These are basic sight words that a child will see all the time as they begin reading. That’s why it’s important to learn them, but every child learns differently, and 5 is a young age to be “studying.” Make it fun, and vary it as much as possible. Read to her frequently. At first, when you see one of her sight words in the story, point it out to her. “Oh look, I see the word is on this page.” and point to it. After a few days, tell her you see the word “is” on this page and ask her to find it. If she has difficulty finding it, show her which line it is on to help her be successful at locating the word. Write silly sentences, leaving out the target word. “Mary___ silly.” Read the sentence to her inserting the missing word, and say, Oh silly me, I forgot to write “is.” Here’s the marker, you fill it in for me! She will probably love this game. Having the words available on index cards will give her something to copy to help her. If she enjoys “silly,” you can make it funnier by inserting the wrong word (just place the wrong index card there and laugh and ask her to find the right word.

These activities will make the words more concrete and meaningful to her, and so she will retain more of what she learns.

Grand daughter had to do the same. What teacher did was printed each word that she needed to study, on small cards to take home everyday.

She put rubber band around them and put in a small vanilla envelope. That’s the 1st thing done before rest of assignments if there were any. Before long she knew those words inside and out. Then teacher would print new words on a different color card paper and the process would begin again.

It was a simple task and the cards really made it easy. It kept her attention long enough to even have a little fun with the words …. she has ADHD.

Good Luck

Make it fun! I take my daughter’s words and together we make a book out of construction paper. She draws the pictures and I help her spell the words out. At the end we read it to her daddy and sisters. She remembers them easier every week this way.

I helped my son by writing the words on index cards. I would put one or two cards next to his dish at mealtime. Then I would tell him the word and have him spell it. Just looking at it through the meal worked wonders for him.

Go over them w/ her in the morn. as she is getting into bed; make them A part of her every day life. She’ll learn quickly.

Repetition, repetition, repetition