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Friday, February 27, 2015

Enjoy Learning: Spelling Words

This is a simple activity that can help kids to remember spelling of words.  You randomly write down alphabet letters on a piece of paper.  You can also have your child to write down the letters.

Then use a color dot to stamp on the letters.  You can practice spelling sight words or everyday words with your child.

How do you give extra visual cues?  For those kids who need more help with spelling, I usually go over the spelling with them before they stamp on it.  
Adult: "So give me a word."
Kid: "say" "It's one of my everyday words."
Adult: "Spell it for me."
Kid: "s...a...y"
Adult: "Can you use the word and make a sentence for me?"
Kid: "Why did he say..."        
Adult: "Ok, now you can stamp the word on your paper." "Spell it for me."
(You can leave the writing on the board for extra visual cues or erase the word to challenge the kid.)

My child is too young for spelling words.  Can this activity be modified?  Of course.  You can have your child to find alphabet letters in order. "Let's stamp on ABC's in order!!"  It is good for recognizing alphabet letters and sequencing letters.  And it is FUN!! 


Use different colors and make it more colorful.  Kids LOVE colors.  They are usually more attentive to the task when they perform activities that involve colors.  I usually suggest kids to pick up their favorite color.  You can also think about the color theory and let them choose either warm or cold color depending on their needs.  This picture was excerpted from blog.edynco.com.

What's the purpose of this activity? My kids will improve their visual attention, visual motor skills by tracking and scanning the letters, and short term/ long term memory performance by remembering words.  Ultimate goal is to become a better speller.  In addition, they can do something fun!  
Play and Enjoy learning~!!     
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