Dictionaries?

[Mommy22alyns]

What's your best recommendation for a children's dictionary? I want something that's more in-depth than most beginner dictionaries, but the explanations still need to be fairly simple. Thanks in advance!

[Parrothead]

You beat me to it! LOL I was going to ask the same question. Now I can eargly wait for replies.

[swimnactmom]

We like the American Heritage Student Dictionary. The definitions are fairly easy to understand and they have really interesting photographs and illustrations in the margins of every page. In fact, my ds grabs the dictionary to look up a word and then finds himself actually reading the dictionary because the pictures draw him in and then he wants to know more!

[Suzanne in ABQ]

I second the AH Student Dictionary. Dd never whines about looking things up anymore. That's a good thing. :)

[JenBlok]

We use the Merriam Webster dictionary online. Ds9 (and mom!) is amazed to see how many definitions each word actually has. We are also beginning to use the feature related to word origin; especially as it relates to Latin.

 

Jennifer

Ds9, Ds7, Dd3

[Sandwich in Wi]

I can say without hesitation, skip the Scholastic Dictionary! It was very frustrating for my kids because it has so few words. Many words they wanted to look up were not found.

 

American Heritage does it better for us!

 

Blessings,

Sandwich

[hsmom]

Another for American Heritage

[Julie in MO]

It has plenty of words and lots of pictures.

HTH,

Julie

[PeterPan]

We too use the American Heritage Student Dictionary. I didn't realize when they say "student" they actually mean grades 6-9! It's been just fine for us since early elementary and has all the words you're looking for. (Capybara was the one that drove us to look for a new dictionary, haha.) It's in color and the font is readable for a young dc. Should last you quite a while and gets a lot of use around here.

[umarider]

I second McGraw-Hill. It works very well for dd9 (she started using it in 2nd grade). It has enough pictures to help, but not be overly distracting. The definitions cover most common usages. Most of all, I like the clear set-up w/ the alphabet on the edge of the pages, and first/last word at the top of every page. This makes teaching dictionary skills much easier.

[Suzanne in ABQ]

We used the McGraw-Hill Children's for several years. This year, though, in 6th grade, we found that it didn't have many of the words dd needed to look up. The American Heritage Student Dictionary is a good next step.

[pixelroper]

 

DK Merriam Webster Children's Dict. we might phase/add in a more mature one here soon, this has been great for the younger years and will continue to be used for several more. Dd really likes it.

[rafiki]

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