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.

Nancy Machnikowski, Rotary Club of Hammond, Hammond, IN

This is the fifth year that we have been participating in the Dictionary Project. The teachers love the fact that each student has a dictionary to keep and use for the rest of their educational career. Besides the dictionary itself, the students like the information on the presidents, countries, and sign language. I believe their favorite, however, is the longest word in the English...
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