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A Field Guide to Words:                    Enlightening, Eclectic, Entertaining With lavender and poppies abounding in our garden it's time to come out and PLAY after the restrictions of winter and the pandemic, to delight in the extraordinary, the hidden stories, the wonders of a word’s past and present.  These Field Guides are the ideal companion for teachers and logophiles.  The writers, two educators, share their passion for orthographic linguistics to celebrate the sense and order of English orthography. With these guides in your hand, you and your students will be inspired to investigate and marvel at the richness of the English language.  Lyn & Ann's latest Field Guide to Words: PLAY highlights: - the written orthographic statement with teacher dialogue  - Chancery script as the foundation for all orthographic study - an annotated matrix  - how to read an etymology entry - compounds - a key phonological investigation. A Field Guide to Words goes beyond and beneat

This article forms part of a collaborative article written by Ann Whiting and Lyn Anderson. To view the full article click on this LINK . The Cycles of Life: an orthographic study Recently my reflections on the gracious death and the beautiful birth of close family members, astonishingly falling on the same day, evoked some poignant teaching memories of guiding young children with their study and ultimate discoveries of the ‘ cycles of life’. The cycles of life , the circles of life breathing in every corner of our living world. Whether it be the study of seasonal changes through the lifeline of trees, an arbour of oaks or chestnuts that swathe us with their crisp fallen leaves and fascinating seeds or the evergreen pine that doesn’t ever seem to change; or the sensations of caressing the soft greens and yellows of the mountain meadows; or the discoveries of the strong, remarkable  plants of the hot humid tropics; or the close scrutiny of the jelly-like membranes