This weeks post will arm you with more than just the one ‘word beginning with X’ – we’ve all done it, just about the only word we can muster when posed with that question is 'xylophone', maybe a handful more at the most. In fact, there are hundreds of words in our language beginning with ‘x’ just waiting to be unearthed and introduced into your vocabulary! We’ll start off by looking at three of the more commonly used ‘x-words’ as you may find them useful in everyday life. Xenophobia ‘The intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.’ Its antonym is also used although, sadly, less frequently: ‘xenophilia’ is the affection one might have for unknown people or o...
We have a confession to make, here in the Spellzone office we’ve been addicted to Scrabble for the last few months. The intensely addictive blend of chance and skill combined with our love for words has led to plenty of office rivalry. Scrabble is one of the best selling board games ever with a whopping 150 million units sold worldwide. If word games really are that popular perhaps we’re in the right business! Playing Scrabble is a great way to discover new words, recall words readily, and learn or reinforce spellings. In fact we were surprised at the amount of new words we discovered purely by fooling around with our tiles including the terribly lazy (but high scoring!) ab...
As it is Christmas this week, we’ve decided to share our top five word games with you – whether you have a houseful of guests to entertain, or are looking to while away a few hours between opening presents and Christmas dinner, these games are sure to keep you busy! Hangman It doesn’t seem right to put together a list of word games, without mentioning Hangman. Despite being almost every supply teacher’s go to lesson plan, this game is actually quite fun, and a good way of reusing scraps of wrapping paper once all the presents have been opened. If you’d like to play by yourself, we have our own online version of the game, Which Witch! Word Association ...
Make sure your student knows that they are not alone. Finding spelling difficult to get to grips with does not mean that someone is stupid. In fact, some of the world’s cleverest people have struggled with English spelling. Why not organise a research project on successful people and what they have accomplished despite finding spelling hard? Your students might be surprised at how many there are and the variety of fields that they have excelled in. Recommend that your student starts a SPELLING LOG. Whilst your student is certainly not alone in finding spelling difficult, it is important to remember that not everyone will find the same words hard. Students should cre...
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