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Get Ready to Read!
Why wait for school—give
your preschooler every possible
educational
advantage
now! Start your
child down the vibrant image to help kids connect
exciting road to words to people, places, and
learning with things around them.
this fantastic Many categories also include
book. My First 1000 Words is a sample sentences that show
picture/word book that helps pre- young readers the
readers understand the relationship vocabulary words
between text and speech. Read used in action.
along with your child, Several of these
and watch the sentences contain
connections form. Dolch sight
The vocabulary words—common words such as
words are grouped in, is, and it that appear frequently
according to categories in text. Vocabulary words are
children will recognize highlighted in blue; sight words
instantly. Each word is paired with a are highlighted in red. These
sample sentences demonstrate
how words work together to
create language. Learning these
vocabulary words and seeing
them used in sentences will
help children begin to read with
con dence and have fun doing it!
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