These types of words are called “compound words” — they are often written as two words (“apple tree”), but sometimes one (“shoelace”). English has never sorted out the rules here.

The words we use for family members in English are specific about some things, but vague about others. These words will help fill in the gaps.

Wonderful Words is a series of short, animated films to support vocabulary knowledge. This series is relevant for teaching English at KS2 in England and Northern Ireland and Second level in ...

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There’s evidence that teaching kids to memorize a small number of irregular words doesn’t interfere with their reading ability, as long as they’re also receiving systematic phonics instruction.

English Nursery Rhymes and Kids Video Songs: Watch popular children's rhyme 'The Wheels On The Bus' in English. For popular children rhymes, kids songs, children songs, children poems, baby songs ...

Parents are establishing safe words with one another as a way to covertly communicate that one of them is losing their temper while disciplining their kids. It’s currently trending as the ...

But when do babies say their first words? Critical milestones for a baby learning to talk happen in the first 3 years of life, when a baby's brain is rapidly developing. During that time, your ...

Though they have been removed from the dictionary, Dr. Crowley still counts them as English words. “Consider the word ‘diddle,’ a slang term from the 1700s that means ‘gin,'” he says.