Kindergarteners have a lot on their plate. They’re getting adept at recognising letters and numbers, they’re counting in sequence, they’re learning how to sound out words and then they’re learning that many words in English can’t actually be “sounded out.” Words like “their,” “know,” “who” and “does” are among approximately 100 words they must memorise because they’re either very frequent or can’t be sounded out. They have to know them by sight.
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