Words. Schools are swimming in them. Children are swimming in them too, and potentially drowning in them. A recent Education Week article discussed the need for students to “learn more words,” stating ...

Crossplay challenges you to expand your word choices. So how exactly do you do that? By Julia Carpenter Almost every day for the last 24 years, my father and I have traded emails about ...

In a world where clear expression is power, strengthening your vocabulary isn’t about memorization — it’s about meaningful usage. This story explores five practical, research-backed strategies that ...

Word of the Day: Gargantuan - This word has a delightfully literary origin. It comes from Gargantua, the giant king in François Rabelais' 16th-century satirical novel Gargantua and Pantagruel (1534).

This week’s question is: What are the best instructional strategies for vocabulary development? All educators in all subjects have to teach vocabulary. If our students don’t know the meanings of the ...

A large lexicon helps open our minds, says the memory coach Ed Cooke. Below, try his online word quiz for fun The most common question that people ask our team at Memrise is: can you help me learn a ...

To succeed in school and beyond, children need to build a robust vocabulary. Kids learn a lot from the adults in their lives and there are many ways you can help your child learn new words. We reached ...