The Sight Word "please"

How to teach "please"

1. Say it. Read the sentence together, then say please on its own.
2. Sound it out. Say each sound slowly while pointing to the letters, then blend them into please.
3. Spell it. It has 6 letters. Say them aloud while tracing them on the table with a finger.
4. Find it. Hunt for please in a book you're reading. Then play a round of the game below.

Words it gets mixed up with

Early readers often confuse please with words that look like it: party, paper, pretty, picture. The game uses these on purpose, so children learn to look at every letter.

Play "please"

"please" shows up in every question

PLAY

Free to play · no signup · works on phones, tablets and computers

Open the game full screen

Quick quiz: which word do you hear?

More words

Questions