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Sight words for kindergarten: 92 words in two short lists, the Dolch pre-primer list (40 words) and the primer list (52 words).

This page has the Dolch pre-primer and primer lists, the two Dolch levels that come before first grade, each on one page with a check box beside every word. Schools choose their own kindergarten lists, so check with your child's teacher which words are on theirs.

Word lists: Edward William Dolch (1936, 1948).

Kindergarten sight words: the 92-word list

This page answers one question: which words make up a kindergarten sight word list on this site. The answer is two Dolch levels joined together, pre-primer (40 words) and primer (52 words), sorted A to Z so that any word can be found by its first letter.

The tracing generator here opens on the primer list, and the downloads hold the two levels as separate one-page PDFs. First, second and third grade words are left off this page on purpose, to keep the list short.

For every level in grade order, see Sight Words. For the complete 220-word table and the noun list, see Dolch Sight Words.

All 92 kindergarten sight words, A to Z

The Dolch pre-primer and primer lists merged into one list and grouped by first letter, so a word can be found by the letter it starts with.

92 words. Words marked * are on the primer list; the others are on the pre-primer list

  • A aall*am*andare*at*ate*away
  • B be*bigblack*bluebrown*but*
  • C came*cancome
  • D did*do*down
  • E eat*
  • F findforfour*funny
  • G get*gogood*
  • H have*he*helphere
  • I Iininto*isit
  • J jump
  • L like*littlelook
  • M makememust*my
  • N new*no*notnow*
  • O on*oneour*out*
  • P playplease*pretty*
  • R ran*redride*run
  • S saidsaw*say*seeshe*so*soon*
  • T that*thethere*they*this*threetotoo*two
  • U under*up
  • W want*was*wewell*went*what*wherewhite*who*will*with*
  • Y yellowyes*you

Both kindergarten levels are taken from Dolch Word List (315 Total Words - 220 Words and 95 Nouns), ReadWriteThink (IRA/NCTE), lesson 301. Who made the list: Edward William Dolch. His 1936 article in The Elementary School Journal, "A Basic Sight Vocabulary", is on its publisher's site: A Basic Sight Vocabulary, University of Chicago Press.

Three examples

  • A sight word tracing worksheet: Dolch primer words, each with a model, two dotted copies and space to write.
    The Dolch primer list in US school print: the sheet the generator above starts on.
  • A sight word tracing worksheet of Dolch primer words in sloped print.
    The primer list in sloped print.
  • A sight word tracing worksheet of Dolch pre-primer words with a sample name at the top.
    The pre-primer list with a name on the Name line.

Questions and answers

Which list does the kindergarten sight word generator start on?

The Dolch primer list (52 words). The pre-primer list (40 words) and the first to third grade lists are in the same menu, so the sheet can follow the list a class is on.

How many pages is the kindergarten sight word sheet?

The primer list fills 7 pages at the Ages 5-6 size on US Letter, one row per word. A larger size or the longer lists take more pages, up to 10 in one PDF.

Can I make a sight word sheet for every child in a class?

Yes. Under Class set, type up to 30 first names to get one PDF with the same sheet for each child, each with that child's name on the Name line. The names are used only to draw the sheets and are not saved on this site's server.

Which lists make up the kindergarten sight words here?

The Dolch pre-primer list (40 words) and the primer list (52 words), 92 in all. They appear A to Z on this page, and each list is also a one-page PDF.

Where do these words come from?

From the Dolch word list, compiled by Edward William Dolch and published in 1936. This site prints the words as ReadWriteThink (IRA/NCTE) gives them; the source links are under the list.

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