Why do children need different dictionaries? Can’t they just use an adult one?
Children’s vocabulary, comprehension, and language skills develop as they grow older – it can depend on what they’re learning at school, what books they like to read, and what their friends are talking about.
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Download free worksheets for use at home or in the classroom, and use the bilingual audio resources for help with language learning.
Free English Resources
Worksheets to accompany our range of English dictionaries and thesauruses.
Free Bilingual Resources
Worksheets to accompany our range of bilingual dictionaries in French, Spanish and German.
Free audio pronunciation of all the words in our First Words series in nine languages including English.
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Dictionaries are compiled by selecting words from a corpus. A corpus is a word bank or database.
The Oxford Children’s Corpus holds a huge collection of children’s literature and select websites.
Find out about the Oxford Children's Corpus here.
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If you love words, then try out our fun activity sheets, which are jam-packed with puzzles, games and word trivia. Prepare to be riddled with riddles, tied up in tongue-twisters, and addicted to anagrams here!
The activities are written by John Foster, one the nation’s best-loved and highly regarded children’s poets: find out more about John at www.johnfosterchildrenspoet.co.uk.
View a video introduction to First Dictionary Skills
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