The Importance of Learning the Magic Words
Learning the 100 most commonly occurring words in English is essential to every child's reading success.
The top 100 most common words make up ½ of all reading.
Words like “the”, “a”, “and” are in every book, paper and magazine.
12 Golden Words are the most common words in all reading and make up 1/4 or one in every four words.
Learning the 12 Golden Words allows children to begin reading little books. Children can begin reading small repetitious books, using the pictures, like “This is a dog”. “This is a cat”. “This is a bird”.
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Research behind the most important words in reading
Magic Words resources are designed to support the average reading of a person in a population so that they can confidently pick up any reading material, reading scheme, daily newspaper etc. and be a competent reader.
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12 Golden Words
The most important words in Learning to Read. Learning the 100 most frequent words in English is essential to every child's reading success.
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Optimum Pack - Magic 100, 200, and 300 Words
The Optimum Home Pack includes ALL Playing Cards and Learning Boards for learning all the Magic Words.
