
Concurrent with learning the pre-primer and primer lists, children are also encouraged to commit Dolch’s list of 95 high frequency nouns to memory. This list consists of 52 words and includes at, be, but, came, did, do, he, into, no, on, saw, she, was, with and yes. After learning the pre-primer list, children should be taught the primer list. A, and, for, in, is, it, said, the and to are the building blocks of this list. This list includes the most frequently occurring words in children’s books. Dolch words, or sight words, are important in early reading development because they represent high-frequency words and are difficult to sound out.ĭolch’s pre-primer list of 40 words is recommended for students in grades Kindergarten and first grade.

The Dolch word list includes the most common 220 words and 95 nouns children encounter in reading material. One of the most commonly used lists for teaching kindergarten sight words is the Dolch Word List. (Get Kindergarten Sight Words Worksheets Here)
