SOME SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE LETTERS DESIGN USED: All the letters and numbers we use in our flash cards are printed in clear, simple shapes. This facilitates letter and numbers recognition, which closely follows distinguishing sounds as a skill to master in learning to read - Letters do not have “little feet” at the ends of the vertical and horizontal strokes - Lowercase a and g have simple shapes - Capital i and lowercase I do not look alike - Lowercase r , when followed by n, doesn't look like m BASED ON THE DOLCH GROUPS OF SIGHT WORDS: The Dolch Sight Words list is the most commonly used set of sight words. They comprise 80% of the words you would find in a typical children's book and 50% of the words found in writing for adults. Once a child knows this list of words, it makes reading much easier, because the child can then focus his or her attention on the remaining words