Make learning more engaging by incorporating multisensory techniques. Encourage kids to write the sight words as well as see, say, hear, touch, and write them. To strengthen visual recognition, use visual aids like word walls, charts, or flashcards. Kids can create a tactile connection by tracing the words with their fingers. Are you surprised by any of the answers? Perhaps your children could try to guess some of the most-used words in English. By finding the correct connective words for each sentence, children can also learn how different words are used to connect different types of sentences and hence contribute to different meanings. Examples include: We can try and chat to our little ones daily about the things that we are doing to encourage them to learn to talk. High-frequency words are words that are used most commonly and frequently used in the English language, for example, 'and', 'the', 'as', and 'it'. These are smaller words that make up the majority of English written material.

Based on evidence from the billion-word Oxford English Corpus, Oxford have identified the hundred commonest English words found in writing globally: With this resource being specific to your needs, you might want to take a look at using Twinkl Create? Our Twinkl illustrations are available for use with a range of fabulous templates: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/create

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The Letters and Sounds assessment taken in Year 1 of UK Primary Education tests both children's level of phonic knowledge and their ability to read unseen words based on the sounds they already know.

This list is a great prompt when children are practising their writing. It's also perfect for general revision! High-frequency words are used every day, so it's best to teach children these words early. Simply print out this sheet for reference and distribute one on each classroom table. Children can then refer to this whilst completing independent writing tasks Another fun way to help your child to learn these high frequency words is to choose a handful of the words and encourage them to make a silly sentence which contains as many of them as possible! Dr. Edward B. Fry, an educational psychologist, and professor at Rutgers University, developed the Fry sight word list. Dr. Fry studied the frequency of words in written English during the 1990s. This teacher's guide contains dictation passages to test KS1 children's spelling of the first 100 high frequency words from letters and sounds. It's perfect as a core lesson activity aimed at children with differing abilities. More Dictation ResourcesLearning how to read high frequency words is super important as they will make up a large proportion of the words your child will encounter in everyday texts. They also need to learn to spell these words as they will find they will need to use them a great deal in their writing. Commonly kids learn to start speaking aged 12 months, however, we can start teaching them to communicate within the first few days of their lives…

For more fun ways to teach children about high frequency words try our High Frequency Words Snakes and Ladders Board Game. Want more great resources like this? Create your own Twinkl account today to discover more teacher-made resources!So once a child has learned to say a few basic words, it’s time for us to start expanding their vocabulary to include a range of words. When we start little ones off with language we normally teach them simple nouns, names, places or things…