Basic Word List

Once children know most of these words they are ready to progress from the introduction to reading levels to the learning to read levels.
Pink - Magenta - learning to manage a book and understand that the pictures and words tell a story - is learning to recognise many of the first set of 30 words.
Red - knows most of the basic words and is ready to take the next step.
Further levels: Yellow, Blue, Green etc.


I, to, is, a, the, am, my, Mum, Dad, we, on, and, me, went, like, in, can, at, for, go, up, said, going, come, here, look, see, are, it, this.

The yellow alphabet and word booklet your child is bringing home has some of these words on it. Help your child to read and write these words as they practise saying them and learning them.