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23 Aug

The word was Twinkle

One good word a day. Read it, hear it, use it at teatime.

Word of the day23 Aug

Twinkle

Twinkle

verb

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What it means

To shine with a light that keeps changing from bright to less bright.

Try it in a sentence

“The stars twinkled above the tent.”

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Twinkle, verb. To shine with a light that keeps changing from bright to less bright. Example: The stars twinkled above the tent.

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Three minutes at the kitchen table

01

Read it

Say the word together, then break it into the chunks on the card.

02

Mean it

Turn the card over. Can your child explain it back in their own words?

03

Use it

Challenge them to slip it into conversation before bedtime.

Vocabulary grows fastest in conversation.

That is most of what happens in a session with Ms Betty — reading, talking, and noticing words together.

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