Merriam-Webster's Primary Dictionary

I bought this for my first grader. The print is nice and large, and there are beautiful illustrations by Ruth Heller (amazing artist!)on each page. The definitions are perfect for pre-K to 2nd grade students, and the vocabulary used is simple enough for young students to read independently. I had seen these dictionaries in our school library, so I knew that some more advanced words might not be found in this dictionary. I bought it anyway, because this dictionary offers so much more. It includes jokes, synonyms/antonyms, facts, and idioms that engage kids. My daughter reads this dictionary for the jokes, etc, as often as she uses it to look up spellings/meanings of words. So, in short, if you are just looking for a dictionary that has words for kids to look up for homework, etc, the M-W Elementary Dictionary (or the Scholastic Children's Dictionary, which we also have) might be better suited for that purpose. But if you are looking for a fun dictionary that will engage young children and allow them to explore words/language, I can't imagine that there's a better dictionary available than this one.

As a teacher of kindergarten and first grade, I heartily recommend this dictionary for the primary age group. This dictionary is aimed at 5 - 7 year olds and is a wonderful resource. It has around 2000 entries, but does not pretend to cover the complete vocabulary of children this age. It is, however, rich in content and appealing in format and appearance. (The illustrations are by Ruth Heller, one of my favorite illustrators for children's books.) The entries include fascinating facts about the origins of words. This dictionary includes figurative meanings, idiomatic expressions and language oddities. It is an excellent resource for introducing the use of dictionaries.

My son loves it so much! And that makes me give it 5 stars, even though he didn't find one of the words he was looking for, but it's ok.... i understand, obviously in this kind of dictionaries you are not going to find all the same words that u could find in a regular dictionary... Big font and nice illustrations, and I also love it that each word comes with an example, a sentence to understand better the meaning and how we can use that word

Easy to use and arrived promptly.

For pre K and Kindergarten. I thought it was for K-5.

My daughter in law asked for this to be one of the gifts for her 4 daughters. She home schools 3 of them at this time. She was happy we gave it to them!

I came across a copy of this and the jokes won me over! I had to get a copy my daughter and husband to enjoy together. Who knew a dictionary would turn out to be our best joke book! (it is great as a dictionary too, I suppose.)

This dictionary is perfect for a young child, especally a child with English as a second language. The pictures are colorful and life-like. The words and definations are easy to read.

大人が読んでもこの辞典は本当に面白い。楽しめて英語も学べて、しかも読むのは楽ちん ! 英語圏の子供たちがきゃっきゃっ言って声を出して読んでいるうれしそうな顔が思い浮かぶ。 簡単な単語ばかりの約1000語が収録されているが、どれもこれも思わず膝を叩きたくなるほど うまく説明されている。それぞれの単語についての説明が、子供に語りかけるような物語風に なっていて、その語源や同類語、混同しそうな言葉などの説明もわかり易い。文字も見やすく イラストも説明理解の手助けになってくれる。 メリアム・ウェブスターは数多くのネイティブ向け辞書を出している出版社だが、この辞典は 英語学習者にも十分使える。易しい単語ばかりを使ってここまで説明できるものかと感動した。 英語が面倒だなぁと思った時には、この辞典のページをめくることにしている。読んでいる内に いつのまにか英語の回路に切り替っているのでありがたい。ウォーミングアップには最適だ。 それにしても大型のハードカバー本で、この内容で、この価格はほんとうにうれしい !! 参考までにscareの説明から部分を抜粋 When you are afraid of something, it scares you. Being a little scared might be fun, but being really scared is no fun at all. もう一つaccidentの説明から一部分 Most accidents are bad things that happen, that people do not expect. If you drop your ice cream cone on the floor, that is an accident.

ネイティブの age 5-7 向けと本に書いてあります。YL 2.x 程度かなと思います。言葉の定義だけでなく，なぞなぞもあったりして，通読しても結構面白いです。すべて読むと，約８万語です。 ハードカバー，A4程度で，厚さ2.5センチ，436ページの大型本です。