Holiday Words Dictionary: Idea #167

Holidays are an excellent time to teach your student some new words. For example, during the Christmas season you can introduce words like: tree and star and angel. Or for Thanksgiving: turkey and football and pilgrim. Students then are able to identify and read some more difficult words. To help them remember these holiday words, make a simple holiday words dictionary. It's pretty simple, here is what you do:

1. Choose the words you would like your student to learn for the holiday. For example: green, leprechaun, rainbow, shamrock, and pot of gold. 

2. Make a simple book by stapling some pages together, making sure that there are enough for the words you chose.

3. On the front page of the book have your student write: 'My St. Patrick's Day Dictionary' (or whatever holiday you choose).

4. Then have your student write one holiday word on each page, along with a short definition. Then your student can draw a picture of the word.

5. When it is completed, have your student read the dictionary to you. 

What a fun way to learn some new words!