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.

Johanna E. Baniak, Watervliet Elks Lodge # 1500, Watervliet, NY

This is our 9th year doing this. The students really enjoy it. My husband and I are known as ‘The Dictionary People’.