Ansonia students learn importance of good vocabulary

Ansonia resident Terry Murphy, far right, reads her book, 'Word Bird Delivers The Eight Parts of Speech' to fourth graders in teacher Beth Williams' at John G. Prendergast Elementary School in Ansonia. 
Assisting her is Pat Frusciante of Stratford, as Ansonia Mayor James Della Volpe looks on. A character in the book was created in his honor and he was on hand to support the vocabulary project. Patricia Villers/Register


ANSONIA - Terry Murphy has a way with words.
The city resident and grandmother of two is on a mission to help children improve their vocabularies.

To that end, Murphy wrote a book, "Word Bird Delivers The Eight Parts of Speech." It takes place in the Village of Vocabulary.

Murphy recently visited a classroom at Prendergast School to talk to fourth graders about vocabulary. 
She asked them and other students at the school to vote for one of four possible covers for the book, and they selected the one below.

Murphy deserves plaudits for wanting to help children learn how to communicate well, and for having the imagination to make learning about words a fun experience. 

I wish her the best of luck in getting the word out there about the educational book she has written.