English Language is beautiful and we should help kids appreciate its beauty.
When words are explored in the context of meaning, etymology and morphology (the triad of foundational principles), a switch is flipped, something is ignited, fascination develops, understanding emerges, connections strengthening and fun (yes FUN) happens.
Have you ever thought about the word <question>? Like really just looked at it and wondered?
Did notice that when a student asks a question it is literally them going on a mini <quest> in search of the answer. It is a literal quest (see what English did there, quest - question), a mini journey, to get from unknown to known.
Now if we only focused on the sounds, memorizing the word or that -tion is a suffix, that little nugget of beauty is lost.
How much more fun would it have been to go on a quest about the word <question> by looking into its history and word relatives.
See the spark? Seeing a bit of fun?
Seeing other possibilities to captivate the hearts and minds of students?
If not, continue to follow me as we go on a quest for understanding.
