Spike’s Fun Word Facts
What are inventive words?
Different dialects in the UK
Importance of game play in helping children to read
10 weird & wonderful English idioms
Sensational Sporty idioms
Wacky Words for ‘toilet’
What French words do we use in English?
60 NEW WORDS added to the English language in 2023
Funny Words in English
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Click to read more 8 Mental Benefits to playing board games
Is English too hard for children to read?
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5 reasons why board games are good for dyslexic learners
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10 benefits of board games for those with ADHD and Dyslexia
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Benefits of Board Games for those with disabilites
What are loanwords in English?
5 words that started out as spelling mistakes!
5 Reasons why some children struggle to read
UK towns we commonly mispronounce
Click to read more Friday 13th – what’s it all about?
What are portmanteau words?
32 Business Idioms
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What is cockney rhyming slang?
12 examples of neologisms
20 Animal Idioms
Funniest Sounding UK place names
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13 Tricky Tongue Twisters in English
Educational & other phobias
If you say these words, you’re considered posh!
Fun Facts About Schools Around The World
2 LETTER WORDS IN ENGLISH
Struggling Readers – how can we help them?
Click to read more How I got my children to love reading
9 rare and obscure colour words
What is morphology?
Click to read more What is the ‘Matthew Effect’ in reading?
Click to read more 16 words which make up around a 1/4 of every piece of writing
What is a diacritical mark?
Click to read more Do children learn better when they have fun?
CLICK TO READ MORE 10 ways to improve your child’s reading
Click to read more 5 common mistakes parents make when raising readers
click to read more Important Contractions in English
What can be done to help illiterate parents?
Click to read more Spike’s Sight Words Homophones Quiz
CLICK TO TAKE THE TEST! Spike’s Sight Words Figurative Language Quiz
Click to take the test! 100 Nicknames of Cities
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click to take the test How to teach Tricky Words?
Click to read more What is hyperlexia?
Click to read more What makes a good SENCO?
click to read more What is a Reading Disorder?
click to read more Can Food improve your child’s reading?
Click to read more Is your child a struggling reader or dyslexic?
Click to read more Why can my child read but not spell?
click to read more What is a Precocious Reader?
click to read more What it means to be a visual learner?
Click to read more At what age should a child be able to spell?
click to read more My child never remembers any words!
Click to read more Common mistakes parents make when helping their child to spell
Click to read more 5 benefits your kids get from learning on our board games
click to read more Can a child be dyslexic in one language & not another?
Click to read more Can a child have dyslexia & ADHD?
click to read more 10 interesting facts about dyslexia
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