A home for their hearts Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I'm looking for some ideas to help with practicing spelling words. We aren't using Spelling Power but thought the Activity Task Cards might give us some fun things to do. What kind of activities do they include? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violinmom Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I was underwhelmed by them so I gave them to my sister and they like them! It seemed like I could have come up with most of those things already. If you could find a used set, then they might be worth it to give you some ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 I was underwhelmed by them so I gave them to my sister and they like them! It seemed like I could have come up with most of those things already. If you could find a used set, then they might be worth it to give you some ideas. What overwhelmed you about them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violinmom Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 "under" whelmed. Just wasn't that impressed. A nice, slick package of cards that didn't seem all that clever, or fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniseibase Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 It's been a couple years since we used them, but I seem to remember a lot of crafty/creative suggestions - make the words out of playdoh, write the word with glue and cover with glitter, use your list words to write a newspaper, etc. My dd HATES anything crafty, so these did not work for us at ALL. I don't remember anything particularly academic about them at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Hare Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 We used them for about 2 weeks. But we thought most of the activities were silly and not beneficial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty Mathy Mom Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 :iagree: I have an older edition of Spelling Power that has a list of 30ish activities. A lot are repetitive like use your finger to write the words on sandpaper, then later the same activity repeats with felt. I read through the list and made cards for the few activities that appealed to my children. We don't even do the activities unless a word has been missed 3 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Thanks everybody! I think we will pass on these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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