I used to think kids remembered sight words by looking at them enough times.

Flash cards, word walls, pattern books … I thought if I showed them often enough, the words would eventually stick.

Now I know that’s not how the brain learns to read.

The brain stores words in long-term memory through a process called orthographic mapping—when students connect the sounds, spelling, and meaning of a word so it gets anchored for good.

That’s how words become sight words (words we recognize automatically). It's not because we memorized them by sight, but because we mapped them by sound.

In the Level Up Your High Frequency Word Lessons Challenge, we’ll walk through a step-by-step process for teaching high frequency words so that students learn them (not just memorize them).

If you’d like a quick preview, watch this short video where I explain how orthographic mapping works: How the brain really learns to read words.

Join us for this free 5-day challenge and get the clarity and confidence you need to teach high frequency words with purpose.

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Anna Geiger, M.Ed.