rachelpants Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I'm all ears :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Sometimes I have the girls do their spelling test orally. They find this challenging and fun since it's different to not be able to write them down first to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 hangman. this is how I taught my son the words 1 through 10 (he doesn't do spelling yet, this was for math.) I gave him the list of words 1 through 10 then played hangman with him trying to figure out one of the words. So he could see it had 3 letters so focused on seeing if it was 'one' 'two' 'six' or 'ten.' I did this for the first 2 days. The next few days he didn't have the list in front of him. He really enjoyed it and I'll do it for him when we start his spelling program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 you could even let them pick the word and you guess it. They have to know how to spell the word in order to know if you picked the right letters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess4879 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 We use the whitebord and I let the kids "write" the word with their finger on the table. I wouldn't say either was really fun though. I'm going to be keeping an eye on this thread. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I don't know how "fun" this is, lol, but in fourth grade I had to alphabetize my spelling words, write a sentence for each one, and later, write a story using all the words. In sixth grade we also had to write the etymology for each word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Spell words with letter tiles (like from Scrabble or Pears N Pears or Banana Grams). They can try to cross words like a crossword puzzle. Spell their words on a handheld mirror with a wipe off marker. Spell words on the sidewalk with chalk (not the best time of year for this right now). Draw their words. Junior Batgirl loves it when she gets to "embellish" words from her spelling list with her imagination. So, if the word is friend she'll draw two stick people next to each other by the word. This might require a time limit for each word. Have a container of wet sand or salt and they can spell their words with a stick. If you have a mat with big letters (like a Body Boggle mat) they can hop to each letter. Use Alpha Bits to spell words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readwithem Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Jump rope, spelling the words to the rhythm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsmm Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 My dd likes to write the words on the sliding glass door with window markers. She also likes using scratch art paper for spelling. Fancy writing with gel pens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabinfl Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 SpellingCity.com - web-based games, ipad app, and printables. Does vocabulary / word usage too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Kinesthetic Methods Tactile Activities With Games--take a favorite board game like Sorry or Candy Land and every player spells a word before his or her turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottonwood Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I tell DD13 to write a story, at least 1/2 a page that uses all the words. It can get pretty silly. lol The ones I consider challenge words I have her use more than once in the story. At her age I don't have a formal list but I write down all misspelled words in a week (after having her stop and correct, then write 5 times on that page) and on Friday she takes that list and makes her story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Lots of fun ways:) My kiddo has been doing ASL since she was a baby (she is hearing, no real ties to Deaf community) and loves to finger spell her spelling words, often as quickly as she can. I also think the tactile motions really help her learn. She says she can just 'see' them. She usually finishes with the actual sign if she knows it or wants to look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachelpants Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Great ideas here! Thanks so much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachelpants Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 SpellingCity.com - web-based games, ipad app, and printables. Does vocabulary / word usage too. Do your kids type with qwerty? Is it hard? LOL...I'm just imagining my DS trying to figure it out. funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabinfl Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Do your kids type with qwerty? Is it hard? LOL...I'm just imagining my DS trying to figure it out. funny. They do! We introduced keyboards fairly early (3-ish with some preschool computer games) and it was slow going at first, but just like anything else their speed & accuracy continues to improve with practice. We don't use anything specifically for typing, but they're picking it up pretty well from other computer games & activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachelpants Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 They do! We introduced keyboards fairly early (3-ish with some preschool computer games) and it was slow going at first, but just like anything else their speed & accuracy continues to improve with oractice. We don't use anything specifically for typing, but they're picking it up pretty well from other compiter games & activities. Wow...that's awesome! I looked at a demo for a typing program for DS yesterday...now I'm inspired :) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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