Below is a list of High Frequency Words (sometimes also called sight words):
Your child should know the first 20 by the END of kindergarten.
1. see
2. my
3. the
4. did
5. like
6. not
7. can
8. have
9. here
10. is
11. a
12. I
13. he
14. said
15. for
16. she
17. go
18. to
19. am
20. in