The World is built upon the concept of a picture dictionary, providing a wide array of different settings with labeled items, but unlike picture dictionaries found in print, WILD allows the child to navigate deeper and deeper within the settings, and, at the same time, gives effortless access to greater information on any particular word of interest as the child explores.
Online Teaching Resources
WILD: Picture Dictionary
The Picture Dictionary, designed with the youngest learners in mind, allows the exploration of a word visually and auditorily. Each selected word appears with a link to its audio pronunciation in English and is accompanied by an illustration or animation.
Teaching kids to be good digital citizens
As schools have increasingly moved to internet instruction, teachers are now in greater need of excellent and reliable online resources than ever before. In WILD, the Wordsmyth Illustrated Learner’s Dictionary, they will…
Coronavirus glossary: a guide to the meaning of the most common terms
The following is a small collection of terms that have been in the news in connection with the pandemic that is now affecting us all. These terms can be confusing, and we…
Wordsmyth Children’s Dictionary Mobile App
The Wordsmyth Children’s Dictionary-Thesaurus is a thoughtfully-written dictionary–a tool for exploration of words and meanings– designed for upper elementary and middle school students (grades 3 to 8). The display includes, among other…