101 Doodle Definitions

101 Doodle Definitions

A different way to learn vocabulary—one your child will actually use. 101 Doodle Definitions, a Timberdoodle exclusive, pairs commonly tested words with simple drawing prompts so your child sketches each meaning instead of just memorizing a definition.

Each page introduces one word, gives a clear definition, walks your child through a step-by-step doodle that illustrates the meaning, and leaves space for him to draw his own version. The 101 words are drawn from standardized-test vocabulary—the kind of words that rarely pop up in ordinary conversation. Think oblivious, meticulous, loquacious, and quagmire.

The approach is mnemonic, but the experience is just plain fun. Working through a doodle for benevolent or bombastic is far more interesting than copying a definition into a notebook, and the meanings tend to stick because they're tied to something your child actually made.

The layout is simple enough to use a page or two at a time, which works well for students who like to draw, hesitate to write, or need a more active way to tackle new words.

By the time he's worked through the book, he has more than 101 new words. He has a method. Hand him any unfamiliar word from now on, and he knows what to do: imagine it, draw it, remember it. That carries forward into every book he picks up next.