Children learn through observing concrete examples from which they start to understand more abstract patterns. In learning about words, the first examples of how children learn about the components of words is when they study compound words. Butterfly, rattlesnake, inside, and grasshopper…these words with their history are fun for young minds to contemplate. And when [...]

A prefix is a group of letters attached to the beginning of a root or word (or even group of words) serving to modify and/or extend meaning. Prefixes generally have an easily understood meaning in and of themselves, which they apply to the root word to which they are affixed. For example, “un” is a [...]