Minor Issues: My pre-schooler's teacher suggested I revise sight words with her, but I said no

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SINGAPORE - During a recent parent-teacher meeting, the teacher suggested I revise sight words with my six-year-old daughter regularly as she tends to forget them.

Sight words are common words that pre-schoolers are taught to recognise by sight so that they do not need to sound the words out.

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