Franklin HW-1216 Children's Speller and Dictionary | 
| Brand: Franklin Electronics
List Price: $17.99
Buy New: $16.40
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Rating:  16 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5 x 1 x 3
MPN: HW-1216
Model: HW-1216
UPC: 084793995873
EAN: 0084793995873
ASIN: B0002OP81A
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Complete Childrens Dictionary with 46,000 words | | • | Animated guide models print & cursive, repeats with the touch of a button | | • | Phonetic spelling correction | | • | Improves editing skills | | • | Easy to understand definitions |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Introduce you child to the wonderful world of words A dictionary is a window to the world. Let your child soar with a dictionary that is fun and educational, offering personalized greetings, animations, spell corrections, a crossword solver, and 7 different games including "Fun with Spanish" and "Fun with French". Created specifically for children ages 6 & up to help learn spelling, writing, and grammar. Contains over 40,000 simple, brief definitions. Includes a math tutor and calculator; a printing and cursive handwriting animation feature demonstrates how to write any letter combination, word or series of letters entered. This children's dictionary offers:
- Over 40,000 definitions, written specifically for children ages 6 and up
- Spell correction for over 46,000 words
- Jump feature allowing children to jump automatically to related definitions (animations are displayed during jumps)
- Personalized greetings and messages
- Print and cursive handwriting animations for any word or series of letters that the child enters
- Six educational games: Hangman, Jumble, Flashcards, Tic-Tac-Toe (1 and 2 player), Guess the Word
- Animations and graphics
- Arithmetic tutor and calculator
- "Fun with Spanish" and "Fun with French," which encourage interest in different languages
Features Franklin's exclusive:
- Confusables
- Crossword Solver
- Context-sensitive help text
- MatchMaker
- User List (words can be used in games)
Also Includes:
- Adjustable contrast
- Adjustable handwriting speed
- Two game skill levels
Note: Requires 4 AAA batteries (not included).
Product Description
Franklin Electronic Publishers HW-1216 is a Children's Dicitionary with cursive handwriting animation, calculator/arithmetic tutor
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Homework Wiz September 1, 2005
K. T. Cherry (Alabama)
8 out of 17 found this review helpful
Great little gadget for my daughter. Her school recommended it and it's been great to have.
great product for bad spellers on the go!!!! April 17, 2007
Concerned One (Clarinda, IA)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've had one of these for over 14 years now, when they first started coming out. My brother has the original one I got freshman year in high school, and I have one I got junior year. This item is still very much the same as it was 14 years ago, just a little sleaker and smaller. Very easy to use, turn on, type the word, and search. It still has thesaurus and games, and as reviews below mention, occasionally still brings up entertaining words if you are as bad of phonetic speller as I am. This item is excellent to save you from digging through pages of a dictionary in search of just a spelling, and not the definition. A must if you can't even get the first 3 letters square like I do looking up words. Most of these models will also play hangman with you, amongst a few other games to try and work with your spelling skills. The spelling ace my brother still has actually contained many definitions. These little machines are worth their weight in gold for highschoolers and college folks writing paper, even with spell check on the computer.
 Not as well-made as we would hope July 13, 2007
L. Schaerr
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
We bought three of these for our three children, ages 11, 9, 7, to use with writing and to play with on road trips. The lids off all three broke off without any abuse at all. They are just not that well-made. But even though the lids broke off, the kids can still use them. Our oldest, almost 11, has repeatedly found words it does not know that can be added. But, he was disappointed that it didn't know more words.
Helpful for homework October 10, 2007
Moonie (chicago)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 4th grader who is bombarded with homework every day. This has been very helpful in assisting him with his homework. He has told me that it has made a difference in getting his work done more efficiently and quickly. I love the spelling feature which corrects him if he spells a word incorrectly. He uses the dictionary the most which saves him the time of looking it up in a traditional dictionary. Well worth the money.
A mom's review January 4, 2007
J. Lynch (San Diego)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I personally haven't used the dictionary, but my 10 year old some really likes it. It was "recommended" for each child in his fourth grade class. I think the big thing that it does is show them how the word looks written in cursive. There were more expensive models, but this was the best for the money.
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