Our mission is to "make words come alive" in a dynamic, new approach to learning vocabulary using Latin and Greek roots. We want to take our "visual-vocabulary" into the online newspapers featured on the World Wide Web. We are delighted with the reaction and feedback we have gotten from teachers, students, parents and authors. We want to share with you several more detailed quotes with attribution.
We hope you will be interested in carrying this unique feature in your online newspaper.

  • Patricia Carnabuci, Education World Magazine - "These puzzles are a great tool for language arts, English and ESL teachers to use or for anyone interested in brushing up on their vocabulary skills."

  • Salome DeShay, high school teacher, Los Angeles, CA - "This is a great way to motivate high school students, in addition to expanding their vocabulary. Are they published anywhere?"

  • Marjan Glavac, K-8 educator and author, Ontario, Canada - "Thank you for your wonderful resource for parents, teachers and students. I can't wait to start promoting it to teachers...this is just the stuff they love!"

  • G.S., student, Pittsburgh, PA - "This is very helpful and the best thing I've seen for anyone who wants to learn vocabulary or, like me, who is trying to study for the SATs."

  • Pat Walker, homeschool teacher, Wisconsin - "I am homeschooling and I greatly appreciate the vocabulary puzzles that I find on your site. They provide an excellent resource to supplement his other curriculum."

  • Anita Logan, teacher, New Mexico - "I am absolutely thrilled with your puzzles. I have already had 6 of my 21 students do the current ones and ask for more!"

  • L. Wolverton, parent - "I absolutely love your puzzles. I think that unlocking words by knowing the meaning of roots is one of the best ways to increase one's vocabulary."

  • University teacher, Charlston, South Carolina - "I like it. I will share it with my language arts student at the University. It's a very exciting material."

  • Wilhelm August, science teacher, Syracuse, New York - "Thank you for having this innovative and prosperous site. I am presently abstracting vocabulary and other elements from my 137 science modules. Look forward to sharing with you."

    • Try other creative exercises from our new Session #126 :
    Fill-in-the-blanks: ["S126Level 1 FITB"] -- ["S126Level 2 FITB"] -- ["S126Level 3 FITB"]
    Definition MATCH: ["S126Level 1-Match"] -- ["S126Level 2-Match"] -- ["S126Level 3-Match"]
    Crosswords:["S126Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S126Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S126Level 3 C/W"]
    Return to interactive puzzles at: ["S126 Level 1"] -- ["S126 Level 2"] -- ["S126 Level 3"]

    Post your story: Don't forget to email your own story using these "turkey" words to Post-my-story at Vocabulary University. To see examples of archived vocabulary stories click here.

    Any questions can be directed to Carey Cook at Vocabulary University for clarification.

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