by the Ministry of Education and Science within the framework of the subprogram "Increasing the Prestige of the Teaching Profession" of the Comprehensive Program for Improving the Professional Level of Teachers of General Educational Organizations. View the link

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08/17/2017 Preparation of sites for the summer period

Dear parents!

On behalf of the staff of the kindergarten and the children, we sincerely thank you for the fact that, despite being very busy, lack of time, you found the strength in yourself, remained indifferent, were responsive and took an active part in preparing the sites for the summer period.

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