Episode 494
Enhancing Thinking through Vocabulary
Sep 10, 2025
“You can’t think a thought if you don’t have the words to think it.” In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about how building vocabulary enhances thinking skills. Throughout IEW’s history, thinking about words and their meanings has been incorporated into nearly all of our courses. Listen as Andrew and Julie discuss how we teach vocabulary and why it is important to teach it in the context of other courses.
Referenced Materials
- Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
- A Word Write Now
- Structure and Style® for Students
- Fix It!® Grammar
- Theme-Based Writing Lessons
- The Phonetic Zoo spelling program
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