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My First Dictionary: 1,000 words, pictures, and definitions (DK Games)

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The best thing about this dictionary is that it has a picture for EVERY word. It allows children who are not reading yet to identify the words by themselves. In addition, this dictionary is in alphabetic order. I have looked through numerous 'picture' dictionaries which group words in subject (i.e. science, nature, body, etc.) To me, this is confusing if you are trying to truly look up a word. As well as the other 'picture' dictionaries did not have pictures for every word. This is wonderful for my kindergartener to be able to look up words on her own. In addition, her school is working on letters each week and she is able to look up words for the letter of the week to get ideas of items she can bring in! I think this dictionary should be a required book for children starting school, it's GREAT!

My kids have all loved this book from the age of 16 months. Most toddlers love to find the "banana" (or many other items on each page) when asked to find the banana. Every year they will find some new picture that they never noticed before. My five-year old is into "pirate", while my 18-month old loves the "hundred" stars. There is so much to look at on every page! I will give this book as a gift to my nieces and nephews for years to come.

THIS IS MY 15 MONTH OLDS FAVORITE BOOK AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IS ABOUT THE ONLY TIME HE WILL SIT STILL IN MY LAP! ONE OF THE BEST PURCHASES FOR MY BABY!!

Very good dictionary. Very easy for a Kindergartener to pick out letters and words from the pictures. Helps greatly with her homework. She will be using it for several years to come.

My boss gave my daughter this book when she was born. It is about in tatters because of her and her younger brother's heavy use. When they're little they love the bright pictures and later they like pointing to things and words they know. It's a great tool for letter, word, shape, color, number, animal and etc recognition. I now give it as a baby gift to my friends and relatives.

I am a volunteer English as a Second Language tutor.
The pictures immediately ring a bell when you are
attempting to explain "opposite", "neighborhood" and
other words to someone with a very limited English
vocabulary.

The definitions are right to the point. I provide
students with a notebook which becomes their
dictionary when they copy new words into it. In
some instances a sentence containing the word
is included in the listing to show its usage.

It is particularly effective when teaching verbs
because there are pictures which illustrate the
meanings.

The only shortcomings are these :

there is no pronunciation guide showing the
sounds made by the individual letters as is found
at the beginning of most adult dictionaries;

no pronunciation guide of any of the
words. There is only the word's spelling, its
meaning and a picture. Imagine someone trying
to figure out how ENOUGH is pronounced : i - nuf'

My students like the book and,in some instances,
I buy one for them.

I got this dictionary for my kindergartner. It is large with nice pictures. Only thing I regret not realizing before I purchased is that it is paperback. Being a kindergartener, kids tend to be rough on their things, and I thought the price reflected a hard-cover book.

I like it, it has real pictures in it, not drawings and my daughter's teacher says that's just what they need in the class (Kindergarten). Would recommend it. Very good quality.

My son is 2 so he will have to wait a bit to use this. thin pages but very detailed.

My son is in Kindergarten and learning how to read. I wanted to get him a dictionary that would be easy to understand; this dictionary is perfect for him. It has beautiful illustrations and he loves to look at it and ask questions. I would highly recommend this for pre-school through Kindergarten ages.