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NATIONAL

DICTIONARY

DAY

Kids R Kids Vocabulary Parade Friday , October 15 th
National Dictionary Day was created in honor of Noah Webster ’ s birthday ( October 16 , 1758 ). Webster is considered the Father of the American Dictionary . The observance emphasizes the importance of learning while using dictionary skills and increasing one ’ s vocabulary .
Your assignment – find a word and ‘ be ’ the definition . You may wrap your child up in gauze and band aids to showcase the word ‘ injured .’ ‘ Scrumptious ’ could be created in many ways , or even ‘ brilliant ’ with a magnifying glass and a lab coat . We will have new vocabulary acquisition this day as we ‘ observe ’ each other in our parade of Words !
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