Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

A brain teaser is a short, playful puzzle designed to make your mind stretch and smile. It could be a riddle, a tricky question, a visual illusion, or a logic twist that nudges you to think beyond the ...

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I recently provided you all with some of the Dolch sight words and some activities to go along with the Dolch list. But, actually, there is more than one frequently used list of sight words. Another ...

Parents need to know that Smiley Sight Words can be used to drill children on over 1,500 common English words. Parents can check progress reports after each play session. Kids (or parents) can mark ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

Retired teacher Lysa Sassman, who volunteers with Sight Word Busters, helps six-year-old Julian practice his letters as a prelude to sight word work Nov. 13 at Sierra Hills School in Meadow Vista.

Every August, teachers decorate classrooms and prepare for students to return to school. As a rite of passage for the new year, teachers create lists of items they'd like to get to enhance and nurture ...

Teaching sight words is the topic of this blog post. Through research-backed insights, this post will unpack the multifaceted world of sight words, demystifying their role in early literacy ...