Word List: Point State Park

Word lists containing nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are useful for many goals.  They can be used to target reading, spelling, writing, stuttering, voice strategies, articulation, phonological processes, vocabulary building, sentence structure, etc.  Thus, I have decided to post word lists relating to Pittsburgh.  This one is centered on Point State Park.  Obviously there are many, many words that pertain to this area so I have tried to limit my lists to 25-50 words.  If there is a word that you would like to be included, please post below!

 

Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_State_Park.

Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_house.

This list has a lot of "ten dollar words," so it may be best for older children.  (There is a lot of history with this site, so I recommend it to history and war buffs.)  If anyone has ideas for less complex words pertaining to Point State Park, please post below!  The park is free to visitors, as is admission to the Block House.  I've never been inside the Block House, so if anyone has words associated with the inside please post below!

Allegheny river

American Revolution

Aquifer

Bastions

Battle

Block House

Brick

Bridges

British

Confluence

Continental army

Downstream

Downtown

Fort

Fort Duquesne

Fort Pitt

Fountain

French and Indian War

Golden Triangle

History

Landmark

Landscape

Monongahela river

Ohio river

Outdoors

Park

Point

Recreation

Rivers

Water

Tip: For older children that have an interest in history, I recommend using these words to compare Fort Pitt to other forts in the Pittsburgh area.  Here is a link listing forts in the Pittsburgh area: http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/pa-pitt.html#fay

Word List: National Aviary

Word lists containing nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are useful for many goals.  They can be used to target reading, spelling, writing, stuttering, voice strategies, articulation, phonological processes, vocabulary building, sentence structure, etc.  Thus, I have decided to post word lists relating to Pittsburgh.  This one is centered on the National Aviary, although you can use it while bird watching in your own backyard or at a park.  Obviously there are many, many words that pertain to this area so I have tried to limit my lists to 25-50 words.  If there is a word that you would like to be included, please post below!

I highly recommend visiting the aviary.  It is amazing how up close and personal you can get with the birds, which is thrilling for children of any age.  Many of the exhibits are walk-through with free-flying birds.  It is my new favorite place in Pittsburgh.  

Image retrieved from http://www.makefive.com/categories/experiences/travel/places-to-visit-in-pittsburgh1/national-aviary; posted by plmiller.

Image retrieved from aviary.org.

As with each of my lists, I suggest bringing it with you while you are out and about at any location.  Feel free to give this list directly to your child (if she can read) and have her check off each of the words that she encounters; customize the words for her particular goals.  (If you need some suggestions, please post below or e-mail me.)  Explain any unfamiliar words to her.

Admission

Aviary

Beak

Bird

Cage

Call

Canary

Chirp

Condor

Conservation

Contribute

Crest

Drink

Eagle

Eat

Egg

Feather

Feed

Field

Flipper

Float

Flock

Fly

Food

Fowl

Grassland

Hatch

Howl

Injury

Jump

Laboratory

Membership

Millet

Molt

Nectar

Nest

Owl

Parrot

Penguin

Perch

Rabbit

Rainforest

Run

Seed

Sing

Sloth

Sloth (yes, there is a sloth at the aviary!)

Swim

Swim

Talon

Tropical

Veterinarian

Walk

Water

Wildlife

Wing

Word List: Carnegie Library

Word lists containing nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are useful for many goals.  They can be used to target reading, spelling, writing, stuttering, voice strategies, articulation, phonological processes, vocabulary building, sentence structure, etc.  Thus, I have decided to post word lists relating to Pittsburgh.  This one is centered on the Carnegie Library (main location in Oakland), although it was be useful for any library.  Obviously there are many, many words that pertain to this area so I have tried to limit my lists to 25-50 words.  If there is a word that you would like to be included, please post below!

 

Image retrieved from http://www.lexiebond.com/powter-youre-stupid/

I suggest referencing this list when visiting the library.  Try making the trip not about choosing books with your child, but about touring the library itself.  This can make for a very different library experience, highlighting the history of the library, sections of the library that are new to your child, etc.

Alphabetical

Article

Author

Autobiography

Binding

Biography

Book drop

Books

Borrow

Browse

Card catalog

CD/DVD

Check out

Computer

Cover

Database

Department

Dewey decimal system

Fiction

Internet

Learning

Librarian

Library

Library card

Literacy

Literature

Magazines

Non-fiction

Page

Periodicals

Print

Quiet

Read

Research

Return

Search

Search engine

Section

Title

Tutorial

Write

Word List: Cathedral of Learning

Word lists containing nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are useful for many goals.  They can be used to target reading, spelling, writing, stuttering, voice strategies, articulation, phonological processes, vocabulary building, sentence structure, etc.  Thus, I have decided to post word lists relating to Pittsburgh.  This one is centered on the Cathedral of Learning.  Obviously there are many, many words that pertain to this area so I have tried to limit my lists to 25-50 words.  If there is a word that you would like to be included, please post below!

Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Learning.

I suggest bringing this list along with you when visiting the cathedral, or other historic campus buildings in the Pittsburgh area.  You can refer to this list on the drive over to pre-teach words, or use this list once you get home to review.

Arches

Artifact

Artwork

Auditorium

Balcony

Blackboard

Building

Carving

Cathedral

Chair

Classroom

Commons room

Dedication

Desk

Education

Elevator

Fireplace

Floors

Food court

Fountain

Gothic

History

Iron work

Laboratory

Learning

Limestone

Listen

Lobby

Look

Nationality rooms

Office

Stained glass

Stairs

Steel frame

Students

Study

Study lounge

Table

Theatre

Tour

Vault

Walk

Walkway

Wood

The 29 nationality rooms include:

African Heritage

Armenian

Austrian

Chinese

Czechoslovak

Early American

English

French

German

Greek

Hungarian

Indian

Irish

Israel Heritage

Italian

Japanese

Lithuanian

Norwegian

Polish

Romanian

Russian

Scottish

Swedish

Swiss

Syrian-Lebanon

Turkish

Ukrainian

Welsh

As mentioned in an earlier post, I have plans to create posts targeting language at the Cathedral of Learning/Nationality Rooms.  Which rooms are your children most interested it?  Please post below; I will try to make them a priority.

Tip: Phipps, Schenley Park and the Cathedral of Learning are all near each other, so you can always visit a couple of them in one day for extra practice.

Word List: Schenley Park

Word lists containing nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are useful for many goals.  They can be used to target reading, spelling, writing, stuttering, voice strategies, articulation, phonological processes, vocabulary building, sentence structure, etc.  Thus, I have decided to post word lists relating to Pittsburgh.  This one is centered on Schenley Park, which is a free alternative to going to Phipps (which my last post was about).  Obviously there are many, many words that pertain to this area so I have tried to limit my lists to 25-50 words.  If there is a word that you would like to be included, please post below!

 

Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenley_Park.

I suggest referencing this list when walking through Schenley Park; you can even bring it with you when you go there or to other parks.

Berries

Bird

Bridge

Chipmunk
Creek

Deer

Dirt

Duck
Fish

Flowers

Frisbee

Golf

Grass
Lake

Leaf

Log

Map

Panther

Pond

Rock

Run

Snack

Spiders

Stairs

Stone

Track

Trail

Tree

Trunk

Turkey

Turtle

Walk
Water

Web

Weeds