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.

Rue Elementary School third graders, The Dictionary Project, Rue Elementary School, Council Bluffs, IA

We love our new dictionaries! We promise to use them to learn new words and to insert more descriptive words into our writing. We are so excited that we get to take them home!
Thank you, Mary French, and thanks to the Optimist Club!