TOY STORIES: The STRONGMAN STRIKER on Day 190 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids!
July 9, 2011 by Sharon
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Every TOY or GAME has a STORY to share with kids. Today, it’s the STRONGMAN STRIKER’S turn to tell its story (with a little help from Grandma Sharon)… WHAT is the Strongman Striker: The Strongman Striker is often called the High Striker… and it’s a game of strength involving a contestant, muscles, a mallet and [...]
APRIL SHOWERS bring WORD POWERS: Day 120 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids!
April 30, 2011 by Sharon
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Let’s end our April Showers Word Powers with an intriguing downpour! The following 8-letter words end with the same 4 letters they begin with: 1. beriberi: a nervous system ailment caused by a thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency 2. caracara: a bird of prey 3. chowchow: a breed of dog; a green tomato relish 4. couscous: [...]
APRIL SHOWERS bring WORD POWERS: Day 119 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids!
April 29, 2011 by Sharon
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Today’s word: aitch HHHHmmmm. How would you pronounce this word? What the heck!? How ’bout H, as in the letter H. Yes. The letter H is spelled aitch. Different languages treat the H a bit differently… but in English we want to use the voiced H in most H words, but not in unvoiced H [...]
APRIL SHOWERS bring WORD POWERS: Day 118 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids!
April 28, 2011 by Sharon
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Today’s word: Muse The word Muse refers to one of the 9 goddesses known as the inspiration of learning and the arts… especially of poetry and music. Do you know the names of the Muses? Here they are: Clio, Thalia, Melpomene, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Urania, Erato Each Muse is assigned a particular mythological-inspiring function. [...]
APRIL SHOWERS bring WORD POWERS: Day 111 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids!
April 21, 2011 by Sharon
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We’ve gathered quite a menagerie of animal types under our April umbrella of APRIL SHOWERS BRING WORD POWERS! Kids love the animal kingdom and kids love to know awesome things about not so common, but awesome anyway, animals. Let your kids in on some interesting, intriguing and fun animals and their names. Let’s see… we [...]
APRIL SHOWERS bring WORD POWERS: Day 107 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids!
April 17, 2011 by Sharon
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So… we’ve learned some awesome ANIMAL WORDS… dobbin, kob, lammergeir, muntjac, naked mole-rat and olm. We’ve learned a few just plain old INTERESTING WORDS… aubade, beaux, crinigerous, eye rhyme, fritinancy, gneiss, hallux, ides, jentaculum and pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. And, of course, there are the always fun BODY PART WORDS… hallux and today’s word: patella Why say kneecap [...]
