Gamenote Sight Words Flash Cards with Pictures & Sentences - 220 Dolch Big Word Reading Flash Card from Pre K to 3rd Grade (Include 5 Rings)

As a mom and homeschooler I am always on the lookout for products that will help our kids (almost 4 and 14) with their lessons. These I bought with our almost 4 year old in mind. These Gamenote sight word cards are the best out of all the cards I looked at here on Amazon and elsewhere.Virtually every other set I looked at had different words on each side of one card. I did not want that...it tends to lead to confusion with the littles not to mention an irritant for the parent when trying to find the appropriate words and have them in the order you want especially when using words from different levels (I have the same complaint with multiplication cards). I really wanted to find a well made set that would last instead of making my own as those tend to get ripped and destroyed too easily. Then I stumbled upon these Gamenote cards. I could not be happier with my choice! These cards have ONE WORD per card - the word in bold on one side and on the back it has the word used in a sentence with a picture. There are no spots of smeared ink, blurred words or pictures, or any mistakes anywhere on the cards. Believe me...I checked every single card both front and back. They really are a nice set of Dolch cards.The cards arrived a day early and are exactly as pictured and described. Let me say...these cards are ONLY Dolch words. These do not include the Fry words that don't overlap Dolch. That is the ONLY way that these cards could be made into an even better set - to include the Fry words that aren't repeats.As a side note - I do highly suggest looking up the Fry words and making note of the non-repeated words in each of their levels and adding them to your sight word lessons. Find a good Fry word set or make your own and laminate them.The cards are sturdy and strong and I think they will last well past our daughter's need for them. The set comes with five VERY sturdy rings for organizing your cards however you so choose. One more suggestion would be to include one or 2 extra rings so that the parent could pull words a child struggles with and group them together but separate from the batch and/or to select words from several levels and group them together for review each week (or whatever time frame you choose). The rings were actually difficult for me to open, then pull apart. My husband had to open 2 of them. That's a plus for me since our freakishly strong toddler will try to open the rings. They seem high quality and well made. Once closed with the complete level on the ring, it holds perfectly and does NOT come apart at all.The Cards -This set contains 5 levels of Dolch Sight Words. Pre-K through 3rd grade. It does NOT include the Dolch Nouns (like apple, milk, song, window, etc). The Fry words and Dolch nouns I will likely make myself and laminate if I can't find a good set elsewhere. The levels are color coded. You have Pre-K in red (40 cards), K in yellow/light green (52 cards), 1st grade in blue (41 cards), 2nd grade in green (46 cards), and 3rd grade in purple (41 cards). There are 220 cards in total and one red card with some suggestions for learning the sight words and games you can play to help them learn. There are no instructions that tell you which color batch goes with what grade. Those not familiar with Dolch words might find that information helpful if it came with this set, so I included it here.When putting the groups on rings, I looked up a complete Dolch word list so that I could make sure no words were left out. None are. Every single one is there. I will include the screenshots of the full Dolch Word list (by grade). You will also find the Dolch Word Noun list on one of those photos too if you wish to make your own cards for those. I chose to put each level in alphabetical order before putting them on the rings - I'm just weird like that lol. When sight word lists are sent home from school (our son went to public through 3rd grade so this is only my experience) they are not in the order on the listings. It skips around. So you wouldn't have all of the "a" words then "b" words (etc) that way. So it is completely up to you how to arrange the levels on your rings and which/how many to introduce for one lesson (usually a full school week for each set of 8-12 words - depending on the difficulty/length of the words for that week). Keep in mind, true spelling lessons don't come in for Kindergarteners (usually 1st grade). We are having her memorize the words and how to spell them too, but that isn't necessarily how you must do it. It's completely your choice.If you are on the fence about this set of sight word cards...just hop on over it. Buy them already! I can tell you, I am a researcher where curricula and learning tools for my children are concerned. I research everything, read reviews, and compare several different things for each subject...then research some more before I buy. I try to tailor each book/curriculum to each of my children to what best fits their learning style. So what we use for their homeschooling is quite ecclectic... but it's very efficient. Our kids learn in very different ways. What worked for our son as an almost 4 year old is not what's working best for our daughter. So we adapt. These cards are great for her. She is not distracted by a different sight word on the back of the card she is studying. She instead gets to focus on the sentence that uses that word, and the picture and how that picture fits the sentence.Let me add here.....we also bought the Gamenote Magnetic Letter board. We use it just as often. One of the photos in the description of these cards shows one wonderful way to use these two tools together. We place the sight word card on the board and she picks out the magnetic foam letters and she then spells the sight word next to the card on the magnet board. Then, she writes it (about half the time - sometimes we drill & use the letter board without her writing). Sometimes she will write it on her small dry erase board, or on the board that came with the magnetic letters, small lined chalkboard, or sometimes on a piece of lined paper. Whichever she prefers in that moment. These two products are really wonderful together. I highly suggest getting that (especially for homeschoolers with toddlers or at the age you choose to introduce sight words), or at least checking it out! I will leave a review for that product as well.I did not, in all of my searches, find a set of sight word cards equivalent to these. We have used them several times a day, everyday, and they still look brand new. This is the best set of Dolch Sight Word Cards out there. Just go on and give them your money!!!

Great product

My child was struggling learning sight words due to having a phonological delay---He now knows all of the words he needed to know for kindergarten and is now working on first grade words---This set has been a life saver for usThank You

I was disappointed in this product.  Yes, the cards are detailed but a few things did not meet my expectations.1.  The box corners were all bent up on the box that holds the cards.2.  The cards were all out of order, so I had to spend some time organizing them prior to use.3.  Some of the cards appeared dirty.  Not sure what happened or why they were that way.  I had to wipe them off.4.  There is no key and you have to figure out on your own which color is which reading level.  Very frustrating.  Needless to say, I would not reccomend your product to others.

These are okay. The color code denotes levels but there's nothing in box that tells you what color denotes what level. They're not abc order, I did that myself before placing them inside the ring that comes in box. I would had like to see a color coded card with a list of words for each group. The back has short sentences to assimilate word to real world samples. Overall okay to start your little one acquainted with the most common words seen in little kids books. Best suggestion: read with your kid daily, it's amazing what 30 minutes of your time does to a little mind!

Cards are sturdy and bright. Practical size too. We use it at the dinner table, my 4 years old spells, my 6 years old reads. It was a bit messy to put all the cards on the rings, as the punch hole was still filled with the spare paper. After beading the cards there was an explosion of confetti. Still didn't get any way to organize as they are quite random (I wanted to practice the assigned words from school, but there is no order, index card, or content list). I don't like they come with 5 sets, which are impossible to fit the original box after assembly. Fit 4 and keep 1 out or get another storage.

These are amazing. I cannot wait to try them with my first graders. There are 220 word cards and 5 different levels. It came with the cards prepunched and came with 5 key rings. Each level is a different color. On one side is the sight word on the back is a picture and a sentece using the sight word. These are Perfect for prek to third grade, or students struggling to learn sight words. These are perfect for Students that need practice reading sightwords. These are great for teachers looking for a great resource.I love this. I will definitely be recommending to my teacher friends.

Perfect for my 3 and 5 year old daughters! Even grandma is practicing her sight words and trying her best to reading the sentence that are printed on the back of the card she only speaks and writes Arabic so this is perfect for her as well!!! Thank you.