What To Do if You Want Your Child to Enlarge his Vocabulary By Basia

If you want your child to have a bigger vocabulary you can encourage him to write a poem. This helps because it makes your child look for rhymes and rhyming is always fun and comes more naturally, for example “The CAT jumped on the MAT” or read the poem below.

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I love my house

It is so fine.

It is just mine

It's not decline.

I'm so cool

I really rule.

I have a pool

And golden tool.

I also love to sing,

I go Bing Bing Bing.

You're a fool

Because I rule.

You're so amusing.

That's what you're choosing.

If you wona be a class clown - Go ahead.

Just be careful your nose might turn red.

You're so elegant but you still look like an elephant.

I mean, you do work at the zoo.

The cows around you go moo-moo-moo.

You might also turn black-and-white,

Be careful cause I'm almost always right!

Don't smile for a while -

You might get a stain on your brain.

Guess what? It might really rain.

What's a pain, what's a pain?

If you want your child to get better in both typing and his vocabulary you can use an app on your computer called Thesaurus . By pressing on a chosen word and Shift F7 he can find synonyms and another meaning of the word.

This even helps when learning another language. For example I've started learning Spanish (as you know from my mom's blog.)

Unforgettable trip to Red Gate Farm

I went on a farm trip for 3 days. It was a trip with my classmates.

We had to sleep in tents with 4 people in each tent. At night I heard wolf cries. I wasn't sure these were wolves, but at night it felt like. The experience was unusual and unlike any other. It was very fun and exciting, but a little scary at the same time.

The wake up call was at 6:15 am

We had to prepare our own breakfast, lunch and dinner, serve them and then clean up after that. The food was very delicious and nutritious. We had different tasks during the day, such as; Feed animals by taking care of them by going to the forest and cleaning and finally gardening.

At night we sat around the fire pit and sang songs and told different stories. Everyone had a chance to reflect on the day.

The weather was very nice and warm and at night, it got a little cooler, so I brought a jacket.  

We also got to relax on the grass on the sunny day while we were knitting nice scarves.
Some people also had the opportunity to practice yoga on the grass.

I hope I can visit Red Gate Farm again one day.”

These strategies are not only good for children but can also help grownups too.

My good weekend

My weekend is very long because I don't have school on Monday because it's Columba Day.  

Today we were the Island Governors. I like that island because it was very long, there is a lot of nature and there are not many people.

We took a ferry to get there we have our bikes.

You can rent fun bike that has two to eight seats.

We also went to a small theater and saw these photos that had strange 3D carvings that look like people are coming out of them. They were called holograms.

We had a picnic outside.

This was my trip to the Big Island called Governers Island. I have a good experience there and hope to visit again one day.

I also reorganized my room. Now it seems like I've moved on. It was a good feeling because it feels like I started from scratch. This was my Saturday. I had a very good afternoon. 

I'm also very excited for tomorrow.

Goodbye friends!