The free standalone program highlighted today, and listed on the Content & Curriculum page, is one designed to to practice and re-enforce the recognition of basic sight words. The set of simple drill activities can be done on the computer by anyone who can move and click a mouse. For some, the mouse practice may be a worthwhile activity in itself.

Sight Words Buddy is a completely free downloadable program designed to help build basic literacy skills. This program is made up of a set of activities that provide practice in identifying sight words. The words are from the Dolch word list, and there are four practice levels–from pre-primer to third grade. The user interface is clean and the activities are simple. Each word is spoken in a clear natural voice, and the learner simply clicks on the word that he or she hears. The program can be downloaded from Quiz Tree. Other literacy building activities can also be done online at the Quiz Tree website.

The downloaded program runs in Windows.