Tag Archive: Teaching Spelling

All About Spelling Review

I've seen several spelling programs and have not been overly impressed.  It seems that the programs  fall into one of two categories, either they are based on memorization and focus on commonly used word lists or they teach word families.  Neither method has ever appealed to me.  I want ...

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AVKO Membership – Review

AVKO is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to helping everyone, regardless of learning disabilities or dyslexia to learn to read and spell.  AVKO works toward this goal by developing affordable materials and techniques to teach reading, spelling, handwriting and keyboarding.  The AVKO website has ...

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Abcteach: Review

Abcteach is an amazing website with a staggering amount of free and membership resources for homeschoolers or anyone who works with children.  Do you use unit studies in your homeschool?  Textbooks? Lapbooks?  Delight directed homeschooling?  Enjoy literature based learning?  Do one or more of your children have ...

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SpellQuizzer Giveaway and Review

This giveaway is now closed and a winner has been announced. If you have nine children and give each of them a weekly spelling test throughout their school years, you will have given over 3,800 spelling tests.  If you give quizzes or help your children practice their lists, well you get the idea.  Spelling anyone?  What ...

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