Dictionary Head

Series produced by Thesderina McGurglestein

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Dictionary Head entertains as it educates! Great for parents and kids! It is a one-minute rhyming quiz, fun for ages 8 – 80 with an innovative and fun way to educate! Every show tests a listener’s knowledge of “advanced and innovative words”. A valuable radio spot for educators, parents, grandparents, and kids with many words from the SAT list plus more. Dictionary Head is an educational game for everyone!

Provided for your listeners is a companion website, www.dictionaryhead.net, to compliment this show. In addition to the audio broadcast, the website has tools that aid in retaining a word’s meaning.

The way the game is played:
The show provides a 4-line rhyming riddle (through poetry) for a vocabulary word and the listener gets to select the right answer from 3 choices. Then the answer along with the actual definition is provided. along with a 2-line rhyme.  For children playing the game there is not only a verbal definition, but the word is also used in a rhymed couplet to help them remember its meaning.

Research has found that the larger your vocabulary is the more likely you will be successful in career and school.


196 Pieces

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Teaching the meaning of "cajoling" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2017
  • Length: :59
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Teaching the meaning of "sialoquent" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
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Teaching the meaning of "contemplate" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
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Teaching the meaning of "faineant" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
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Teaching the meaning of "blighted" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
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Teaching the meaning of "umbrage" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: :59
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Teaching the meaning of "reprehensible" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
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Teaching the meaning of "bilk" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2017
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Teaching the meaning of "talisman" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: :59
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Teaching the meaning of "abrogate" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
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Teaching the meaning of "brouhaha" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
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Teaching the meaning of "facetious" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2017
  • Length: :59
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Teaching the meaning of "portend" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: :59
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Teaching the meaning of "epitomize" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: :59
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Teaching the meaning of "respite" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2017
  • Length: :59
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Teaching the meaning of "ephemeral" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
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Teaching the meaning of "cacophony" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: :59
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Teaching the meaning of "plethora" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2017
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Teaching the meaning of "loquacious" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: :59
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Teaching the meaning of "juggernaut" through Dictionary Head's guessing game in rhyme.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: :59