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Some more words that are great to put on flash cards include groups, especially groups that
include a lot of words that have non-phonetic parts to them. The ones that I think are most
important in this very beginning are numbers, one, two, three, written out because a lot
of them are not phonetic. Colors, days of the week, months of the year, now remember
months of the year are very long, you don't want a child to have to necessarily memorize
how to write that without seeing it but they should know how to recognize the difference
between January and February. And when they write their date at the top of every page
and every worksheet and everything they ever do from now on, like they should, they can
take the card out and copy it and pretty soon they will start to memorize it. Then some
simple words that don't follow the phonics rules exactly like friend because the ie should
not make a simple eh sound but it does, and day, and then you can also, if you want to,
once they get these, I think these should come first, you can also move into like relatives,
aunt, and any other groups you can think of that have some non-phonetic features. Remember
put a rubber band around each group, keep them all safely in your box and keep all your
materials in one place and keep them always organized, always clean, teach your child
to put them away, do not ever let them get up and run until everything is just the way
it started out.