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No. Use the words that you want/need to use. Kids have NO idea what is or is not a big word. Kids are a blank slate. Every word is big to them. So no word is big to them. This is why there a...
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No. Use the words that you want/need to use. Kids have NO idea what is or is not a big word. Kids are a blank slate. Every word is big to them. So no word is big to them. This is why there are plenty of 4 year olds who can rattle off the scientific names of dozens of dinosaurs. Big words are not a problem for kids. To you it is a big word. To kids it is just a word. Use the words you want to use. And use them appropriately.