mhblue5 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 There are so many child dictionaries out there. Have you preferred one over another? I need to get one for my 7 yo dd. Thank you! Cristina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 American Heritage Student Dictionary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in MA Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 We used the Scholastic Children's Dictionary, which was fine, but I would say she outgrew it and was ready for a "real" dictionary in about a year. If I had to do it over again, I would buy a nice college dictionary and borrow a children's dictionary from the library to introduce the use of a dictionary. Both my kids love flipping through the dictionary (and thesaurus - thanks Classical Writing) for fun, and we've had to buy a super big dictionary for this year (ages 10 and 13). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesloonybin Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 We use the DK Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary. We have been very happy. It is not all pictures but not too hard either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neesek Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Another vote for the American Heritage Student Dictionary. We are very pleased with it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 We are happy with our DK one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Yes here too. We love ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 My kids have several (people just keep giving them to us!), and honestly, they've never used any of them very much. They aren't thorough enough to be that useful, imo. Funny dictionary story: the other day, dd7 asked dad what a certain word meant. He wasn't sure, and said, of course, "Let's look it up." Whereupon he walked toward the dictionary, and dd walked toward the computer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 We used the Scholastic Children's Dictionary, which was fine, but I would say she outgrew it and was ready for a "real" dictionary in about a year. If I had to do it over again, I would buy a nice college dictionary and borrow a children's dictionary from the library to introduce the use of a dictionary. Both my kids love flipping through the dictionary (and thesaurus - thanks Classical Writing) for fun, and we've had to buy a super big dictionary for this year (ages 10 and 13). I bought a nice MW Elementary Dictionary and ds outgrew in one year, IOW words that we needed weren't in it. I have a friend move and gave us this huge unabridged hardback webster dictionary, we have more fun with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalMom Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 There is a new DK Merriam-Webster Illustrated Children's Dictionary that will be available in mid-July. You can pre-order it at cbd.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Yes. We've been very pleased with the American Heritage Student Dictionary We have the McGraw-Hill Children's Dictionary, and I don't like it at all. It doesn't have half the words we need to find, and the phonetic spelling doesn't use standard notation. It's just too simplified to be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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