One of the most exciting improvements at Vocabulary.co.il is the way you can now search for vocabulary games by grade level!  From the youngest readers to the SAT-prep students, we have games for you! 

Teachers usually don’t have time to go searching for games that they can be sure will work with their students, […]

My youngest son struggled with phonics.  Even in kindergarten, his teachers sent home notes that he was having a difficult time understanding the connections between certain letters and the sounds they made. 
The following year, we began homeschooling him and working one on one with him daily to help him grasp letters, phenomes, and […]

Learning these and other book-related words?  Choose LITERARY TERMS as your category for your next vocabulary game on Vocabulary.co.il

If you ask my youngest son, spelling tests are far, far scarier than anything that Hollywood’s best horror writers can dish out.  A couple of years ago, I could track the onset of his chronic stomach aches to the exact moment the next spelling or vocabulary test was announced.  Having struggled with phonics his whole […]

It can if it is tuned to PBS this fall!  In an exciting development, The Public Broadcasting Service is bringing Susan Meddaugh’s "Martha" book series to life in order to build young children’s vocabulary skills.  In the popular books, Martha the dog swallows some Alphabet Soup and begins to speak, and hilarious hijinks ensue.
In this […]

It’s summer time, school is out, and time for a brain vacation, right?  Not necessarily.  Studies have shown that those students who attend year round schools, with shorter breaks between quarters and semesters find it easier to retain information than those kids who have long summer breaks of 2 1/2  to 3 months.  So if […]

When you think of vocabulary in relation to high school, you generally think about preparation for college entrance exams. High schoolers who are preparing to further their education must put their energy into building a strong vocabulary during their final years in school. But even if you are not planning on attending college […]

Middle school…the time of crushes, embarrassments, and growth spurts.  The time between childhood and adulthood, between dependence and independence.  It is a time of growth — physically, socially, emotionally, and educationally.  It is also a time when communication is key and a strong vocabulary becomes more important than ever.
In the middle grades, students are challenged […]