In kindergarten, my daughter refused to read words in isolation. So I started drawing pictures around the words to give them context.
Upon looking for flashcards with pictures, teachers told me about the Bob Books. They are the only kind of reading system that incorporates words with pictures. Cheaper yet, we turned to the Dick and Jane books. These books have the sight words and pictures with enough repetition to learn the words.
How can we make learning sight words fun and effective?
Make your own pictures that go with word meanings.
Upon looking for flashcards with pictures, teachers told me about the Bob Books. They are the only kind of reading system that incorporates words with pictures. Cheaper yet, we turned to the Dick and Jane books. These books have the sight words and pictures with enough repetition to learn the words.
How can we make learning sight words fun and effective?
Make your own pictures that go with word meanings.
In fact, have your child dream up pictures that go with word meanings – preferably with a friend! Use a white board as this takes a lot of erasing.
This is an effective learning strategy for primary, intermediate, and ESL students to connect the meanings and spellings of words.
At the bottom of this entry is a page from Purple Cows & Potato Chips (1995) which gives more examples of how words can be turned into pictures.
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