A dictionary teaches a child how to approach a problem and use critical thinking skills by sounding out the word and finding it in the dictionary. This simple task gives them a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction that they cannot get online.

Melba Elementary students enjoy visit from Grange

Walter’s Butte Grange and Melba Rebekah Lodge have provided dictionaries for the third graders at Melba Elementary School for the fifth year in a row. The students are always excited to receive their own dictionaries. The teacher stated that the children even read the dictionaries at play time.