The Word Collector: <collect>

‘The Word Collector’, written and illustrated by the amazing Peter H. Reynolds, is one of those books that speaks to my soul. This resource – we can keep things simple, looking at the <collect> matrix. And we can also dive in deeper, looking at <collect> as a stem with an assimilated prefix and bound base.

• What do you notice about the structure of these words?
• What do these words mean?
• Do these words share a connection in meaning?