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In this International Dyslexia Association Perspectives article, Dr. Andrew Biemiller summarizes the importance of teaching vocabulary, as well as key principles for vocabulary instruction from early childhood to intermediate/senior grades. He summarizes considerations for selecting words to teach explicitly, and how words and instruction shift as students’ vocabulary skills grow and develop over time.
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If we can expand vocabulary exponentially in early primary grades, this will positively impact intermediate grades beyond measure.
I think we should always use rich vocabulary when talking to all children and if they don’t know a word, they will either ask (when we can provide synonyms) or at the very least words become familiar to them in a context which still helps with comprehension.