Wild by Wordsmyth Kids: A Visual Dictionary for Elementary Students

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Vocabulary is an important component to learning; therefore, it is important that we provide students with tools to understand what a word means. This may require different representations of words, through images, video, audio, etc.

I came across a free tool called Wild by Wordsmyth Kids, which provides a variety of features to help students understand words. One helpful feature is a visual dictionary (with audio pronunciation of the word); however, it does contain a limited glossary of terms.






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