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| Pros of Memorizing Sight Words | If the most frequently used words in texts are memorized and the child doesn’t have to take time to stop and decode the words, the child can read more quickly and pleasantly. |
| Cons of Memorizing Sight Words | Most of the Dolch and Fry first grade sight words can be easily decoded easily. Children have only a certain amount of time to learn each day. Memorizing words can be just as hard and take just as long as learning to decode the words. Time spent memorizing high-frequency words can instead be applied to a good phonics program that teaches the child how to decode and read those words as well as many others. |
| The Good and the Beautiful Philosophy on First Grade Sight Words | The Good and the Beautiful, one of the most widely used homeschool curriculum programs, focuses on phonics while having children memorize a short list of the highest-frequency words that can’t be easily decoded at this age level. This method has proven successful with hundreds of thousands of children using The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts Courses. |
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