<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Locabulary Blog</title><description>Classroom tips, player guides, and product notes for Locabulary, the daily geography puzzle.</description><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/</link><item><title>Top 5 research-backed tricks for learning</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-10-12-research-tricks-for-learning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-10-12-research-tricks-for-learning/</guid><description>5 study tricks with classroom research behind them, from retrieval practice to spacing, with simple ways to try each one this week.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When the continent clue drops (and the room gets quiet)</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-10-08-continent-clue-drops/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-10-08-continent-clue-drops/</guid><description>A classroom tip for Locabulary’s later clues: when CONTINENT (and FIRST LETTER) land, pause the shouting and turn the next guess into map talk.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Send the score, keep the country</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-10-03-send-the-score-keep-the-country/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-10-03-send-the-score-keep-the-country/</guid><description>Share a finished puzzle without naming the country. The board says which day it is, and your run stays on this device.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The last 5 minutes: a geography exit ticket on one board</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-10-01-geography-exit-ticket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-10-01-geography-exit-ticket/</guid><description>Close the period with Locabulary as a shared-screen exit ticket: one free puzzle, teacher drives, students leave with a place stuck in mind. Not a start-of-class warm-up.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>One shared screen. One free puzzle. Whole class.</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-24-one-shared-screen-whole-class/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-24-one-shared-screen-whole-class/</guid><description>Run Locabulary for the whole class on one free daily puzzle: teacher drives the shared screen, students suggest countries out loud, no student accounts.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Guess That Was Within 2 Letters (and Still Wrong)</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-17-within-2-letters-still-wrong/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-17-within-2-letters-still-wrong/</guid><description>A Within 2 near-miss teaches starting-letter distance vs map neighbours: the sticky classroom moment.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The hop is a flight</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-16-a-traveler-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-16-a-traveler-update/</guid><description>What does the hop between countries look like?</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A 5-Minute Geography Bell-Ringer That Fits the Timetable</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-10-5-minute-geography-bell-ringer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-10-5-minute-geography-bell-ringer/</guid><description>A free, teacher-led Locabulary warm-up: project the daily geography puzzle, play for about five minutes with starting-letter closeness bands, then a short Country of the Day debrief. No student logins required.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>You can play more than today</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-03-a-bigger-world-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-09-03-a-bigger-world-update/</guid><description>Do you have to spell the first country?</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Share the path, not the country</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-05-29-sharing-is-caring-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-05-29-sharing-is-caring-update/</guid><description>You finished.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What do you do with today&apos;s puzzle?</title><link>https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-05-01-locabulary-daily-geography-word-game-play-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://locabulary.fun/blog/2026-05-01-locabulary-daily-geography-word-game-play-now/</guid><description>You can open today&apos;s puzzle and chain countries until you reach the mystery one.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>