| Is your child falling behind in grade level expectations? | | | | practice their sight words as often as needed, using |
| Not recognizing words, or trying to sound out every | | | | our decodable text books, all in a way that is fun and |
| word he comes to? Unable to blend sounds into | | | | easy. |
| words? Reversing, substituting, adding, or omitting | | | | For any child who struggles in reading, adding the visual |
| sounds? These are common problems that face | | | | and kinesthetic elements is like giving him a friendly, |
| young children today. Fortunately, Child 1st can help. | | | | non-threatening approach that is not a reminder of |
| At Child 1st, our product designers look at children first | | | | past failure. Some children do not successfully learn to |
| to discover how they learn most naturally. We | | | | read the expected way: they might not understand |
| integrate explicit phonics instruction with specific | | | | decoding, might not have a good retention of sight |
| strategies (visuals, movement, storytelling, humor, | | | | words, but giving them visuals and motions as |
| rhyme, and patterns) to engage children with an array | | | | additional pathways for learning can make all the |
| of learning strengths. CFP's products are also highly | | | | difference in the world. Moreover, for non-English |
| effective in teaching beginning readers, building a strong | | | | speakers, our sight words greatly enhance the learning |
| foundation for learning from the very start. | | | | experience as the visual becomes a vital memory |
| Among our many resources, we have the most | | | | prompt to meaning. At first, children might say the |
| advanced tools to help children with sight words. | | | | word in their own language, but over time, they will |
| SnapWords® are multisensory Dolch sight words | | | | make the transition to English words! |
| combined with other high frequency words. They help | | | | Child1st sight word cards propel children into reading. |
| visual, right brained learners, and children with learning | | | | No matter how difficult reading has seemed before. |
| disabilities learn to read more easily. Although we call | | | | For those children who cannot decode, are stuck in the |
| our products "sight words for kindergarten," you may | | | | decoding stage, or who have little short term memory, |
| teach our Dolch sight words to children of any age | | | | SnapWords® are the answer. Providing multisensory |
| with great success. | | | | reading instruction is vital for Learners with Dyslexia, |
| Sight Words are easily defined as the most common | | | | Aspergers, Autism, ADD, Reading Comprehension |
| words that comprise found in most children's texts. | | | | Problems, Visual Learners, and other Right Brain |
| There is a big push in most schools for children to | | | | Learners. We provide a path to reading success using |
| memorize these words so that they can experience | | | | explicit phonics instruction combined with visual, |
| success in reading. At Child 1st, our idea is not to | | | | kinesthetic (body movement), and tactile elements that |
| replace a systematic phonics instruction curriculum and | | | | provide multiple channels into the brain. |
| expect children to memorize 306 words. Our | | | | To learn more about sight words and Child-1st |
| approach is different. For children who have difficulty in | | | | products or to request a catalogue, feel free to visit us |
| working on left-brain functions, we embed cards | | | | at Child-1st. We can also be reached directly via phone |
| visuals into the letters and sight words, allowing the | | | | 704-240-995 or fax 704.240-9998. |
| child to focus on what he's reading. This way, children | | | | Child-1st Publications LLC is a publisher of children’s |
| will learn good phonics strategies, combined with | | | | sight words books and special needs learning materials. |
| visuals, will help make them fluent readers. Children can | | | | |