The end of 2025 is rapidly approaching, and along with it, the end of my self-imposed sabbatical. This sabbatical did not go exactly as I had planned, but I'm pleased and excited about what I did acomplish. I launched a deep, meaningful new grammar class; Sixty-Five Weeks will finally ship this fall; and I'll have more announcements coming up soon.
I have a long post in the works about suffix addition patterns and words that seem to be exceptions to them (like ninth and dryly and more), but this post is brief and strictly to announce the availability of 2026 LEX Calendars. In our 9th year, this is the first time all seven varieties are available:
1. The Original LEX Calendar (Pink Cover). Each month features a study of the month's name or a similar word study.
2. The Original LEX Calendar (Teal Cover). Each month features a study of the month's name or a similar word study.
3. The "Day Of" LEX Calendar (Black Cover). Each month features at least one word study for a "Day Of" observation.
4. The Function & Content Continuum LEX Calendar. Each month features a study of Function & Content homophones and their orthographic characteristics.
5. The Grammendar - LEX Grammar Calendar. Each month features a word category (part of speech) with examples.
6. The History of the Alphabet LEX Calendar. Each month features a study of two or three alphabetic letters, their history, and their relatives.
7. The Silent Letters LEX Calendar. Each month targets one or two silent graphemes and features at least one lexical word matrix to illuminate silent letter patterns.
All calendars feature word matrices, sentence trees, word stories, or illustrations for each month. A perfect gift for word detectives of all ages!
There's a discount code available to Shameless Spelling subscribers behind the paywall below.