I have told other homeschooling moms that there’s just no fun way to do spelling. I have used workbooks for years, while I encourage moms to also consider making spelling lists from unit studies or books their children are reading too. There is just no way to make spelling hands-on, or so I thought. I stand corrected.
All About Spelling comes with a workbook—of course! But there is more in the package! An Audio CD-ROM with a clear pronunciation of each phonetic sound is included. You press the alphabet letter, consonant team, vowel team, or phonogram and hear the sound! This is fun for those who like to touch and press (every kid under the age of ten!). There are also letter tiles to touch and handle. This is another plus of the program—it is very hands-on! There are also flashcards, letter tile magnets, and a magnetic tile board. You hear the sound, see the sound, and touch! This is truly a multi-sensory way to learn spelling!
My favorite part of the package was the games! Bingo with phonograms and several other games that you make by pasting the game to simple file folders. There were five cheery, colorful games: A Day on the Farm; Bunny Garden; Dog Walk; Horse and Pony Show; and Wild, Wild West. The games will be a hit with children!
All About Spelling comes with a workbook—of course! But there is more in the package! An Audio CD-ROM with a clear pronunciation of each phonetic sound is included. You press the alphabet letter, consonant team, vowel team, or phonogram and hear the sound! This is fun for those who like to touch and press (every kid under the age of ten!). There are also letter tiles to touch and handle. This is another plus of the program—it is very hands-on! There are also flashcards, letter tile magnets, and a magnetic tile board. You hear the sound, see the sound, and touch! This is truly a multi-sensory way to learn spelling!
My favorite part of the package was the games! Bingo with phonograms and several other games that you make by pasting the game to simple file folders. There were five cheery, colorful games: A Day on the Farm; Bunny Garden; Dog Walk; Horse and Pony Show; and Wild, Wild West. The games will be a hit with children!
This spelling program is based on learning phonograms, which is very helpful if your children learned to read, or are learning to read phonetically. There are 71 phonograms that are eventually learned, including ough, dge, eigh, and igh. These letter combinations have tripped my children up on spelling tests! All About Spelling is a combination of phonics and spelling—a good combination. I have added Mega Words to my children’s language arts because they learned phonics rules so quickly in Sing, Spell, Read, and Write, the reading program I used. Using this program, would eliminate the need for two books.
I really like the phonetic approach because it helps children with reading, which, in turn, helps with every other subject! All About Spelling, combined with reading aloud, and plenty of on-their-own reading, will produce children who can not only spell well, but read well too!
My children get 95% or 100% on all their spelling tests. Then, they misspell the same words in their writing papers. I see this spelling program as a solution to that problem. For brand new spellers or those who struggle with spelling, I recommend giving All About Spelling a try.
Happy Spelling!
Meredith Curtis
I really like the phonetic approach because it helps children with reading, which, in turn, helps with every other subject! All About Spelling, combined with reading aloud, and plenty of on-their-own reading, will produce children who can not only spell well, but read well too!
My children get 95% or 100% on all their spelling tests. Then, they misspell the same words in their writing papers. I see this spelling program as a solution to that problem. For brand new spellers or those who struggle with spelling, I recommend giving All About Spelling a try.
Happy Spelling!
Meredith Curtis
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