The Giant All-Colour Dictionary [antikvár]

To Parents and TeachersThis book has been written to meet the long-fek need for a simple, attractive dictionary for children in the seven to eleven age group. Designed for the child to use by himself, it is easy to read and easy to understand. Every detail size of print, page arrangement, definitions, pictures has been planned with the single purpose of helping children to help themselves and to enjoy doing it.Over 7,500 basic words plus their variants, such as plurals and comparative forms, are listed. Pronunciations and word division aré simply indicated. Words are defined where possible in simpler terms, and just to make sure that they are fully understood, the meanings are demonstrated in clear, interesting sentences. The meanings are those that the children are most likely to encounter.More than 2,000 pictures not only make the pages inviting but greatly expand the meaning of the words. They will stimulate the child's interest in using the book. Unlike most dictionaries, this book pictures objects almost always in their entirety, so that their real appearance and use will be completely clear.Parents and teachers who introduce children to this book can do so with confidence that every effort has been made to make it as clear, understandable, and useful as possible. It is most important that the child be encouraged to use the book by himself: to make it his ever-handy companion in learning.The teacher using this dictionary assupplementary material can help the child in developing self-direction and self-control, and, at the same time, set him free for functional reading on a wider and higher scale than he could possibly attain so long as he is dependent on her help alone. Similarly parents, by their interest and participation, can encourage their children to use the dictionary. Older children will be interested, too, in helping younger children.All ages enjoy just thumbing through the dictionary, looking at pictures, reading definitions, and noticing various special features. Younger children enjoy recognising the contents of the pictures and naming them. They tend to imitate the behaviour of their older brothers and sisters and soon learn many words incidentally. The whole family, in fact, can have a good time with the book. Out of such enjoyable experiences come developments of understanding, power, and skill of lasting value.This dictionary will be found suitable for use by readers at different stages of development. Slow learners in more advanced classes will find that it gives them just the help they need. Many adults in special English classes for foreigners can use it to great advantage.It would be unreasonable to expect of this book either the simplicity essential for beginning readers or the complexity of an adult dictionary. Books for children must mature with the children. Other books provide fundamental dictionaryTo the Boys and Girls Who Use This BookThe people who made this dictionary did their best to make it easy to use, easy to read, and easy to understand.You will get more help and fun out of this book if you first notice just how it is made up.The entry words, or words that are explained, are in alphabetical orderthe same order as the letters in the alphabet. These words are printed in heavy type to help you find them quickly.Here is a sample entry. Read all the parts of it so that you can see how to understand all the other entries in the book:happy hap'-py happier, happiest, happily, i. Pleased and glad.-The children are happy when they are playing.X. Lucky; fortunate.-It was a happy chance that Bob found the shilling.happy is the entry word.hap'-py shows how the word is divided into syllables, to help you pronounce it and spell it. The accent mark (') comes right after the syllable that should be 'accented', or said a little louder than the others. The hyphen (-) shows where the word can be divided at the end of a line, when you are writing it.happier, happiest, happily are words that are related to the entry word. They are printed in slanting type called italics. Since you know what happy means, youwill know what these related words mean.The number 1 tells you that here is the first meaning of happy: 'Pleased and glad.' Then comes a sentence showing this meaning.After the number 2, you find a second meaning for happy. Another sentence shows this second meaning.Notice that the word happy is printed in italics everywhere in the definitions and sentences.Sometimes it is very hard to explain what an entry word means. When this is so, you will not find any definition or explanation after the entry word. Instead, you will find one or more sentences. From these sentences you will be able to get the meaning of the entry word.Pictures have been used whenever possible to tell you more about the meaning of a word. There are more than 2,000 of themsometimes dozens of pictures for one word, like machines, trees, houses, or animals. The maps of the continents show countries, mountains, rivers, cities, and products.The very best way to leam to use this book is to keep using it. Whenever, in reading or spelling, you meet a word you want to know more about, notice what its first letter is. Then hunt for it under that letter in your dictionary. The coloured index tabs will help to make this easy.