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Recently, eighth-grade English teacher Deborah Ryles from Correia Middle School in San Diego told us how she's differentiating vocabulary instruction in her classroom with Vocabulary.com. Continue reading...

The Visual Thesaurus is a proud sponsor of public radio's A Way with Words, a "freewheeling joy ride through the English language," that airs every weekend in San Diego, the Midwest and around the world via podcasts. When the ninth season of the show kicks off this Saturday, host Martha Barnette will be joined by a new partner, lexicographer Grant Barrett (read our interview with Grant here). We caught up with Martha to talk about her show, her work and her latest book, the delightful Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies.

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Anyone familiar with the children's movie Despicable Me 2 will not be surprised to hear that use of minion among children has grown by 250 percent in the last year. Similarly, kids who play Minecraft are not immune to the charms of unusual vocabulary ocelot, nether and spawn as never before. Does this mean screen time might actually be good for vocab? Continue reading...

To allot is to divvy up. You might allot a few hours of your day to study for a test. The words a lot refer to a large amount. If you're taking a hard class, you'll need to allot a lot of hours to study! Continue reading...

Get creeped out this Halloween by learning words used by master writers to freak out generations of adults and children alike. Continue reading...

See which schools came out on top in the Vocab Bowl in June. Continue reading...

When you play the Challenge, do you wince when you get a question wrong or let out a giant Homer Simpson-style "Doh!" Don’t. Because what’s happening when you get a question wrong may be just as important as what’s happening when you get one right. (See Can Forgetting Help You Learn?) In fact, frequent failure may be what makes playing games like the Challenge fun. Continue reading...

So far this school year, students at Chavez High School in Houston, TX have mastered nearly 200,000 words using Vocabulary.com. They're learning words on their computers, their phones, their tablets, at home, on the bus, during lunch and free periods, and during vocabulary binge-sessions in the cafeteria. Their hard work and persistence has taken their school to the top spot in the yearlong Vocabulary Bowl, and local media is paying attention. Continue reading...

Learn how the Bowl centers around giving more students the opportunity to experience more learning. Continue reading...