Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Family Blogging Month :: Palindromes

Family Blogging Month is a great way to build an online learning community!

Abigail's dad, Frank, noticed that he could make a word out of the Family Blogging Month  key. Like any good blogger, I commented back to him. 





Conversations in the comment section help bring the blog to life! Here is the exchange:








That comment led to a comment from Will and Frank's daughter, Abigail:








Those comments lead to a discussion about palindromes. 


pal • in• drome (noun)
a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward, e.g., madam or nurses run.





A numeric palindrome:

Photo by Mrs. Yollis 




Those comments lead to a discussion about aibohphobia, the irrational fear of palindromes!






What are some palindromes that you know?







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