If
you have been following my blog or my articles on SpanglishBaby™, then you know
that Sofía and I have been learning our Abecedario,
our letras and their sounds.
Reading
Specialist and early elementary grade teachers everywhere recommend that
children learn sight words while on their path to becoming proficient
readers. Sight words are important to
learn because they are words that make up a large part (about 70%) of all
reading. Usually they are words that are
difficult to sound out and grasp concept through context. Although I don’t need to worry about sight words
yet since Sofía is just learning her abecedario,
I did research sight words en Español
to share with readers with children who are beginning to read.
One
of the best ways to learn Sight Words is the old fashioned way: through flashcards (and plain ole reading of
course!). As an educator, I can’t stress enough the usefulness of
using flashcards with your children. When
the time comes and Sofía begins to learn to read, we will be using Sight Word
flash cards in both languages.
Scholastic
has great resources for Sight Words in both Inglés
and Español (Downloadable versions
only cost 99¢ each!) Their links to Sight Word resources in Español can be accessed through my
article on SpanglishBaby™.
This
post is a linked additional information section for an article called Reading and Your SpanglishBaby on SpanglishBaby™.
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