joyfulhomeschooler Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Does anyone have a good dictionary recommendation for a 3rd grader (8yr old)? He has a charlie brown one and another kid one but they never seem to have the words we are looking for in them . The other dictionary that we have is too small or writing. Anyone have a good one? We are using Rod and Staff English so if that makes a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandty Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I can tell you what not to buy. :lol: We had a scholastic children that hardly had any words. I then got a Webster's (I think and I can't look right now) Children's one and it still only has about half of the words that we look up. It is a big one too . . . . . I guess the font size is bigger. I am needing recommendation for a new one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 :001_unsure: No one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Check out the macmillan childrens dictionary. I compared a few different ones a few years ago and liked that one but never did purchase it. It has some good reviews on amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLC Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Children's dictionaries never seemed to have the words my ds need to look up. However, I purchased The American Heritage Student Dictionary for my ds to use this year, and so far, every word he has need to look up has been in the dictionary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) The American Heritage Student Dictionary is excellent. I'm often surprised by the words it *does* include, and it's an excellent stepping stone to an adult dictionary. I've been very pleased with it for middle/late elementary. (I believe there's also an AH Children's Dictionary. Skip it.) Edited October 5, 2011 by abbeyej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBeaks Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The American Heritage Student Dictionary is excellent. I'm often surprised by the words it *does* include, and it's an excellent stepping stone to an adult dictionary. I've been very pleased with it for middle/late elementary. (I believe there's also an AH Children's Dictionary. Skip it.) We have the American Heritgage Student Dictionary too and like it. I finally settled on that one, even though it does not include everything DS looks up. But it is a perfect stepping stone for us to just using the adult one after he was comfortable with the AH Student one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I have my kids use the Webster's Family Dictionary after they outgrow the children's dictionary. It is a sanitized version of an adult dictionary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five More Minutes Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The MacMillian Children's Dictionary has been an excellent resource for us here; however, we have encountered a few words that we have had to look up elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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