Hi! I was the kid in the grade 7 class who loved the Nelson Speller exercises that asked us to scan weekly list words for letter patterns, rhymes and suffixes. I was also the kid who devoured extra books provided by the librarian - King Solomon's Mines, Eagle of the Ninth, The Mouse That Roared... to supplement my daily lunchtime study of Radio Shack catalogues!

I'm no longer a card-carrying member of the Radio Shack Free Battery Club, but I still love playing with words. Here are a few of my projects that help me to stay creative while spreading the good words.

- Adrian

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Challenge your high school students with vocabulary units from the Avocabo Series. Try our latest units, Beautiful Words, Words from the Harry Potter Series, Deadly Sinful Words, or an old standby such as Words From Around the Globe. I invite you to submit your own word lists or have students publish their own units--an authentic and rewarding assignment!

Hoadworks' Rhyme-n-Reason@Random and Keyword servers received an Editor's Choice Award from Bonus.com.

Combine the excitement and drama of Texas Hold'Em Poker and the heady challenge of Scrabble-like word-building and you have Word Hold'Em! Click on the image at right to try the print version. Play solo, or invite a friend to play head-to-head! Let me know what you think of the game!

Challenging word play in your email inbox daily. Welcome to the Vocabaret, my friends....

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