Yes — "eat" is a Dolch Primer sight word. It follows regular phonics rules, but it's taught for instant, automatic recognition because it appears so often in early reading.
It's time to eat breakfast.
"Eat" follows the common "ea" long-e pattern, seen in words like "seat" and "read" — but because that same "ea" spelling can also make a short-e sound (as in "bread"), "eat" is taught as a sight word for reliable, instant recognition.
If your child later meets "bread" or "head", point out that "ea" can say two different sounds — "eat" is one pattern, "bread" is the other.
Word Wizard teaches "eat" with Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It, and Write It — four game modes that turn repetition into play.
See "eat" with its picture, syllables, and example sentence — with native audio.
Hear "eat" spoken aloud and pick it out from similar-looking words.
Build "eat" letter by letter from shuffled tiles.
Word Wizard turns sight word practice into a game — Flash Cards, Listen & Pick, Spell It and Write It, from Pre-K through Grade 5.