I love crossword puzzles. There’s only one thing I would change about them if I could. I would make crossword puzzles more challenging. Thank goodness that Vocabulary.co.il has made that upgrade for me. This way I don’t get stuck doing crossword puzzles that all look the same! Clueless Crossword Puzzle is a great crossword that [...]

I’ve reviewed the usage data from users, the educational value of the games, and added a little personal preference and here, in time for back to school study, the Best Five English Vocabulary Learning Games. The countdown: 5) English Idioms game.. This game teaches and tests your understanding of current American English idiomatic expressions or [...]

Developing vocabulary is essential in helping people better understand their language. Idioms and slang are such a big part of American culture that it’s essential that Americans as well as people of all ages learning English as a Second Language (ESL) should study idiomatic expressions and slang. These expressions can be understood easily on a [...]

In our local area, schools are completely shut down today thanks to an unusually powerful and pervasive snowstorm that doesn’t often hit those of us living in the Southeastern States.  Knowing how slowly our local department of transportation is able to clear the roads after a storm like this one, I predict that schools will [...]

We are excited to announce an exciting update to our sister-site: SpellingCity.com.  Although it will be keeping the same URL, Spelling City has expanded to become Vocabulary and Spelling City!! Vocabulary and SpellingCity not only features sentences for each of their  42,000+ words, they also now feature vocabulary content, including definitions, parts of speech, synonyms [...]

A synonym is a word or expression that has nearly the same meaning as another word or expression. Synonyms tend to be adjectives, adverbs and verbs, with relatively few nouns qualifying as true synonyms. For example “big” (an adjective), “slowly” (an adverb) and “talk” (a verb) all have synonyms, while “sock” (a noun) does not. [...]

If you are an elementary teacher or homeschool teacher, then I hope you have heard of Laura Candler.  If you haven’t, then you are in luck today, because I’m going to share with you the amazing web-based resources that Laura has collected.  I’d especially like to focus on her vocabulary resources! Teaching Resources is Laura’s [...]

If you ever had even one classroom lesson on diagramming sentences, then you probably feel the sudden urge to run – – far, far away – – when you hear the phrase “parts of speech”.  But the truth is that understanding the parts of speech and how they fit together makes writing and reading make [...]

Human beings can get a bit lazy when it comes to speech.  Over time, we have figured out that we can create “shortcuts” in our everyday language that say what we want to say in a shorter amount of syllables.  This is true not just for English, but for many other languages as well. In [...]

Children with dyslexia are often at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to acquiring new vocabulary.  Those with reading challenges must rely, for the most part, on building their word bank by the spoken word, rather than the written word.  Even more frustrating, some children with dyslexia also struggle with auditory processing issues, so even [...]