IceFairy Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 DS will be wrapping up Adv. in Phonics B and Building Spelling Skills A pretty soon. He started them in K. He is reading fairly well and is a natural speller, never getting less than 90% on a spelling test all year (not bad for age 5!!!)...but the rules are not really setting in at all. His reading and spelling are more instinctive. He is reading level 1-3 readers easily. I am not sure where to go from here. I was looking at A Reason for Spelling B but am open to any and all suggestions.....although nothing to writing intensive, given his age. Thanks ladies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Apples & Pears is pretty gentle, it starts with tracing and moves on to sentences as the first book progresses, and doesn't have lists of rules to memorize like AAS. I've seen a lot of progress in DD's spelling since we started A&P. She's not a natural speller and AAS was not working. The company's phonics program, Dancing Bears, requires almost no writing, other than circling words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm_burriss Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 We are using All About Reading and All About Spelling this year and I am happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurse_kris Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 All About Spelling might be too rigorous for a natural speller, but it teaches all of the rules. You could use it and move thru it quicker. I do that with one of my kids. Otherwise, Rod and Staff is good, so is Apples and Pears. I never knew most of the rules that my kids have learned with All about spelling. I was taught old school...memorize the list and test on Friday. I was also a natural speller, and it never hurt me "not" knowing the rules. That being said, I am glad that they are learning them. It helps a struggling speller to know the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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