For the week of 4/26/10 I implemented my younger child to practice a strategy not listed in the How to practice spelling post. I call this center the picture to bead spelling. This works great for him. I strung his spelling words together and seperated them by a colored bead. Then I found and printed silly pictures that matched [...]
Spelling Questions:
How do you practice spelling? How do you make spelling practice fun? When are mistakes good? How does one avoid making spelling practice straight rote-memorization? How do you incorporate learning styles into spelling, other than just writing it five times? What are some ways to get my child to practice spelling independently? How do [...]
Email question:
I have a child who seems to learn quickly. He is in Kindergarten and is of course learning to count. We have been working so hard on counting his numbers up to 100. Proudly I say that he can do that now. He recognizes them as well. So bravo right? But he and his [...]