📖 KG 1 · Reading & talking · Ages 4–5 · about 3 weeks Dates: to

Tricky Words 1

Goal: Read the first tricky words on sight: I, the, to, no, go, a, is, into.

For parents: Some common words contain a spelling your child has not learned yet. Read each word together, point out the sounds they know and show the part that needs remembering. Revisit a few words in short phrases.

Do together

  1. Sticky-note hide and seek

    You need: Sticky notes

    Write each tricky word on a note and hide them around a room. Your child reads each one as they find it.

  2. Word slap

    You need: Word cards on the floor, a fly swatter or your hand

    Call out a word and your child slaps it. Then swap: they call, you slap — sometimes the wrong one.

  3. Word detective

    You need: A picture book

    Pick one word, like 'the', and count how many times you find it on a page together.

Talk about it

  • Which word says 'the'?
  • Can you find 'go' in this sentence?
  • Which letter in 'the' is tricky?

Words to use

  • I
  • the
  • to
  • no
  • go
  • a
  • is
  • into

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