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27 Aug

The word was Muddle

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

Word of the day27 Aug

Muddle

Muddle

noun

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What it means

A confused or messy state.

Try it in a sentence

“My schoolbag is in a real muddle today.”

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Muddle, noun. A confused or messy state. Example: My schoolbag is in a real muddle today.

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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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