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What an antiquated notion. Google's "define:" function is completely sufficient. Let's not confuse correlation (i.e., having a dictionary is correlated with some measure of sucess) with causality (i.e., understanding what actually drives success - perhaps a family atmosphere of learning and inquisitiveness).

My daughter was adopted, and we have no information about her birth family. Perhaps this is one way to help her get some sense of her genetic past.

Our (rescued) Boxer is a fabulous apartment dog. He is quite lazy and is content to be right next to whomever is home. His short nose makes long stretches of exercise impossible. He really cannot take too much excitement, so an apartment is just fine. Best of all, he is incredibly quiet. I used to have dacshunds growing up and loved them dearly. But now that I have known the Boxer, I would never go back to small and exciteable doggies. While he has short hair, he does shed. So you need to brush them regularly or deal with little hairs everywhere.

You could also purchase a blank, pre-stretched canvas from an art supply store and have the child create the art directly on the canvas. Even if you buy a couple of extra canvases for "trials," it will still wind up being much cheaper than having someone stretch a photograph of the art. It also is a good thing to have kids work with real art materials.