Learning Sight Words

High frequency sight words such as the, and, is and it form one of the building blocks of early child literacy, and are key in increasing a child's accuracy, speed, comprehension and fluency when learning to read. Learning Sight Words is a practical workbook full of exercises and activities to help preschool children learn to read, write and recognise by sight 50 of the most commonly used high frequency words. Pages wipe clean, and the book comes with a wipe-clean pen, so that all of the exercises can be completed, wiped away and repeated. Includes perforated pages with removable flash cards featuring all 50 words, as well as blank cards for individual learning.

About the Author

Roger Priddy left school at 16 with just one qualification—in art. He went to Berkshire College of Art and Design and trained as an illustrator. His first job in children’s books was working with the publisher Peter Usborne, at Usborne Publishing, and then he worked with Peter Kindersley at Dorling Kindersley, where he spent 16 years. Priddy became Creative Director of DK’s Children’s Division and was Managing Director of the children’s mass market publisher Funfax when it was acquired by DK.

In 2000, he created Priddy Books with John Sargent at St Martin’s Press to create innovative and imaginative titles for children, from first books for babies through early reference titles for older children. Since then, over 30 million copies of Roger's 200 plus books have sold worldwide, with five of his books My Big Animal, My Big Truck, Happy Baby Words, Happy Baby Colors and Puppy and Friends each selling over one million copies. He is also the author of Big Board First 100 Words; Big Board Books Colors, ABC, Numbers, and Bright Baby Noisy Monsters. His creativity has been recognized with numerous industry awards. Priddy lives in London with his wife Zena and their four children.