4 fun ways to teach your child to spell
Do not miss these fun ways for your children to learn to spell and also have a great time, it will be a game for them!
You may spend a lot of time helping your child learn to spell and spell it out loud. Spelling a word can allow a child to master the writing and comprehension skills that he will need in the future. But instead of it being a repetitive and boring activity, you can make it fun and have a great time learning for your child to spell.
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CARD GAMES
You can create a quick set of cards with a pen and paper cards. You can use the following ways to teach these skills in spelling, comprehension, and calligraphy:
- To teach spelling , write a series of age-appropriate words on the index cards. Read each word out loud and ask your child to write the word on the back of the card. You can then check the spelling together.
- To teach comprehension , turn all the cards face up. You can then read a definition out loud and ask your child to choose the card that matches the definition.
- To teach calligraphy, provide your child with tracing paper to place on the card. You can then trace the word with a pencil and then flip the card over to spell the word again without guidance.
SPELLING MEMORY GAME
For this, you would create two sets of cards using white and colored index cards. On the white cards, you would write a series of words appropriate for your child’s age. On the colored cards, write the corresponding definition.
To play the game:
- Arrange the cards in a face-down grid pattern. There would be a white card game and a colored card game.
- Each player would take turns choosing a white card and a colored card. If the word and definition match, the player will keep the cards. If not, he or she would replace them.
- Players would have to use their memory to match as many cards as possible. When all the cards have been used up, the player with the most cards wins.
Repetition is key to learning and retaining understanding of words.
CREATE WORDS
Instead of buying word magnets from the store, cut out the words from a magazine or newspaper. You have to make sure that they are not too small to use. Depending on the age of your child, you will need to ensure that there are a large number of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections to play with. You can also add excitement to things by cutting out punctuation marks.
Among the various things you can do, you can choose between the following options:
- Ask your child to create a sentence with the word you choose. Then you can add a conjunction (like “and” or “or”) or a preposition (like “of” or “behind”) at the end of the sentence and ask him to read his phrase to you.
- Ask your child to rearrange the words in a sentence as the final punctuation changes (like changing a period to a question mark).
- Have your child read a sentence aloud with a period and then read it again after inserting a question mark or exclamation point.
The more enjoyable the game , the better … because the more fun you’ll have!
USE THE COMPUTER
The computer can be used as a good teaching and learning tool in terms of spelling. Among some quick and easy ideas you can consider the following:
- Use a word document as a template to teach spelling and sentence structure. The tools that exist on Internet portals can provide instant spelling and grammar checking.
- Use the online dictionary to test your child’s understanding of a word. Ask him to define a certain word and then spell it correctly to see what the dictionary says. This is probably the most appropriate for a third or fourth grade of primary school.
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