Challenge Day 28:
Teach your child a new word.
Since my oldest is all about learning new words and reading and understanding sight words, we are going to work on vocabulary.
Today has been full of teaching moments.
We have been reading books and comprehending words that she did not even know existed and essentially becoming her own little book of knowledge.
What better word to teach than Knowledge.
Especially since I told her that she was full of knowledge and she said, "What?"
knowl·edge
ˈnäləj/
noun
- 1.facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject."a thirst for knowledge"
synonyms: understanding, comprehension, grasp, command, mastery; More - 2.awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation."the program had been developed without his knowledge"
synonyms: awareness, consciousness, realization, cognition, apprehension,perception, appreciation;
First we talked about what she thought Knowledge was?
Her answer was a fun one. She said she wasn't sure but she liked it because it started with the Letter K. (OH boy!)
We defined it by saying that knowledge is what she is learning from school. That they are facts, not stories and that they let her know things by trigger words- which she understands because she often will interrupt when she hears a word that reminds her of something else.
My youngest tried and tried again to say Knowledge- but it is going to need some more work.
It was really fun to teach them, to see their faces light up when they understood what it meant and my oldest even used it in a sentence, which was impressive!
Try to teach your kids a new word! I think next time we are just going to grab the old Webster and pick at random!
Let me know how it went with your kids!
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~Kel
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