Every fall members of the Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club participate in The Rotary Dictionary Project handing out dictionaries to 3rd graders at local elementary schools.
“A dictionary teaches a child how to approach a problem and use critical thinking skills by sounding out the word and finding it in the dictionary. This simple task gives them a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction that they cannot get online.”
The Rotary Dictionary Project is a nationwide effort to provide young students with their own personal dictionaries. Members distribute the dictionaries to students.
This year’s dictionary is filled with more than just terms and definitions. It also includes a mini encyclopedia filled with maps, facts about U.S. presidents, sign language, the periodic table of elements and math conversion tables.