Learning about compound
words can be lots of fun if approached in the right way. You may
be surprised to find that your older kids might not know what a
compound word is. My 13 year old asked me this morning what they
were. I told him that they are basically two words stuck together.
There are tons of ways to teach about them. One of the ways I
thought of is to challenge your kids to find as many compound words
as they can in one room of your house. Perhaps it's your kitchen.
Some of the words could be cupboard, tabletop, microwave...oh, wait
microwave is not compound. This can open the door to teach about
prefixes
and suffixes. They can learn about root words and how they effect
the meaning of different words.
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