![]() She might want to embellish it for herself. When she’s gotten a good look at the word in her mind’s eye, let her open her eyes and write the word on paper or on a whiteboard with a dry erase marker. If you let your child study the front of the card and comment on what she sees, next ask her to close her eyes and “see” the word and picture in her mind. Learning to rely on several parts of the brain for learning and recall: This experience with the SnapWords® card is a complete teaching experience with a visual that requires no memorization, a body motion that reflects the word, and then a sentence that draws attention to the meaning of the word. ![]() Show the body motion and have the child copy what you do, and then say, “The butterfly WAS a caterpillar.” He should identify the W with the WINGS of the butterfly and the S as the curly caterpillar. Ask which part of the word was the butterfly and which was the caterpillar. Here is the back of the same card:Īfter you tell the child that the colorful word on the front of the card says WAS, turn the card over and show him the back. Notice that the wings of the butterfly mimic the shape of the W while the S is the caterpillar. Here is the front of the SnapWords® card: It is also not a noun and not an action verb, which makes the word harder to illustrate. This word falls into the category of difficult for some children because of the fact that the A sounds like “AH” and the S sounds like a Z. There is something for the visual cortex to grab hold of and remember. ![]() Note that these are the same words, but rather than looking like little black wires (symbols that carry no meaning), these words are rich in content and meaning. Here is a comparison between plain sight words and SnapWords® (sight word flash cards with pictures and body motions). We get this type of feedback on a regular basis that children who have struggled to learn and retain sight words or other reading concepts were suddenly able to learn and remember when they were able to use the right-brained materials designed at Child1st Publications. commented on SnapWords Sight Word List A Pocket Chart Cards He has a long way to go, but I really bragged on him for basically doubling his sight word inventory in one week! I love this product, and I will definitely be back for more sets once he masters List A!” ![]() He's so excited - I'M so excited! On his recent benchmark testing, he only knew the same two sight words he knew at the beginning of the year. I made a page with lots of words all over it, and he can find the ones he knows and say them. We did them a few minutes each day this week, and he can identify and say two of them without the visual cues! He caught on quickly to the hand motions - I didn't think about it, but he uses his hands a lot already when he communicates. I picked a few cards this week that include his target speech sounds. It works! I work with a little boy in 1st grade who is dyslexic (along with a diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech). “I bought this set last week and wanted to give it a test run before I left feedback. ![]()
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