"Hi, I'm Cinny Nym, Dean of Faculty at Vocabulary University.

We have created a vacation word puzzle for you to enjoy. You have permission to copy this page for either your classroom or home.

"In addition, we offer below an "Alphalary" (A-to-Z word) list of 364 Vacation-Summer Fun words. If you would like another list of words related to other topics for travel, vacation, relaxation and summer fun just email your request to New Words List. Please include your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable."

TRIVIA QUESTIONS about summer fun and vacations:

Do you know these facts about the states you might visit this vacation?

• What is "State Bird" for all 50 states? Do you know what an "Ornithologist" is?
  Visit the Audubon Society List of State Birds here.
• What is each states' "State Tree and Flower"? Do you want to be a botanist or arborist?
  Go to the U.S National Arboretum site here to find the answers.
• What is "State Song" for all 50 states?
  Click here to be able to sing all 50 songs in the car, plane, train or bus!
• What National Parks are in the state I will visiting? Have you ever thought about being a Forest Ranger or a "Naturalist?"
  Visit the National Park Service (NPS) U.S. map here of all national parks.

Suggestions and discussion ideas for writing about vacations.

• When you go on "vacation" do you stay at home? Travel? What do you like to do?
• Describe a "perfect" vacation. Where woud you go? What adventures would you want? Who goes on your vacation?
• Why do many people vacation in the summer? What other times of year would you choose? Why?
• What health benefits result from a vacation?
• Why didn't you take a vacation this year?

• A: acclaim, activities, action, admiration, affordable, allure, Americana, amusement, anniversary, appreciation, ardent, art, attachments, attitude, availability, awareness, awesome
• B: ball game, band, bandana, banners, barricades, baton twirling, beads, beware, blessings, boisterous, bookings, bouquets, breathtaking
• C: cavalcade, celebrate, celebration, chant, charming, checkered table cloths, citizen(s), citizenship, civic, clamor, colorful, companionship, commemorate, commercial, common, communication, community, consumption, cooperation, coordinate, costume, countryside, crescendo, culinary, cultural
• D: dazzling, deafening, debauchery, declaration, decoration, delightful, dessert, destination, devotion, dice, dignity, dignitaries, disturbance, dramatic, dream, drinking
• E: ebullient, economical, education, elaborate, embellishments, emergency, emotional, encounter, endure, energy, engulf, en masse, entertainment, equine, event, exchanges, exciting, expectations, exhibitions, explode, explosion, exposure, eye-raising
• F: fabulous, fair, family, fanciful, fascination, feast, feeling, Ferris Wheel, festival, firecracker(s), fireworks, flag, flavor, focus, food, foolishness, freedom, friendships, frivolity, fun
• G: gamble, games, garden, gatherings, glitter, globetrot, glory, goal(s), golf, grandeur, group
• H: habitual, haste, heat, herald, heritage, hiking, history, holiday, home, hooray, hope(s), horrific, horse racing, horses, hospitality, hot, hotel, humble, humidity
• I: ideal(s), illusions, imagination, imitate, immortality, importance, impressive, indulgence, influence, informative, injury, insight, integral, involvement, itinerary
• J: jeans, join, joy, joyful, joyous, juggling, July
• K: keen, kin, kindness, kitsch
• L: landmark, laughter, lava, legendary, libation, liberty, library, lifeguard, light-rail system, limitations, local, locale, love, loyalty
• M: major, march, mask, masses, major, maraud, Mardi Gras, memorial, memories, merriment, merrymaking, military, minor, modification, money, music, musical, mutual
• N: nation, national, native, nibble, nocturnal
• O: occasion, odious, official(s), opportunity, opportunities, outdoors, overwhelming
• P: paper-maché, parade, parties, participation, passionate, patriot, patriotic, patriotism, perennial, photography, pick pocket, picnic, pickles, playful, pleasure, pomp, popular, positive, precaution, presentation, preservation, pride, prizes, public service, punch, puzzles, pyrotechnics
• Q: quaint, quick, queen, quiet
• R: rambling, reading, recreation, refreshment, rejoicing, relationships, relatives, relaxation, reputation, responsibility, restful, reveal, revelation, rituals, roam, roar, roller coaster, routine
• S: scene, security, service, sharing, shindig, shopping, shows, shrieking, shrine, sidewalk, sightseeing, sleeping, smiles, solemn, souvenir, spacious, sparkle, special, spectacle, spectator, spirit, sports, stars, storyteller, streamers, stripes, stroll, stunning, stunt, summer, sunburn, sunscreen, super-patriot, support, surprise, swimming, symbol, symbolism
• T: taffy, target, tea, tennis, territory, theatrical, theme park, tickets, toasting, tourism, traditions, travel, tribute
• U: unaware, unbelievable, unification, union, uniform, unique, unite, universal, upscale
• V: vacation, valuable, values, variety, vendor, versatile, veteran, vibrant, victory, vigilance, vital, vivacious >W: wakeboarding, walks, wallet, wardrobe, watch, wave, waving, welcome, welfare, widespread, willingness, winter, wisdom, worldwide
• X: e(X)cellent, e(X)treme
• Y: yearn, yelling, youth
• Z: zeal, zealous, zest
• 28 great summer treats: apple pie, barbeque, beans, beer (adult only), brats, cake, chicken, chips, coleslaw, cookies, deviled eggs, dip, fruit, hamburgers, hot dogs, ice cream, ice-tea, lemonade, pasta salad, pies, pop, Popsicles, potato salad, salsa, seafood, soda, steaks, vegetables-cold (for dipping), vendors, watermelon

Reminder:
Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #140:

Interactive, grade level puzzles: ["S140 Level 1"] -- ["S140 Level 2"] -- ["S140 Level 3"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S140Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S140Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S140Level 3-FITB"]
Crosswords: ["S140Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S140Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S140Level 3 C/W"]
Definition MATCH: ["S140Level 1-Match"] -- ["S140Level 2-Match"] -- ["S140Level 3-Match"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S140Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S140Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S140Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Find the Words: ["S140Level 1 WF"] -- ["S140Level 2 WF"] -- ["S140Level 3 WF"]
Contextual Stories: ["S140Level 1 Story"] -- ["S140Level 2 Story"] -- ["S140Level 3 Story"]
Is It True or False?: ["S140Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S140Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S140Level 3 T/F"]

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