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- I was searching for words that are fun to say – with interesting sounds and letter combinations – I love this sort of thing and so do kiddies – no matter what age – REALLY – KIDDIES OF ANY AGE – looooove playing with these types of words and get so much out of them.
- Please don’t be afraid to introduce them – you could even do one a day or one a week or just have them available on the wall for your littlies to investigate and play around with – before you know it – they will be using them in their writing and picking up on more interesting words in their reading.
- Credit for these words goes to Tara Lazar and her 250 cool words list http://taralazar.com/2014/06/09/list-of-200-fun-cool-and-interesting-words/ – a wonderful author and a wonderful list of words to play with….
List of Whimsical Words….
abracadabra, aficionado, bamboozle, befuddled, bombastic, cacophony, cahoots, cantankerous, clodhopper, cockamamie, codswallop, cowabunga , dilemma, discombobulated, dillydally, doodad, effervescent, flabbergasted, fortuitous, gibberish, gobbledygook, gobsmacked, hijinks, hodgepodge, hullabaloo, humdinger, juxtaposition, kerfuffle, knickerbocker, knicknack, mayhem, mollycoddle, nincompoop, onomatopoeia, panache, pandemonium, persnickety, pizzazz, plethora, poppycock, ragamuffin, razzmatazz, rendezvous, ricochet, scallywag, scuttlebutt, shenanigans, skedaddle, splendiferous, thingamabob, tomfoolery, vivacious, zephyr
Plus spare blank cards to write your own words
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Cool words to use for sizzling starters in narrative and persuasive writing……love them!
Comment by Tracie on May 23, 2017 at 1:54 am