What are the kindergarten sight words

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Sight words are words that appear frequently in most of the text people read, but can't easily be sounded out. Learning them helps children become more confident readers. This list of kindergarten sight words includes the most commonly used words every kid should know, also called high frequency words. Although kids won't need to be able to read these sight words until the end of kindergarten, if you've got a pre-K child itching to get started with sight words, this is a great place to start ... before kindergarten rolls around!

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Flash cards help kids learn sight words...without it feeling like work! Check out over 100 brightly-colored sight words in our set of sight words flashcards.

To make memorization even more fun, check out our free online sight words games. Kids can practice identifying these essential words by popping balloons, hopping in mud, and soaring through the sky!

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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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Poems for children about kindergarten

Kindergarten
O. Vysotskaya

We come to kindergarten,
There are toys there.
Steam locomotive,
Steamboat
The guys are waiting.

There are pictures on the wall
And flowers on the window.
I want -
I'll ride
On a toy horse!

Everything in this house is for us -
Fairy tales, song and story,
Noisy dance,
Quiet hour, -
Everything in this house is for us!

What a nice house!
We grow in it every day,
And when we grow up
,
Let's go to school together.

* * *

Kindergarten

Dmitry Sukharev

Kindergarten starts at eight,
And by eight our yard is filled with a swarm.
Human offspring, lover of fuss,
Silent and gloomy in the morning.

It's time for me to go to work, I'm running,
The yard greets me with chirping burr,
And the offspring are already piling up in the snow
Their towers, their labor quarters.

Sometimes a bulletin, sticking out at the window,
I keep looking and watching for a long, long time,
Like, free and violent, from dark to dark
The shift is accustomed to order and duty.

And the guys leave at seven, in half-darkness,
In a hurry, without saying "goodbye" to each other,
And they hurriedly mince through the frozen ground,
Clutching on to mother's warm hand.

* * *

New nursery

Z. Alexandrova

A new nursery is open with us,
Children will come to the nursery now.

There are cribs in bright rooms
Children will be put into these cribs.

Misha holding on to his mother's hem -
Misha came to the nursery crying.

Olenka boldly walks alone,
She herself ran into the manger.

Wash your face more cleanly, do not spare water -
Your hands will be whiter from soap.

Cows eat tasty grass,
They will give a lot of milk for the children.

The guys began to dine in the garden,
Today there will be pancakes in honey.

The new one spilled his milk,
It's a pity that the pussy is far away now.

Grasshoppers chirp loudly in the field.
The boys were put to sleep in the cold.

Plump Petya is still very small,
Start walking and fell on the grass.

The guys sat down to play on the sand,
Serezha made a tall pie.

Olenka lives happily in the manger,
Likes to dance and dance.

Now the gray winter has come,
White hats were put on at home.

New sleds creak in the snow.
The guys were called to the manger for the Christmas tree.

The guys stood in a wide circle,
Someone lit candles on the Christmas tree.

Olenka boldly steps forward,
Little white bunny gives a doll.

Everyone is happy with a good present.
Have fun in the nursery with our guys.

* * *

To school
Z. Aleksandrova

The yellow leaves are flying,
The day is cheerful.
Escorts kindergarten
Children to school.
Our flowers have faded,
Birds are flying away.
-You are going to the first class
for the first time.

Sad dolls sit
On an empty terrace.
Our cheerful kindergarten
Remember in class.
Remember the garden,
The river in the far field...
We, too, in a year
We will be with you at school.
The suburban train has departed,
Rushing past the windows...
-They promised well,
is the best to study!

* * *

Day of farewell
I. Demyanov

Sad maples near the fence-
Day of farewell…
Goodbye kindergarten,
Goodbye!
We sit at our desks
This autumn!
Even the teddy bear
Doesn't want to sleep...
Sitting on the floor in the corner
They said goodbye to him.
Here are some raindrops on the glass
Rolling down...
It's a sad day, we guys have
And cheerful.
Goodbye, kindergarten.
Hello school!

* * *

Odezhkin's house
I. Demyanov

I'm taking my galoshes home,
There's a lot to do today...
Clothes's house,
My locker is completely empty!
And how filled it was in winter - sleeves stuck out ...
It used to be, the door, my locker,
I barely closed
Another kid will take you,
I'm going to study!
Clothes house, my locker,
We say goodbye to you forever, like old friends!

* * *

Quiet time
E.Tarakhovskaya

The shutters are closing,
The children are undressing.
- Hush, hush, hush, birds,
Do not sing under the window!
In a quiet hour sleeps so sweetly,
The guys sleep soundly.
Don't clatter, cicadas,
Don't crackle - clack-clack-clack!
The guys need to rest,
They need to sleep for an hour!
Don't croak, frogs,
Under the guys' window!
There are folding beds,
Here the children sleep soundly.
Shutters open
Children are dressing…
Children, tell me,
What did you see in your dream?

* * *

Why are the toys sad?

Why are the toys sad,
Leaning against the sofa cushion?
They look at each other sadly -
Their mistress forgot about them.

The doll in a satin dress has drooped.
How, how can she walk now?
Who will take a ride in a baby carriage
And tell funny stories?

What happened to the girl Mila,
Cute, cheerful, sweet?
Mom and dad are talking,
Kindergarten is over.

Bought a new leather briefcase,
Books, pens, pencils
And nice shoes too.
Mila rejoices from the bottom of her heart!

Soon, soon cheerful people
Hurry on the way to school.
A girl will become a student,
Mom and dad will be proud.

Hugs toys Mila:
“But I haven't forgotten about you at all.
My sister is growing up,
I will not stand aside,
I will help a little.
Let's play toys together!

* * *

Years have flown by merrily,
Never forget them!
But the time has come to part -
After all, tomorrow we are going to school!
Goodbye dolls, bunnies, bears!
Now more important than notebooks, books,
Be a diligent student,
Success, happiness, good luck!

* * *

Farewell to kindergarten

Goodbye, our beloved, kind kindergarten!
We were together with you for many years in a row!
And now we're parting - we have to go to school,
But we won't forget you in our life's journey!

Teachers have become family to us now,
They opened the door to our kindergarten for the first time!
They had fun together with us and taught us,
And now they are seeing us off to school, to the first grade!

We wish them health, happiness and kindness,
We will always remember them with love, with joy always!
And when we grow up, we will come to you again
And we will bring our beloved children to kindergarten!

* * *

In September the first bell will ring,
And you will step for the first time on the school threshold!
And the teacher will lead you to the classroom by the hand,
And the first school lesson will begin at the desk!

* * * *

Olga Pavlovna
NEDENEVA

Who will tell you about everything:
CONCLUSE
How the plants,
and what are the machines,
and how gardeners are
They break flower beds,
And about the north, and about the south,
And about everything that is around,
And about coal, and about gas,
About the taiga and about the Caucasus,
About a bear, about a fox
And about berries in the forest?

Who will teach you how to draw,
Build, sew and embroider,
Having seated the children in a circle,
Read them a poem,
Say: “Teach it yourself,
And then read it to your mother”?

Who will figure it out right now,
Why Oleg is fighting,
Why did Gali and Nina have
He took away the matryoshka,
Why did Misha immediately break the clay elephant?

This is the teacher,
This is Olga Pavlovna.

Loves Olga Pavlovna
All her children,
Very much Olga Pavlovna
Loves kindergarten!

* * *

New girl
N. Naydenova

New girl
In kindergarten.
To the new girl
I'll be right there.

— Why are you on the sidelines?
It's boring alone.
Here are our toys,
Here is a clockwork elephant.

You see -
I turned him on with the key,
Now he will pass
From the wall to the table.

Here are our cubes,
We build houses.
You will also learn to
Build yourself!

Let's go, I'll take you to the guys
.
All the girls like
Kindergarten!

* * *

INVITATION TO GRADUATION IN KINDERGARTEN

We invite everyone to the ball

To a smart music hall,

Where there will be music and laughter,

0010

Smiles, games, songs, speeches,

Hope for meetings in the future,

Fragrances of flowers

Honor and glory for calling

Great - to love children,

Give the warmth of your hearts,

Where memory will whirl in a waltz:

"Do you remember?. ." grown up…”

“We didn't have time to look back…”

And eyes wet with tears —

Everything has its time, its time!

Go ahead baby! Go!

You are full of strength, hope, love.

We believe that your destiny is

Always be happy!

Always!

* * *

Playing with the herd

Agniya Barto

Yesterday we played with the herd,

And we had to growl.

We growled and mooed,

They barked like dogs,

Didn't hear any remarks from

Anna Nikolaevna.

And she said sternly:

— What kind of noise are you making?

I have seen many children -

I see such children for the first time.

We told her:

— There are no children here!

We are not Petit and Vova —

We are dogs and cows.

And the dogs always bark,

They don't understand your words.

And the cows are always mooing,

Keeping the flies away.

And she answered: — What are you doing?

Okay, if you are cows,

Then I am a shepherd.

I ask you to keep in mind:

I take the cows home.

Kindergarten

V. Moruga

I love my kindergarten
It is full of children.
One, two, three, four, five…
It's a pity that we can't count them all.
Maybe a hundred of them, maybe two hundred.
It's good when we're together!

Farewell, the country of Courland,
Ridiculous Fiction!
Let's swim, friends, be bold!
Sailing to the land of fantasy,
Far First Class.
On our ship.
Farewell, our fabulous pier,
Both kind and mysterious,
Farewell, our kindergarten!

* * *

Wake up

P. Mazikin

Now the sun has peeped
And in your window, child,
Unfolded
A golden canvas over the fields.
Get up, look out your window:
A summer day is full of miracles.
Here is a naughty path
She took someone to the forest.
There, on the surface of the sky
The sun is pulling the plane.
Crows are crying in the meadow,
The tower-cloud is floating.
Joy beats in bird songs.
People are walking in a hurry.
Who goes where, but we go to kindergarten.
Well, get up, mom is waiting!

* * *

Tatyana Agibalova

Today we are all children
Group number eight
Tell us about kindergarten
Politely ask.
"There are no secrets," -
Natasha will tell us, -
"They give dinner before going to bed,
And porridge for breakfast."
Cyril smiles:
"We go for a walk,
We sculpt, make crafts here,
We dance round dances."
Children love kindergarten,
He is bright, good,
Just something frown
He suddenly stood at Serezha's.
What happened, what kind?
Answer us right away.
And Serezha says:
"I've been punished since morning."
I didn’t dream
I didn’t dream today
No magical lands,
I didn’t hear from the lianas
The cries of birds and monkeys,
I didn’t meet parrots,
I didn’t see the local owls,
And they didn’t frighten me
The roars of lions from behind the bushes.
I didn’t dream for some reason,
It’s not my fault,
Sluggish hippos,
Good-natured elephants,
I didn’t dream about camels either,
No matter how I expected it ...
But I dreamed for some reason,
That I was late for school.

* * *

FOR A GRADUATE

You are a graduate today,
You graduated from kindergarten.
Pen, eraser and diary
In a brand new knapsack.

We want to receive
Only one mark "five",
Learn a lot,
Kindergarten to remember!
* * *

TO A GRADUATE
The last time you came to the kindergarten,
Today you are in full parade,
In one hand is a balloon,
in the other is a brand new "Primer".

Sunny summer will rush by,
And you will come to school with a bouquet
We wish you to study well
And make friends with the whole class!

* * *

FIRST GRADE
On the first day of autumn,
Joyful, cheerful,
In a cheerful mood
You will run to school.

You will meet after the summer
There are swirling friends,
And everyone in bouquets
Festive asters.

You will be working until May
.
We wish you
Study well!

Mom is very dear
Every step you take,
Bring fives
More for her, my friend!

* * *

Katya in the nursery

Z. Alexandrova

One, two, three, four, five:
We are going to walk.
Tied Katya
Striped scarf.

Katya's sledge carries
From the porch to the gate.
A Seryozha on the path
Throws crumbs to the pigeons.

... Girls and boys
Jump like balls,
Stomp their feet,
Laugh merrily.

Why is not dancing
Our new one?
Katya is going to the new girl,
Leading her to a round dance.

… The lights went out,
The nursery fell asleep:
Both Lida and Katya,
And the dolls in the bed.

Only Mishka is awake,
Sitting at the window;
Looking at the moon:
"I can't sleep at all!"

* * *

To the future first grader
My dear baby, my dear son,
Today you will return home grown up.
You dreamed a lot that you would become big,
And dad and I will be proud of you.

And now it has come, this joyful moment,
Before we blinked, he overtook us.
Can you hear the birds singing outside the windows,
The surf is rustling and the trees are blooming?

All this is for you, my dear, everything around,
The whole world and the smiles of friends and girlfriends!
Let's not be sad, although a little sorry,
That Ladushki is no longer our way,

That this house will no longer wait for us,
Others will play in the sandbox.
Keep love in your heart
And come here to visit with your friends.

Remember all those who loved you here,
In "Ladushki" you understood what "friends" means,
You met care, warmth and comfort,
Good people and fairy tales live here!

Bolder forward, tomorrow - a new life!
Take my hand and hold on tight!

***

V. Tovarkov
Why do they say that?
Kindergarten, kindergarten...
Why do they say that?
We are not aspens,
We are not mountain ash.
Vova, Klava, Mishenka -
These are not cherries!

Kindergarten, kindergarten…
Why do they say that?
We are not leaves,
We are not flowers
Blue, scarlet-
We are little guys!

Kindergarten, kindergarten…
Why do they say that?
Because together in it
We are growing as one family!
That's why they say:
- There is a kindergarten in this house!

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