Spelling. It’s important. Your entire life (until everything is voice to text automated), people will be judging you based on how well you can spell.
Some people excel at spelling. For others, it’s harder. But spelling lists are boring and drudgerous. Is there a better way?
The cool thing is that, in the early years especially, if we do activities with our kids that encourage them to look closely at letters and how they work together, especially in a non-threatening game format, we’ll be sharpening their spelling muscles and causing them to pay more attention to how words are spelled as they progress educationally.
Some of our favorite activities are
Crossword puzzles
Word searches
Scrabble (and Scrabble Junior)
Boggle (and Boggle Junior)
Hangman
Jumbles
Apps: Endless Alphabet, Endless Reader
Websites: Spelling City, PBS Kids
This isn’t to say that spelling lists need to be banished. There can be a time and place for them too, but the more we train our kids to be aware of how things are spelled, the easier they will find the skills needed to learn and spell words correctly.
Your turn: how do you incorporate spelling into your routines in a fun and collaborative way?
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