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Learn to Read - Make Your Own Dictionary

A letter dictionary is a long-term project.

What You'll Need

  • Notebook
  • Pencil, pen, crayons, or markers
  • Old magazines
  • Safety scissors, Paste

What To Do

  1. Help your child head every page or two with a letter of the alphabet.
  2. Cut out pictures of things from old magazines that start with the letters and paste them on the appropriate pages.
  3. Help your child label the pictures.
If it stops being fun, you can come back to the project at a later time. When you come back to it, don't worry if your child forgets something. That's the nature of young children.

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