mom31257 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I'm trying to decide spelling for my ds who'll be in 1st grade next year. I have looked at All About Spelling, but am open to whatever works best with his learning style. He's very visual, likes workbooks (without too much writing), doesn't have to have hands-on, but loves games. Handwriting is a drudgery for him, but I still have him do a little bit of writing each day. What is All About Spelling like and will it work with any phonics based reading program? I read that some people use level 1 to teach reading, but he is all ready reading quite a bit (short vowel words, silent e words, several consonant beginning blends and some ending, and many words just by sight and context). Is is better to use the same phonics curriculum with same publisher's spelling if it's available? I'm still deciding about next year's phonics. Thanks for any advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I'm trying to decide spelling for my ds who'll be in 1st grade next year. I have looked at All About Spelling, but am open to whatever works best with his learning style. He's very visual, likes workbooks (without too much writing), doesn't have to have hands-on, but loves games. Handwriting is a drudgery for him, but I still have him do a little bit of writing each day. What is All About Spelling like and will it work with any phonics based reading program? I read that some people use level 1 to teach reading, but he is all ready reading quite a bit (short vowel words, silent e words, several consonant beginning blends and some ending, and many words just by sight and context). Is is better to use the same phonics curriculum with same publisher's spelling if it's available? I'm still deciding about next year's phonics. Thanks for any advice! AAS will work with any good phonics program. I actually think it's better to go with 2 different publishers to get more variety in approaches, I've found that the more ways you can explain and teach a concept, the more chance that they will get the concept and that it will stick in their brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie in tx Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 AAS is fun, especially for the younger ones. How old is your son? He may not be of an age where writing is easy for him. When we first started AAS, I did not make my dd write the words, just make them with the tiles. It made things a lot easier for us. She's almost 8 now, and uses the tiles in addition to writing the words. I find that she makes more mistakes when she writes, even now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~blessedmom~ Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Would AAS be good to use with an 8 year old who is a pretty natural speller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie in tx Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 It would depend on how your student learned. I've not used a spelling program with my eldest because she never seemed to need one. The others, so far, have seemed to need spelling. They must get that from their dad. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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