German already had a word for flame. It borrowed 'Flamme' from Latin anyway, more than a thousand years ago.
An illustrated, black-and-white history of the word 'Flamme', in 15 large cards with one idea on each. It prints two ways: as a deck to laminate, punch and put on a ring, or as a single sheet to print and use as it is.
'Flamme' means 'flame', and each ring on a gas cooker. In casual German, 'seine alte Flamme' is 'his old flame', and someone who is 'Feuer und Flamme' is very keen. 'Flammkuchen' means 'flame cake': it was baked at the front of the oven while the fire still burned at the back.
15 large cards telling the word's story in black-and-white pictures, one idea to a card, each with a short caption
A gender panel for nouns ending in '-e', with its exceptions
Phrases and compounds such as 'auf kleiner Flamme', 'Sparflamme' and 'Flammenmeer'
The word's history from Latin to modern German, with a date at each stage the records allow
A pronunciation card for every German word on the cards, and an IPA page
The English words that come from the same Latin root
A one-page summary sheet, a sources page and a short guide for the adult
It prints two ways. Laminate the large cards, punch a hole in the corner and clip them onto a ring, and you have a deck a child can hold, turn over and lay out in order on the table. You make the deck yourself: you'll need a printer, a laminator and a ring. The single sheet at the end holds the whole word on one page and needs no laminating; print it and it's ready for the middle of a session.
For personal use in home education and tutoring only.
Made first for my son, but it suits a wider range:
KS3 and KS4 learners of German, including those working towards GCSE
Specialist tuition students, including those with dyslexia or a weak working memory
Home-educated children learning a language alongside a parent
Anyone who enjoys where words come from
Adults coming back to German, or brushing up alongside a child
Duolingo users who want to know why the words look the way they do
'die Flamme' is a good word to hang the German '-e' gender rule on, and the cards teach that rule with its exceptions named, so 'der Name' and 'das Ende' don't come as a shock later.
I first made these for my dyslexic son.
More fire words in Die Wortwerkbank: 'in Flammen', 'flammen', 'aufflammen', 'entflammen' and 'flambieren'.
Each of those comes from the same Latin family as 'Flamme', so they work well as a set.
The same Latin word turns up in the other shops: 'flamme' in L'atelier des mots, 'llama' in El Taller Raíz and 'fiamma' in L'Officina Radice. The free English word cards on 'inflammable', 'flamboyant' and 'flamingo' are in The Wordhord.
Available now as a PDF download.
German already had a word for flame. It borrowed 'Flamme' from Latin anyway, more than a thousand years ago.
An illustrated, black-and-white history of the word 'Flamme', in 15 large cards with one idea on each. It prints two ways: as a deck to laminate, punch and put on a ring, or as a single sheet to print and use as it is.
'Flamme' means 'flame', and each ring on a gas cooker. In casual German, 'seine alte Flamme' is 'his old flame', and someone who is 'Feuer und Flamme' is very keen. 'Flammkuchen' means 'flame cake': it was baked at the front of the oven while the fire still burned at the back.
15 large cards telling the word's story in black-and-white pictures, one idea to a card, each with a short caption
A gender panel for nouns ending in '-e', with its exceptions
Phrases and compounds such as 'auf kleiner Flamme', 'Sparflamme' and 'Flammenmeer'
The word's history from Latin to modern German, with a date at each stage the records allow
A pronunciation card for every German word on the cards, and an IPA page
The English words that come from the same Latin root
A one-page summary sheet, a sources page and a short guide for the adult
It prints two ways. Laminate the large cards, punch a hole in the corner and clip them onto a ring, and you have a deck a child can hold, turn over and lay out in order on the table. You make the deck yourself: you'll need a printer, a laminator and a ring. The single sheet at the end holds the whole word on one page and needs no laminating; print it and it's ready for the middle of a session.
For personal use in home education and tutoring only.
Made first for my son, but it suits a wider range:
KS3 and KS4 learners of German, including those working towards GCSE
Specialist tuition students, including those with dyslexia or a weak working memory
Home-educated children learning a language alongside a parent
Anyone who enjoys where words come from
Adults coming back to German, or brushing up alongside a child
Duolingo users who want to know why the words look the way they do
'die Flamme' is a good word to hang the German '-e' gender rule on, and the cards teach that rule with its exceptions named, so 'der Name' and 'das Ende' don't come as a shock later.
I first made these for my dyslexic son.
More fire words in Die Wortwerkbank: 'in Flammen', 'flammen', 'aufflammen', 'entflammen' and 'flambieren'.
Each of those comes from the same Latin family as 'Flamme', so they work well as a set.
The same Latin word turns up in the other shops: 'flamme' in L'atelier des mots, 'llama' in El Taller Raíz and 'fiamma' in L'Officina Radice. The free English word cards on 'inflammable', 'flamboyant' and 'flamingo' are in The Wordhord.
Available now as a PDF download.
