Customer Reviews

Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms (Words Are Categorical)

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

If you have a youngster who is having trouble understanding simple English language concepts or, in some cases, simply is resistant to learning them, a visually oriented book may just make it easier and fun to learn! The colorful, lively illustrations in this book will draw their attention to antonyms quickly and painlessly.

"Antonyms are words that are quiet opposite in meaning, like sleep and wake or give and take-like messing is to cleaning." On the two-page spread with this sentence we see bunkbeds in which one cat is sound asleep, the other wide awake, while yet another cat enters the room with a vacuum to clean up the messy room. After several pages of simple antonym examples, the slightly more complicated addition of prefixes such as un, non, im, dis, and mis are illustrated and explained. Next the author introduces the prefixes anti, il, ir and in.

Antonyms "offer rich contrasting words that help us to distinguish day from night and wrong from right-and brighten up our English!" This book is a bright, rhythmical way to encourage the reluctant student to not only grasp a concept, but to actually enjoy learning. This book would be a welcome addition to any classroom or homeschool shelf.

Children will grab this attractive book up and learn in the process. From its colorful cat illustrated cover to its thought inducing end, the book is filled with delightfully demonstrated antonyms - including antonyms formed by prefixes.

The illogical (see, I learned something) change from metered verse to unmetered (there I go again) verse slightly irritated me, but not enough to detract from a 5-star rating.