Improving Vocabulary with Dickens
I’m trudging through Great Expectations, our June/July book club selection. (Thank goodness we allotted more than one month!) I’ve found lots of material for ...
Category: Improving vocabulary
Vocab from We Bought A Zoo
Last week, we rented We Bought a Zoo, starring Matt Damon as a Benjamin Mee, a recently widowed dad struggling to start his life over. Before his wife’s illnes...
New Vocab from the iPad
We finally got an iPad, and I love every swiping moment I spend with it. So easy, intuitive, and fun. My kids love it too; note the charger plugged in? They...
Word Nerd Vocabulary Review
It’s been four months since I’ve started intentionally working to expand my vocabulary, and as my dear “Oma” would say, “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.” ...
Improving Vocabulary with The Night Circus, Part 2
I know I should have moved on to my next book club book, but I found another vocabulary word from The Night Circus that I really want to share: amalgamation. Ma...
Improving Vocabulary with The Night Circus
I’m currently reading Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, a magical read with dark, mysterious undertones. It’s giving me plenty of words to add to my v...