Words

"Words of the Day" posts can be unimaginative, commonplace and dull-- down right prosaic.

I did not know what prosaic meant until this morning.

And so, as Miss M & Mr. Big Food-- both of whom know what prosaic means-- were heading out the door, we devised a draft of our next family game: Words of the Day. My guess is that in virtue of how we've structured the "game," it will not be prosaic.

By the time they and Daughter C had arrived home, I had almost all of the requisite elements assembled. Sadie helped.

Miss M suggested the final elements. Keep reading.

Let us survey the table to get a sense of the game-- which has only winners, as you shall see.

Through his knowledge of words, through his ability to make them express the exact shades of his meaning, he gives to his ideas real power.

Each day, one person chooses a word from among 2000 words in the two boxes.

That's the Word of the Day

A place holder

The word is recorded.

Multiple times

The word & a brief definition are deposited in a canister. We may be bored this winter.

Here is where the sentences will be deposited.

Use this word in a sentence.

FYI & at Miss M instance, The Resource Center has a dictionary from this century.

Kinda of fuzzy. Sorry.