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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! Your child or pupil now has an exciting
new product designed to interest and enhance his or her
spelling, reading and writing skills. The FRANKLIN
CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY is a beneficial and educa-
tional tool that puts fun into learning.
The FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S DICTIONARY features
26,000 words from the Oxford Primary Dictionary, with
simple, child-friendly definitions. It also features 50,000
synonyms from the Oxford Primary Thesaurus. It con-
tains a Word Bank of over 100 lists of words grouped by
subjects that the National Literacy Association (NLA) has
put together in partnership with Franklin Electronic
Publishers, Inc. It has automatic phonetic spell correc-
tion so that children almost always find the word they’re
looking for. It has seven educational games including an
Arithmatic Tutor. It also has a calculator to help children
with their homework.
This guide explains how the FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S
DICTIONARY works and lists some of its beneficial and
educational features. It includes Teachers' Notes from
the NLA explaining the Word Bank lists and suggesting
ways of working with them. We urge you to read this
guide thoroughly so that you and your child can get the
most out of your new FRANKLIN CHILDREN’S
DICTIONARY.