Book excerpt: Support your kids in becoming confident readers by helping them master high frequency words! Sight words are words that occur frequently enough in written language that a child should recognize them automatically on sight. Another characteristic that makes many sight words special is that they don't follow the rules of phonics. For these reasons, mastering sight words is of great importance for boosting your child's reading confidence and future success. Word search puzzles provide a powerful tool to review and reinforce high frequency words. The process of search and recognition of letters and words allows children to build their literacy skills in a fun and easy way. Lowercase letters. Since most of the words children encounter in reading materials are made up of lowercase letters, literacy experts recommend teaching sight words using lowercase. 50 word search puzzles with over 170 Dolch sight words for preschool, kindergarten, first grade and second grade. Word placement (horizontal and vertical, no diagonal or backwards) facilitates the learning process. Answers can be found at the back of the book. Let your children have fun while building their reading confidence!