www.wordwarriokids.net is a FREE educational website that contains all the stories in this book plus many more. Geared for children ages 6-12 wordwarriorkids.net site is devoted to enhancing vocabulary, augmenting compassionate character development, and providing thought-provoking facts and ideas about things children ponder in rhyme, song and video. Especially beneficial for educational purposes is that every story has a companion vocabulary page which defines the challenging words in three learning styles, audio, pictorial and verbally. Also check out www.dictionaryhead.net for our daily quiz show. It is a one-minute rhyming quiz, fun for ages 8 – 80. Each show tests a listener’s knowledge of “advanced and innovative words”. A valuable radio spot for educators, parents, grandparents, and kids with many words from the SAT list. Dictionary Head is an educational game for everyone! The way the game is played:
The show provides a 4-line rhyming riddle for a vocabulary word and the listener gets to select the right answer from 3 choices. Then the answer along with the actual definition is provided. along with a 2-line rhyme. For children playing the game there is not only a verbal definition, but the word is also used in a rhymed couplet to help them remember its meaning. Research has found that the larger your vocabulary is the more likely you will be successful in your career and school.
