In the book I mentioned yesterday, Jennie spends one whole chapter on how much fun families can have with words. The particular word is Madagascar. And she writes about thrilled her emergent reader was she found the word on a map in the atlas.
Are there words your family plays with? My husband's sister had a playful spirit, and she enjoyed making up words and singing little songs with funny words, especially to her favorite nephew. Jennie says, "...words like hallelujah, jiffy, Ebenezer Scrooge and wingdingdilly feel good on the tongue and sound nice to the ear." Just the other day, Maddie was talking about onomatopoeia words--words where the sounds reflect the sense like whizz, crackle, pop and zoom.
What are some words you have fun with in your family? Have you visited Jabberwock?
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