On Vocabulary.com:

• Teachers, families and students can use it for free.
• Paying subscribers have access to extended features.
• Vocabulary lists come with activities and games. Lists range from cooking to literature to sports.
• Users can create their own lists based on their interests and needs.
• Etymology (word origin) lists featuring many languages of origin are available.

For students and families

Students

• follow the teacher’s advice and challenge yourself to extend your vocabulary
• use online resources such as etymology.com
• break down new words into morphemes and use roots to discover their origins
• in everyday learning, reading, routines and play, look for new words. Then use word knowledge to actively discover the meaning.

Parents and caregivers

Parents and caregivers are the first people to share an interest in language with children. Find everyday opportunities to build your child's vocabulary. There are many occasions when you can talk about words and how to remember them:

• using cookbooks
• using gardening instructions
• fixing things together
• cleaning and tidying
• playing physical games, word games and puzzles
• talking with family and friends
• reading subtitles for TV and YouTube videos – turn them on as research shows that this help to increase vocabulary
• reading street level words – billboards, signs, and so on.

For teachers

• For each unit, provide short lists of new vocabulary. Use Vocabulary.com to devise follow-up interactive exercises for students and their family. They can then explore the morphemes and root words of new vocabulary. Such repetition has significant impact on the retention and value of learning.
• Ask students to create and share PowerPoint slides for allocated morphemes. Share to produce a whole class or family resource.
• Integrate vocabulary with other regular learning activities. For example, students can look at a daily news site, such as Kidsnews.com and:

1. make their own vocabulary lists
2. use Vocabulary.com to create their own interactive exercises.