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  • Erudition™’s Sight Words

    Erudition™’s Sight Words Sight words are those words commonly found in print that emergent readers are encouraged to recognize by sight. They are the cornerstone of the board game, Erudition™. Through extensive research, Dr. Edward Dolch and Dr. Edward Fry developed sight word lists. These lists were the primary source of Erudition™’s sight word game…

  • Mechanics of Learning to Read

    Mechanics of Learning to Read Reading unlocks a lifetime of learning and opportunities. Learning to read is the single, most important step toward a successful future. This skill is best mastered when the parent or educator has a firm grasp of the mechanics involved in the reading process. A combination of phonemic awareness, word analysis,…

  • The Dolch List is Not the Only Sight Word List

    The Dolch List is Not the Only Sight Word List Sight words are common often phonetically irregular words that a child is encourage to read automatically. Studies reveal that with over a half million words in the English language, only a couple hundred are regularly used in printed material. Doctors Edward William Dolch and Edward…

  • Dolch Sight Words

    Edward William Dolch, Ph.D. published a book called Problems in Reading which devoted an entire chapter on sight words. Dolch identified a need for a sight word list as opposed to a standard word list which typically contains over five hundred words. He concluded that the most essential words will be repeated on the “best”…

  • The Dynamic Duo: Phonics and Sight Words

    The Dynamic Duo: Phonics and Sight Words   Over the past decade educators and experts have analyzed various methods used to teach reading. Today most teachers and reading experts recommend an approach that contains five essential elements. Phonics and word study are one of the five key areas of reading instruction. This area focuses on…

  • Dolch and Dr. Seuss

    Dolch and Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel, under the pen name Dr. Seuss, authored numerous beginner reading books, which have passed the test of time. In the mid 1950s, Dr. Seuss’ publisher generated a list of 400 common words and asked the author to refine this list to 250 words and write a book using…