Meet the Sight Words Level 1 DVD

the kids loved it

My 5 yr old in kindergarten loves it and is actually learning! I bought the flashcards later and tested him and he knew all the ones from the 1st and 2nd dvd. We have not watched the 3rd one yet. Worth it for sure for non pressured learning!!

My daughter will be starting first grade in the fall. She was in a Reading Support class because she struggled with decoding and had a hard time remembering her sight words. By the middle of the school year, I was at my wit's ends with flashcards and her teachers sending home extra packets of busywork - all of which gave little to no help to my daughter. Thank goodness for Amazon reviews! After reading the review for these DVDs, I bought this one for my daughter.She loved it as soon as she saw it and suddenly she was retaining her sight words for Kindergarten after only a few weeks. These DVDs give the sight words fun meaning. For instance, "play" is presented with P as a player, l as a baseball bat, and a is a catcher's mitt, y is the umpire. So I tell my daughter, "play ball" as she watches it. "To" is presented as t being a tall basketball player and o being a basketball, as in take the ball "to" the hoop. "Said" is presented using cupcakes and a conveyor belt. Although that image doesn't match the word, it's a strong fun, visual image because a lot of kids love cupcakes!The video also did something for her that she loves: tell a story. Each word tells a short story through animation. Each word is a like a character in a book and that has held her attention. She now has all the words in this DVD memorized, plus all of the words presented from Kindergarten. Also, thanks to Meet the Sight Words 2 and 3, she knows many sight words that are on the Dolch 1st grade Sight Word list and some are that are even on the 2nd grade list. As a parent, I have now adopted this learning style with sight words that are not in these DVDs.I feel so happy for her when she recognizes a word in a book, out in public, or on television - especially knowing the hard time she had in school. "Look, Mommy "you!" Look there's the word "we!" There's the word "said."In my opinion, If your child mostly prefers high-energy "screwball" cartoons (like SpongeBob), or is more of a traditional concrete/rote learner, your child might not like or benefit from this video. If your child is a visual non-traditional or abstract learner I think it's more likely that he/she will benefit from this video. I also think that if you have a special needs child who is behind in school for K or 1st grade, this video could be helpful.

I am writing this because I happened across some negative reviews on here that took me by surprise. My son was 5 1/2 and was struggling to read both sight words and by sounding out. He had learned all his letters and sounds by 3 but just couldn't blend them together. I have been a teacher for several years and have even tutored many struggling readers. Nothing was working and my son, who loves books, and was really getting discouraged.I tried Meet the Sight Words 1 by renting it here on Amazon Instant Video thinking that if he liked it I would go ahead and buy it. Well, he picked up on the words so quickly that by the end of the rental he knew the words. He loved the video so we rented the other 2 as well. I got the flash cards and books. In a matter of a few weeks he went from having no sight word vocabulary to having almost 50 and was reading the books! He was so proud of himself and gained the confidence he needed to keep working on his reading skills. He is now 7 and although reading is still a struggle for him he is progressing and is almost to grade level. These videos were THE game changer. Now I'm getting ready to rent them all again for my daughter and we shall see how she does with them. She already is starting to sound out some words so these videos may or may not be helpful. My point is this. Children learn differently. For my son, this was just what he needed. If your child kindergartener or 1st grader is struggling with traditional instruction this may be just what he needs. For those reviews that are complaining that their 2 or 3 or even 4 year old didn't get it, maybe your expectations weren't met because your child is much too young. Developmentally it would be much more appropriate to be reading all sorts of picture books including ABC books and counting books, singing songs and doing nursery rhymes, engaging them in hands on crafts involving coloring, painting, gluing, cutting, etc. I have and willcontinue to recommend renting/purchasing these videos as well as the flash cards and books. Worth every penny!

I bought  Meet the Sight Words 1 [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC ]to help my 4 year old twins to read. I played it everyday they liked it and before I knew it they picked up the ladybird key words reading scheme (Peter and Jane) book 1a and started reading. Then I gave them 1b,2a and 2b they read all of them. So I decided to buy Meet the Sight Words 2 and 3 and they love it so much. This product is good for parents who are teaching their young one to read. Meet the Sight Words 1 [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC

All my kids (3 boys) love these movies. No guilt putting them in front of the TV, when they are watching this. Educational and funny. It's a win-win.

３歳の息子の為に購入しました。"cat" "cot" "dad"など，サウンズで読める単語は読む事が出来るのですが，Sight wordは暗記？しないと読む事が出来ないので，何度も同じ単語が繰り返し出てくるこのDVDは息子のSight word習得にすごく役にたちました。このDVDで，"of", "play", "it", "he", "you", "in", "I", "to", "have", "and", "a", "said", "is", "the", "for", "that"を習得する事で出来ます。