- Word Matrix: Marsupe
<marsupe> “purse, pouch” from Modern Latin marsupialis “having a pouch,” coined from Late Latin marsupium “pouch, purse” Word Sums Marsupe +...
InformationHeather JohnsonJuly 21, 2019 - Family Fun in California: The New Children’s Museum
My kiddos and I recently returned from a family vacation in Southern California. The first place that we visited was The...
BlogHeather JohnsonJuly 21, 2019 - The -ion Suffix, Connecting Vowel <i>, and Phonological Markers
To begin, -*tion, -*sion, -*cion, and -*xion are not suffixes. Only -ion is a suffix. A suffix is a bound morpheme...
InformationHeather JohnsonJuly 5, 2019 - Healthy Foods That Babies Like Most Infographic with Baby Food Recipes
What kinds of healthy foods do babies like best? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), babies should exclusively breastfeed for...
BlogHeather JohnsonJuly 1, 2019 - Patriotic Craft Roundup
Memorial Day to the Fourth of July and then Labor Day, summer is a time for patriotic crafts. Discover over a...
BlogHeather JohnsonJune 24, 2019 - Word Matrix: Galact
<galact> “milk, milky” from Greek gala (genitive galaktos, stem galakt-) “milk” Word Sums Galact + ic -> galactic Extra + Galact...
InformationHeather JohnsonJune 17, 2019 - ‘The Sketchbook’ Book Review
With summer reading programs in full swing, I am always looking for new books to share with my kiddos. I especially...
ReviewsHeather JohnsonJune 16, 2019 - Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as Adjunct Adverbials
Notional grammars traditionally verbs as “words that denote actions and states of being.” A verb phrase consists of a verb plus...
English VerbsHeather JohnsonJune 15, 2019 - Word Matrix: Cat
<cat> “feline” from Old English catt Words Sums Cat Cat + s -> cats Cat + ed -> catted Cat +...
InformationHeather JohnsonJune 6, 2019 - Adjectives Versus Verbs: Participial Adjectives
As I have written many times before, the line between grammatical forms is blurry at best, especially among lexical categories like...
English AdjectivesHeather JohnsonJune 4, 2019