Hmmm, I have Level A of Apples and Pears on the shelf. I may have to revisit it. When I first looked thru it, there didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the particular choice of words for the lesson. I'll go back and look with fresh eyes:)

I am wondering if there are less expensive options for auditory style spelling? I am looking at phonetic zoo and it's pretty pricey!

I need suggestions for my 11 year old dyslexic son- he reads at 9th grade level with almost perfect recall during narration and understands content but spells at 1rst grade level with phonics rules not sticking at all. I am hesitant to try a program with a lot of rule memorization as we have gone this route with a lot of frustration. He is an auditory learner if that helps narrow it down. I am interested in phonetic zoo because of the listening, but I think it may begin at too high a level? I don't know of others geared for this mixture of high reading and very low spelling level.