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May 2024
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Delightful Word Learning with Colette Hi...

Shannon Betts and Mary Saghafi
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Shannon and Mary chat with critically acclaimed author and experienced actress & advocate Colette Hiller about ways to make word learning innovative and fun.    Colette is releasing a new book titled Colossal Words for Kids, which combines educational poetry with vibrant illustrations to teach new words and related content knowledge.    The book is delightful and so is Colette.    Listen to this episode to gain creative ideas about how to help get students excited about word learning and how to help make the vocabulary stick in the students' minds.


RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

  1. Colossal Words for Kids by Colette Hiller, Illustrated by Tor Freeman *Amazon affiliate link*
  2. The B on Your Thumb:   60 Poems to Boost Reading and Spelling by Colette Hiller, Illustrated by Tor Freeman *Amazon affiliate link*
  3. Colette's website
  4. NPR Ways with Words
  5. Street Pianos project
  6. Statue Stories Chicago
  7. our episode about Building Vocabulary-check out the show note links
  8. our episode about Morphology-check out the show note links
  9. our episode about Etymology-check out the show not links
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