29 Aug
The word was Glimmer
One good word a day. Read it, hear it, use it at teatime.
Word of the day29 Aug
Glimmer
Glimmer
noun
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What it means
A faint or unsteady light.
Try it in a sentence
“A glimmer of sunlight came through the curtains.”
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Glimmer, noun. A faint or unsteady light. Example: A glimmer of sunlight came through the curtains.
This week’s words
42 words in the collection
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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