Vocabulary

• circle time: A designated period in preschool or kindergarten where children sit in a circle with the teacher for activities like storytelling, singing, and discussions.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• easy does it: Advice to do something slowly and carefully.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• check out
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• recess: An area that is set back in a room or building
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• considerate: Taking care not to offend or disturb someone else
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• shadow: To cover something with shade
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• elementary: Basic, simple, or essential
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• shout: To speak very loudly to get attention
• tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• pine: Tall pointed evergreen tree with needlelike leaves
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• circle: A perfectly round shape
• cheer: Feeling of happiness or optimism
• sag: To become weak and less useful; to decrease
• playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
• fin: Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
• munch: Sound made when eating something quickly or loudly
• hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• online: Connected to the internet
• mackerel: Fish with wavy marks on the back
• storyline: The plot of a book or play or film
• jig: Lively dance
• lunchtime: The time you eat your midday meal
• hale: Healthy; retaining exceptional health and vigor