DAY 304 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is WASHBALL… simply, a ball of soap used for washing or shaving. [...]

DAY 303 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is YUKY, meaning itching with curiosity. The word yuky derives from the [...]

DAY 302 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is SCELEROUS, and in keeping with Halloween-ish words, scelerous means wicked/villainous. The [...]

DAY 301 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is PARBREAK, and in keeping with WORDS THAT KIDS WILL LOVE, parbreak [...]

DAY 300 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is VERRUCA, and in keeping with approaching Halloween, verruca is a noun [...]

DAY 299 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is TELARIAN, meaning one that spins a web, as in a spider. [...]

DAY 298 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is HABILIMENT, meaning personal attire, outfit, equipment, dress. The word habiliment derives [...]

DAY 297 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is FACINOROUS, meaning extremely wicked or vile. The word facinorous derives from [...]

Day 296 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids! Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is PAVID, meaning fearful or timid. The word pavid is derived the [...]

DAY 295 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is NYKIN, a term of endearment. The word nykin has an obscure [...]