Sight Words (Ages 4-6)

Do you find yourself trying to practice sight words with your child, but having trouble keeping them engaged? Are you frustrated with worksheets, paper flashcards, or other "cute" apps that lack the personalized repetition you know your child really needs? Well, if you are looking for a tool that’ll help you accelerate your kids' mastery of language, Brainscape’s Pre-K sight word flashcards are just the thing.

Our adaptive pre-k and kindergarten sight word flashcards are popular with parents with young kids who are learning to read. The magic lies in our flashcard algorithm, which uses spaced repetition to help learners of all ages learn (and remember) more effectively, based on proven cognitive science principles.

The best Pre-K and Kindergarten sight words flashcards

Each pre-K and kindergarten sight word flashcard in Brainscape works like this:

1. Your child is asked to verbally pronounce the word on the screen (e.g. girl)
2. Your child then"flips" the flashcard, and the correct audio pronunciation is played twice
3. Your child (or you) then rate how well they knew the word, on a scale of 1-5
4. Brainscape uses that confidence rating to determine how often to repeat that word

If your child doesn’t know the word well, Brainscape’s intelligent algorithm will repeat that flashcard more often. And if they do know it well, it won’t show it again for a while; though it will still be repeated now and then so that they don’t forget it.

And that's it! As a parent, you can sit back and enjoy seeing your child make daily progress!

How Brainscape’s Kindergarten and Pre-K sight word flashcards help your child learn faster and remember for longer

The brain is hardwired to learn and remember information a certain way. The Brainscape™ flashcard app was born out of the question: what if we leveraged this hardwiring to help students learn more efficiently? Fueled by curiosity, our team of cognitive scientists from Columbia and Yale spent years developing a scientifically optimized learning platform to boost your learning.

Our "secret sauce" is a learning algorithm that delivers information to your brain in a way that optimizes its ability to retain that information. And it’s the spaced repetition of sight words at precisely the right interval for YOUR brain that makes Brainscape so effective for remembering the facts.

With Brainscape’s Pre-K and Kindergarten Sight Words flashcards, you get:

• 300+ Dynamic flashcards covering English sight words such as ‘little’, ‘we’, and other important vocabulary.
• New vocabulary, which your child can cement in their brain using sample sentences, synonyms, pronunciation guidance, and reverse cards, in addition to clear definitions.
• A customized flashcard repetition algorithm that cuts your child’s memorization time dramatically.
• In-sync studying across Brainscape’s website and all iOS and Android devices.
• Ongoing feedback, statistics, and visualization tools to help you track your child’s progress.

However you and your child choose to use these audio flashcards, we are confident that you will both love this experience and the reading skills that it helps develop. We wish you the best of luck on your learning journey!

Additional free resources for parents with young kids who are learning to read:

• Read: What do kids need to know before kindergarten? and How to use Brainscape, the best preschool app, to teach your kids.
• Explore: Brainscape’s YouTube channel for advice on how to optimize your kids’ studying so you get more done in less time and with even less anxiety.
• Get: [Brainscape’s free, editable daily planners and classroom schedule templates](https://www.brainscape.com/academy/study-planner-templates/