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.

Oxford Dictionary Project 2010

 Recently the Kiwanis Club of Oxford donated dictionaries to each third grader at Oxford Elementary School. Third grade is usually when students make the transition from learning to read, to reading to learn, and having one`s own personal dictionary can significantly improve one`s reading skills. Students proudly display their new dictionaries.

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