Child friendly dictionary recs?

[displace]

I was just starting to think about starting a little vocab booklet for words we come across and discuss while reading. I think it may be a good skill to use a dictionary for kids. Any recs? I'd prefer lots of pictures, this is for early elementary. Or maybe I should just stick to the computer to show DC?

[Arcadia]

Borrow a children's dictionary from the library or just use the Internet. The ones I had was the Macmillan and Merriam Webster children dictionary and my kids outgrew them too fast.

 

My kids prefer the Macmillan. We have the one in below link

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1416939598

[Kerileanne99]

I agree. I bought a children's dictionary when we started keeping a vocabulary journal. The problem was that it never had any of the words she wanted to look up. We tried a different one, for slightly older kids. Same problem.

The only time we actually used it was to teach dd HOW to use the dictionary. I would pick out a word from the book and then have her look it up. Fewer words meant an easier entry into dictionary skills. That lasted a handful of times and she was ready for a regular dictionary.

[threedogfarm]

I like the Childcraft Dictionary for the young ones.  We used it until about third grade.  If the word isn't in there I would help them look it up in the adult dictionary.  I like having resources the child (even the young ones) can learn to use on their own.  It gives you a jump start on teaching them how to look up the things they don't know.  I think it's a skill that needs to be learned.  Also, children's dictionaries are so cheap to pick up used that I don't think it really matters if they outgrow it quickly. 

[displace]

Thanks. I was assuming we'd probably outgrow one quickly because we are usually defining tough words. But then I think it's a basic skill everyone should be able to do, and it may help with ABC order recognition.

[SilverMoon]

Mine like to use the Childcraft dictionary too. Ours came with the book set, but you can buy them separately.

[Eagle]

We have just started to use http://www.rainbowresource.com/proddtl.php?id=026340 which has some entries for common words plus space for the dc to write their own words. We own the Oxford Illustrated Children's Dictionary for looking up additional words.

[Farrar]

We have the Macmillan. Yeah, they sort of outgrew it, but they also didn't quite grow into the adult one. I'm glad we have it. They thumb through it occasionally.

[AdventuresinHomeschooling]

We have the Scholastic one.  There are pictures too.  Only difficulty that my son has is that a few of his vocabulary words aren't listed, so he has to look at the root word.  I know that would be the case for verb tenses, but a few have surprised me.  That said, we really like the dictionary overall.

[kiwik]

Bother. Just realised I need an English one.

[mmasc]

We have the Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary by DK Publishing. It has much more than a 'first' dictionary, but not so overwhelming like an adult dictionary. Now that DS is in fourth grade it occasionally won't have words that he's trying to look up. We started using it around second grade. I think it's a good one though. It has a lot of color pictures and helped DS really get familiar with a dictionary---pronunciation, ABC order, etc. I'm glad we have it.

[Guest]

We like the American Heritage Children's Dictionary

[Korrale]

My issues with dictionaries is that the print is so fine it turns my son off. He does have a very good 2 set picture dictionary but he now needs one that is more advanced.

I loved my little heinemann dictionary when I was in school.