Sight words account for a large percentage (up to 75%) of the words used in beginning children's print materials.[2] The advantage for children being able to recognize sight words automatically is that a beginning reader will be able to identify the majority of words in a beginning text before they even attempt to read it; therefore, allowing the child to concentrate on meaning and comprehension as they read without having to stop and decode every single word.[2] Advocates of whole-word instruction believe that being able to recognize a large number of sight words gives students a better start to learning to read.[1]