Sight words for kids are the small, common words that fill every sentence: the, and, a, to, is, I, you, said. Many of them cannot be sounded out, so children learn to read them by sight. On this page Golu says a word aloud, shows three big word cards, and your child taps the one that matches. Each card also shows the Hindi meaning in small letters, so parents who teach in Hindi can explain it.
The game uses the 40 Dolch pre-primer words, the first list of sight words used in kindergarten, UKG and class 1 classrooms around the world. A second tab, First sound, shows a letter such as Bb or क and asks your child to find the picture that starts with that sound.
What are sight words? (sight words kya hote hain)
Sight words are words a child should recognise instantly, without sounding them out. There are two kinds. Some are high-frequency words, which appear so often that reading them quickly makes every sentence easier. Others are tricky words, which do not follow the usual phonics rules. "Said" does not sound like s-a-i-d, and "the" does not sound like t-h-e. In India, many teachers explain it in Hindi like this: ये वो शब्द हैं जिन्हें बच्चा देखते ही पढ़ ले, words the child reads the moment they see them.
About half of the words in any children's book come from a list of just 100 sight words. That is why learning even the first 40 makes a real difference to reading confidence.
The 40 sight words in this game, with Hindi meaning
These are the Dolch pre-primer sight words (level 1). The Hindi meaning is a guide for parents. Many small words change meaning with the sentence, so talk about them in context.
| Sight word | Hindi meaning | Sight word | Hindi meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| the | वह/यह | one | एक |
| to | को | my | मेरा |
| and | और | me | मुझे |
| a | एक | big | बड़ा |
| I | मैं | come | आओ |
| you | तुम | blue | नीला |
| it | यह | red | लाल |
| in | में | where | कहाँ |
| said | कहा | jump | कूदो |
| for | के लिए | away | दूर |
| up | ऊपर | here | यहाँ |
| look | देखो | help | मदद |
| is | है | make | बनाओ |
| go | जाओ | yellow | पीला |
| we | हम | two | दो |
| little | छोटा | play | खेलो |
| down | नीचे | run | दौड़ो |
| can | सकता | find | ढूँढो |
| see | देखना | three | तीन |
| not | नहीं | funny | मज़ेदार |
Want a sight words chart for UKG? Print this page from your browser. The table above prints cleanly and fits on one sheet. You can also copy the words onto index cards in big letters.
How to play the sight words game
- Tap Tap to play. Golu says "Find the word: look." Tap 🔊 to hear it again as many times as you like.
- Your child looks at the three word cards and taps the one that says "look".
- The card turns green and Golu says the word again, so your child hears and sees it together.
- After 4 to 8 words, the end card suggests a sight-word hunt in a real book.
A wrong tap gets a gentle "hmm" and Golu reads the word your child picked, so they hear the difference. The second wrong tap makes the right card glow, and the third shows a pointing hand. There is no timer and no score.
First sound hunt in English and Hindi
The First sound tab trains the skill that comes just before reading: hearing the first sound of a word. Golu shows a letter and says "Find the picture that starts with the sound b." Your child picks from pictures such as a ball, a cat and a sun. In Hindi, Golu says "क से शुरू होने वाली तस्वीर ढूँढो" with pictures such as खरगोश, घड़ी, पतंग. The rounds take turns between English and Hindi.
Hearing first sounds is a key step in phonics. It connects the phonics sounds of letters with real words, and in Hindi it builds on क ख ग and the Hindi varnamala.
Sight words for nursery, LKG, UKG and class 1
| Class | What is realistic | How to use this page |
|---|---|---|
| Nursery (3-4) | Hears first sounds; recognises own name | Play First sound with 2 or 3 pictures. Skip sight words for now. |
| LKG (4-5) | Knows most letter sounds; reads 5 to 15 sight words | Mix First sound with sight words such as I, a, is, the, go. |
| UKG (5-6) | Blends CVC words; reads 20 to 40 sight words | Play sight words daily for a few minutes; read short sentences at home. |
| Class 1 / grade 1 | Reads the full pre-primer and primer lists | Use this page as a quick warm-up, then move to books. |
Sight words for toddlers are not needed. Under 4, the best preparation is talking, songs, rhymes and books read aloud together.
How to teach sight words at home
- Three to five new words a week. Few words, seen often, work better than long lists.
- Say it, spell it, say it. "Look. L-o-o-k. Look." Then use it in a sentence: "Look at the cat."
- Hunt in books. Pick one word and count how many times it appears on a page.
- Sight words sentences. Write short sentences using only known words: "I can see a big dog." Reading a whole sentence alone is very motivating.
- Mix with phonics. Sight words do not replace phonics. Keep blending simple words on the three letter words page.
- Games, not drills. Word cards on the floor, "jump to the word I say", a torch hunt in a dark room. Stop while it is still fun.
If a word keeps causing trouble, draw a picture on its card: two eyes in the o's of "look", a sun over "up". Remove the picture once your child knows the word.
How to use this page at home
Say it, then find it
Play for a few minutes, then look for the same thing away from the screen: sight words for kids on the shelf, in the kitchen, on the way to school. A child learns a word properly when they meet it twice, once on the screen and once in their hand.
Ten minutes is enough
Short and happy beats long and tired. Stop while your child still wants more, and come back tomorrow: the same page on five short days teaches far more than one long sitting. Nothing here is scored, so there is no reason to push.
Use both languages
Tap the language button at the top to hear the words in your home language first and the second language after. Hearing the same picture named in two languages is one of the few things research agrees builds attention as well as vocabulary.
