Does the thought of spelling practice make you shudder? With crumpled spelling books to sift through and seemingly endless word repetition, you’re not alone!
Author
Lucy Hart
Published
August 2024
Does the thought of spelling practice make you shudder? With crumpled spelling books to sift through and seemingly endless word repetition, you’re not alone!
Author
Lucy Hart
Published
August 2024
Does the thought of spelling practice make you shudder? With crumpled spelling books to sift through and seemingly endless word repetition, you’re not alone!
Author
Lucy Hart
Published
August 2024
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There are lots of fun spelling activities that you can use to liven up your child’s learning. These ideas are perfect for children in KS2 (Years 3-6) — why not take a look?
With spelling, repetition is key. But rather than writing out the same word lots of times on a piece of paper, why not use a colourful rainbow?
This activity is specifically designed to encourage daily practice, making it a great way to learn tricky words.
This activity is perfect for more confident spellers. To get started, write out lots of letters onto squares of card or paper — or, for speed, you could hijack a game of Scrabble and use the letters from it!
Once you have a large collection of letters, ask your child to see how many words they create using them. You could also set them additional tasks for each word to explore them further, such as:
For a further level of challenge, you could also include capital letters, hyphens and apostrophes in your mix of letters.
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This method is ideal for children learning a word for the first time or for breaking down more challenging spellings.
Ask your child to write the first letter of the word they’re learning. On the line below it, ask them to write the first letter followed by the second, and so on until they’ve written out the whole word. For example:
Y
Ya
Yac
Yach
Yacht
This game is great for those who love puzzles. Challenge your child to not only spell a word correctly, but to also guess what it is through the use of clues!
We recommend giving three clues as to what the word could be. For example, if your word was ‘bell’, you could say:
Reward them with a point for guessing what the word is and another for spelling it correctly.
Finally, here’s a game that’s perfect for groups of two or more children. Give every learner a whiteboard and, when everyone’s ready, say a word out loud. The first child to spell the word correctly earns a point.
Gradually increase the difficulty of words as you go, and make sure to show the correct spelling of the word at the end of each round. Be sure to celebrate everyone’s hard work and determination at the end of the game!
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