Words like “their,” “know,” “who” and “does” are among approximately 100 words they must memorize because they’re either very frequent or can’t be sounded out. They have to ...

But some words don’t follow any regular patterns—like the word “of,” said Shanahan. In those cases, he said, the easiest route is to have kids memorize the word.

These are books I created to help my little ones who were struggling with word boundaries, sight words and alphabet skills. They loved having their own books they could color, write on and keep in ...

Sight words are words like “the” and “you,” words that you can’t easily sound out and young children are encouraged to memorize.

Chad Henderson, 5, is a viral star thanks to his reading skills. — -- The start of a new school year is still clearly on the mind of Internet users who have thrown their attention on the ...