Sequential Spelling

I think I FINALLY found a good spelling program for Ivy!!!!!! A friend of mine who has a son who also struggles with learning challenges and spelling recommended Sequential Spelling to me. After reading the website and using the sample lessons with Ivy, we are hooked! The AVKO (Audio Visual Kinesthetic Oral)Dyslexia Research Foundation publishes this. It is very affordable, very easy program and Ivy really likes it too which is extremely good!

It really is sequential, in that it introduces words in families that build on each other. For example,the word "in" is introduced first and by the end of the week, "beginning" is learned. It gradually builds on words to imprint them in the minds of the students and they are easily remembered.

There are no lists of spelling words to study, no spelling tests! Because with kids like Ivy, that does not work! She can memorize a list of words, take a test and then immediately not know how to spell them again. Very frustrating for her and me!

Sequential Spelling gives a list of words each day and any misspelled words are immediately self-corrected. The list builds all week on the previous words and it really does work. Of course, if you want, you can do spelling tests, but the writers believe that students learn best from their mistakes and so the tests are actually a learning device - not an evaluation.

If you have a child who struggles with spelling, I highly recommend this program - you can look at the website and you can print out sample lessons to try first like I did. http://www.avko.org/