Which thesaurus should I buy?

[Verena]

Any recommendations?

Thanks!

[Soph the vet]

Our IEW class recommends the Synonym Finder by Rodale.
I found one at Half Price books for $7.

[Kisa in CA]

IEW also recommends an electronic dictionary/thessarus. My son LOVES his and I no longer have to 'make' him look a word up in the dictionary... he excitedly initiates looking words up. He uses it a great deal when writing. It's been money well-spent for me.

Kisa

[swimnactmom]

Electronic! My son loves using it but I had to take it away for a while because it is not as thorough as it should be. (We need to buy a less babyish one.) At one point though, he got really lazy and refused to get out the paper dictionary when he needed it. I would have to say that he uses the electronic one a lot. If he didn't have an electronic one, he wouldn't be looking up words as often. It's just so easy.

[magistramom]

Use a variety of online ones!

Our kids live in a portable, handheld world. Teach them early, how to navigate the web. Libraries and colleges are investing in WiFi so they can cut down the costs of expensive technological equipment and shift the responsibility to the student. Libraries do not stock phonebooks, tax forms, census info and other traditional documents (including reference books) because the information can be found online now and printed as needed. All it takes to run a classroom these days is a handheld or laptop hooked up to a classroom visual display device.