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“I think sometimes in education vocabulary is looked at in much too mundane a way. Indeed, vocabulary is a person’s tools of thought.” – Dr. Keith Stanovich, Canada’s Research Chair of Applied Cognitive Science at the Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto A rich vocabulary is an important part [...] Words are the basic building blocks for all languages. Before our children start talking in complete sentences, they start communicating by using words. An average first-grader knows 10,000 words. Between the ages of 12 months and 6 years children learn about 2,000 words a year or 38 words a week or 5-6 words a day! [...] |
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