caradove

I thought this was great since spelling is one of those things that we
all got drilled into us at school and doubters of unschooling probably
worry about.

Cara
*******************************************
More Brain Stuff >From Cambridge University.

Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.

cdnuolt blveiee taht
I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd
waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid,
aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny
iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses
and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,
but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?
yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot
slpeling was ipmorantt!

if you can raed tihs psas it on!!

Psas Tihs ON!

seccotine_ch

Well, if you want an external eye on this : it works better in your
own language :) I've already seen this text, translated in French,
and had absolutely (aslubolety ;p) no problem reading it, as fast and
easily as a normal text. But here, in English, it's much more
problematic - I can read it, but with effort, not as "fluently" as I
would a normally written English text.

Helen, in Geneva Switzerland

--- In [email protected], "caradove" <caradove@...>
wrote:
>
> I thought this was great since spelling is one of those things that
we
> all got drilled into us at school and doubters of unschooling
probably
> worry about.
>
> Cara
> *******************************************
> More Brain Stuff >From Cambridge University.
>
> Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
>
> cdnuolt blveiee taht
> I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd
> waht I was rdanieg.
>
> The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid,
> aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
> it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny
> iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
> pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses
> and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.
>
> Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef,
> but the wrod as a wlohe.
>
> Amzanig huh?
> yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot
> slpeling was ipmorantt!
>
> if you can raed tihs psas it on!!
>
> Psas Tihs ON!
>

swissarmy_wife

My 9 year old just came to me and told me he wished he could spell
better. He plays Runescape and the last few days have been noon-stop
"mom, how do I spell this?". I'm very willing to give him the answer
but he's becoming increasingly frustrated that he can't do it on his
own.

So, my question is how can I help him learn to spell? He definitely
is not the workbook type. Maybe a computer program?

Any ideas, suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

-Heather

Kathleen Gehrke

--- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
<heatherbean@...> wrote:
>
> My 9 year old just came to me and told me he wished he could spell
> better. He plays Runescape and the last few days have been noon-
stop
> "mom, how do I spell this?". I'm very willing to give him the
answer
> but he's becoming increasingly frustrated that he can't do it on his
> own.
>
> So, my question is how can I help him learn to spell? He definitely
> is not the workbook type. Maybe a computer program?
>
> Any ideas, suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -Heather
>
What about a picture dictionary... Let him know you do not mind. My
kids all developed spelling skills playing games on the internet.

Pretty soon he will not be asking.

He will just be writing.

Kathleen

swissarmy_wife

He came to me asking me to help him or help him find a way to learn to
spell better. It's not me who has the issue. I'd spell for him until
he was 22 if i could. :-) He was wondering how he could learn to
spell better.

Sorry, I was too wordy with my post and lost the point. LOL

-Heather

--- In [email protected], "Kathleen Gehrke"
<gehrkes@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
> <heatherbean@> wrote:
> >
> > My 9 year old just came to me and told me he wished he could spell
> > better. He plays Runescape and the last few days have been noon-
> stop
> > "mom, how do I spell this?". I'm very willing to give him the
> answer
> > but he's becoming increasingly frustrated that he can't do it on his
> > own.
> >
> > So, my question is how can I help him learn to spell? He definitely
> > is not the workbook type. Maybe a computer program?
> >
> > Any ideas, suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > -Heather
> >
> What about a picture dictionary... Let him know you do not mind. My
> kids all developed spelling skills playing games on the internet.
>
> Pretty soon he will not be asking.
>
> He will just be writing.
>
> Kathleen
>

[email protected]

In a message dated 2/8/2008 11:18:09 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
heatherbean@... writes:

So, my question is how can I help him learn to spell? He definitely
is not the workbook type. Maybe a computer program?



does he enjoy word searches, crossword puzzles, hangman...?

Karen in so. cal.



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-----Original Message-----
From: swissarmy_wife <heatherbean@...>


My 9 year old just came to me and told me he wished he could spell
better. He plays Runescape and the last few days have been noon-stop
"mom, how do I spell this?". I'm very willing to give him the answer
but he's becoming increasingly frustrated that he can't do it on his
own.

So, my question is how can I help him learn to spell? He definitely
is not the workbook type. Maybe a computer program?

Any ideas, suggestions?

-=-=-

Duncan's really into WoW and is having the same issue.

Usually I just spell them out. But I'm not *always* near enough to the
computer (it's gardening weather now! <g>).

So there are a few that he can *read* but can't seem to spell.

where
know
awesome
hey!
other
constant
yeah
going
among
maybe
come
done
north
Ares

among others.

So I wrote them down so that he can look them up. He's adding more as
he goes.

Last night he asked me how to spell several new words, and I suggested
that he write them down on the *paper* first. That way he could come
back to them if he needed to find them later.

So he's making a personal spelling book of the words he uses often. I'm
sure they'll all be learned soon with use and the spelling book will
become obsolete in time.


~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
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swissarmy_wife

Oh! I love this idea! Thanks so much!!!

--- In [email protected], kbcdlovejo@... wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: swissarmy_wife <heatherbean@...>
>
>
> My 9 year old just came to me and told me he wished he could spell
> better. He plays Runescape and the last few days have been noon-stop
> "mom, how do I spell this?". I'm very willing to give him the answer
> but he's becoming increasingly frustrated that he can't do it on his
> own.
>
> So, my question is how can I help him learn to spell? He definitely
> is not the workbook type. Maybe a computer program?
>
> Any ideas, suggestions?
>
> -=-=-
>
> Duncan's really into WoW and is having the same issue.
>
> Usually I just spell them out. But I'm not *always* near enough to the
> computer (it's gardening weather now! <g>).
>
> So there are a few that he can *read* but can't seem to spell.
>
> where
> know
> awesome
> hey!
> other
> constant
> yeah
> going
> among
> maybe
> come
> done
> north
> Ares
>
> among others.
>
> So I wrote them down so that he can look them up. He's adding more as
> he goes.
>
> Last night he asked me how to spell several new words, and I suggested
> that he write them down on the *paper* first. That way he could come
> back to them if he needed to find them later.
>
> So he's making a personal spelling book of the words he uses often. I'm
> sure they'll all be learned soon with use and the spelling book will
> become obsolete in time.
>
>
> ~Kelly
>
> Kelly Lovejoy
> Conference Coordinator
> Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
> http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org
>
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Nancy O'Brien

Hi Heather,

I love to play TextTwist and my kids help! They are 9 and 11 and we have
lots of fun.

It's a free MSN game online and you can find it here:
http://zone.msn.com/en/texttwist/default

Hope that helps!

Nancy

On Feb 8, 2008 2:42 PM, <Kidgie@...> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 2/8/2008 11:18:09 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>
> heatherbean@... <heatherbean%40gmail.com> writes:
>
> So, my question is how can I help him learn to spell? He definitely
> is not the workbook type. Maybe a computer program?
>
> does he enjoy word searches, crossword puzzles, hangman...?
>
> Karen in so. cal.
>
> **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music.
> (
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> 48)
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



--
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swissarmy_wife

He's not much for puzzle games. Hangman we do as family sometimes on
a small white board, but he bores quickly when the words do not
include funny things like poop and diarrhea. LOL

--- In [email protected], Kidgie@... wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 2/8/2008 11:18:09 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> heatherbean@... writes:
>
> So, my question is how can I help him learn to spell? He definitely
> is not the workbook type. Maybe a computer program?
>
>
>
> does he enjoy word searches, crossword puzzles, hangman...?
>
> Karen in so. cal.
>
>
>
> **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL
Music.
>
(http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025
> 48)
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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-----Original Message-----
From: swissarmy_wife <heatherbean@...>

He's not much for puzzle games. Hangman we do as family sometimes on
a small white board, but he bores quickly when the words do not
include funny things like poop and diarrhea. LOL

-=-==--=-=

My favorite hangman word is "vacuum"---a "v" and two "u"s.

Unfortunately, you can only use it once with each person. <g>



~Kelly

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mimiphilomena

Does he like to play "Concentration" card games?

He would choose words he wants to spell, write the word (correctly
spelled) on each of 2 cards- spread them face down on the floor.

1)Pick one card- spell the word correctly, looking or not looking,
doesn't matter.

2)Pick a second card- spell the word correctly.

3)If the 2 cards match, the player must spell the word correctly
without looking in order to claim the match.

Of course, you can make your own rules.
Mary
--- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
<heatherbean@...> wrote:
>
> He's not much for puzzle games. Hangman we do as family sometimes on
> a small white board, but he bores quickly when the words do not
> include funny things like poop and diarrhea. LOL
>
> --- In [email protected], Kidgie@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 2/8/2008 11:18:09 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > heatherbean@ writes:
> >
> > So, my question is how can I help him learn to spell? He definitely
> > is not the workbook type. Maybe a computer program?
> >
> >
> >
> > does he enjoy word searches, crossword puzzles, hangman...?
> >
> > Karen in so. cal.
> >
> >
> >
> > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL
> Music.
> >
>
(http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025
> > 48)
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

Lisa

My 14 yr old is a horrible speller (her words not mine!) She has
recently begun to talk on IM with friends .. at first I got alot of
"mom how do you spell...." she would jot down the word on the desk
blotter for future reference. She has amassed quite a list as she's
gone along over the past 6 months until she's not only become a better
speller but her typing has improved. I guess she's done much what
Kelly's child did in building her own dictionary based on the words
she needed that were difficult for her.
Lisa

nanceconfer

So, is he a Captain Underpants fan? :)

This is a great, fun series and actually might help with spelling --in
between the underpants jokes -- because the boys in the stories play a
lot of "jokes" with rearranging words.

Nance



--- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
<heatherbean@...> wrote:
>
> He's not much for puzzle games. Hangman we do as family sometimes on
> a small white board, but he bores quickly when the words do not
> include funny things like poop and diarrhea. LOL

swissarmy_wife

YES! hahaha. Old news though. We have read tham all and even Super
Diaper Baby! He used to love Dav Pilkey. I can't think of a book we
haven't read. :-)

he just doesn't like to read books on his own. He could from from I
see, but he doesn't like to. so I still read to him.

The spelling book idea Kelly gave me is really working out. This
morning he's already filling up his pages!

--- In [email protected], "nanceconfer"
<marbleface@...> wrote:
>
> So, is he a Captain Underpants fan? :)
>
> This is a great, fun series and actually might help with spelling --in
> between the underpants jokes -- because the boys in the stories play a
> lot of "jokes" with rearranging words.
>
> Nance
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
> <heatherbean@> wrote:
> >
> > He's not much for puzzle games. Hangman we do as family sometimes on
> > a small white board, but he bores quickly when the words do not
> > include funny things like poop and diarrhea. LOL
>

Pamela Sorooshian

On Feb 9, 2008, at 6:43 AM, swissarmy_wife wrote:

> he just doesn't like to read books on his own. He could from from I
> see, but he doesn't like to. so I still read to him.

I mostly listen to books, these days. I LIKE to listen to books more
than I like to read them, in general.

Just in case you haven't considered it - you can get very inexpensive
mp3 players and download books from audible.com and other sources.

I like to hear that parents are still reading to their older kids, but
also think it can be nice to give them the independence to listen when
and where they want.

-pam

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keetry

i read to my oldest until he was 12 or 13 even though he was a very
fluent reader. i'd still read to him if he was ever around enough
but he's got too many places to go and people to see now.

alysia

--- In [email protected], Pamela Sorooshian
<pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Feb 9, 2008, at 6:43 AM, swissarmy_wife wrote:
>
> > he just doesn't like to read books on his own. He could from
from I
> > see, but he doesn't like to. so I still read to him.
>
> I mostly listen to books, these days. I LIKE to listen to books
more
> than I like to read them, in general.
>
> Just in case you haven't considered it - you can get very
inexpensive
> mp3 players and download books from audible.com and other sources.
>
> I like to hear that parents are still reading to their older kids,
but
> also think it can be nice to give them the independence to listen
when
> and where they want.
>
> -pam
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

nanceconfer

I was just at this site -- www.freerice.com -- and I thought it might
be a good place for spelling help. It's not really about spelling but
it's neat and easy to do as much as you want each time you visit the
site and it adjusts to the reading/spelling level of the player.

Nance

Kathleen Gehrke

--- In [email protected], "nanceconfer"
<marbleface@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> I was just at this site -- www.freerice.com -- and I thought it might
> be a good place for spelling help. It's not really about spelling but
> it's neat and easy to do as much as you want each time you visit the
> site and it adjusts to the reading/spelling level of the player.

We really enjoy this site. It really makes us happy when we have
donated 2,800 grains of rice by playing a vocabulary word game.

Kathleen

swissarmy_wife

Here we are again! LOL My 9 year old has decided that the words book
"just isn't working out. Although Kelly, I thought it was a fabulous
idea! I'm hoping to reuse it with my other two boys!

He would like to learn to spell trying phonic and rules. *GASP!* He
says he liked WHAT they taught him in school about spelling, but not
the WAY they taught it. (like making him write the same word 25 times
on a page)

so... any ideas on online games that might help him out? Any other
thoughts? He's sooooo frustrated with this. He HATES asking me how
to spell words.

Pamela Sorooshian

On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:26 PM, swissarmy_wife wrote:

> so... any ideas on online games that might help him out? Any other
> thoughts? He's sooooo frustrated with this. He HATES asking me how
> to spell words.

Sounds familiar! My daughter is now 17 and spells pretty well, but she
was pretty unhappy about her inability to spell up until she was 14 or
15 years old and she really wanted some kind of program that she could
at least feel like she was working on it and making progress.

You might find something useful at: <www.spelling.org>. There used to
be a set of free spelling lessons - if your son liked doing them, you
could then buy more. My daughter did some of them.

BUT - really, to be honest, I believe the materials helped pass the
time, and I don't think my daughter really gained spelling ability
from them. SHE felt better - felt she was doing something about it. I
think time just went by, and she got online and was IMing and using
spell check and her spelling ability matured.

-pam



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squeakybiscuit

A woman on my local list just posted this site:

-http://www.spellingcity.com/



Also, if he was looking to learn the rules of spelling, there is this:

-http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/susan.htm


Both are somewhat schoolish, so I don't know if that's what you want or
not.




- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
<heatherbean@...> wrote:
>
> Here we are again! LOL My 9 year old has decided that the words book
> "just isn't working out. Although Kelly, I thought it was a fabulous
> idea! I'm hoping to reuse it with my other two boys!
>
> He would like to learn to spell trying phonic and rules. *GASP!* He
> says he liked WHAT they taught him in school about spelling, but not
> the WAY they taught it. (like making him write the same word 25 times
> on a page)
>
> so... any ideas on online games that might help him out? Any other
> thoughts? He's sooooo frustrated with this. He HATES asking me how
> to spell words.
>

squeakybiscuit

ooh..you know what helped with my spelling?

I would type favorite books in the computer word for word, copying
them to digital form. I don't know why I did it, just something to do
as a teen I guess. Then when I was finished I had the book on floppy
disk.

But, I think, through copying all those words I got a sense of the
spelling rules. I did the works of Edgar Allen Poe..but he could do any
book he enjoys and would like to have digitally to share with friends
or (if the copyright is up!) to post on websites.




--- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
<heatherbean@...> wrote:
>
> Here we are again! LOL My 9 year old has decided that the words book
> "just isn't working out. Although Kelly, I thought it was a fabulous
> idea! I'm hoping to reuse it with my other two boys!
>
> He would like to learn to spell trying phonic and rules. *GASP!* He
> says he liked WHAT they taught him in school about spelling, but not
> the WAY they taught it. (like making him write the same word 25 times
> on a page)
>
> so... any ideas on online games that might help him out? Any other
> thoughts? He's sooooo frustrated with this. He HATES asking me how
> to spell words.
>

Anne Marie

My ds9 just dove headfirst into the WOW world so I stay close tohelp
him with the spelling and reading. I love the idea of the notebook I
am going to try that too!

Here are some suggestions from my more schoolie days you can try.

1.There is a pay site called www.spellingtime.com that we tried last
year when it was still free. The games were fun you can use their
words or your own.
2.There is Sequential Spelling a curriculum from www.avko.com which I
always keep in mind if my son requests more help.
3.I bought a rhyming dictionary to have around so he can see the
patterns in spelling.
4. Mold the words in clay. Some people are more tactile or 3d
learners. Particularly with sight words that have no mental picture.
look up the word in a dictionary and create model in clay of what he
feel it means along with the modeled letters.
5. Small spell checkers like Spelling Ace - Electronic Spelling Guide
where you put in how you think it is spelled and it will correct for you.


HTH

Anne Marie



--- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
<heatherbean@...> wrote:
>
> Here we are again! LOL My 9 year old has decided that the words book
> "just isn't working out. Although Kelly, I thought it was a fabulous
> idea! I'm hoping to reuse it with my other two boys!
>
> He would like to learn to spell trying phonic and rules. *GASP!* He
> says he liked WHAT they taught him in school about spelling, but not
> the WAY they taught it. (like making him write the same word 25 times
> on a page)
>
> so... any ideas on online games that might help him out? Any other
> thoughts? He's sooooo frustrated with this. He HATES asking me how
> to spell words.
>

Anne Marie

http://www.manythings.org/cts/---


In [email protected], "Anne Marie" <amshot@...> wrote:
>
> My ds9 just dove headfirst into the WOW world so I stay close tohelp
> him with the spelling and reading. I love the idea of the notebook I
> am going to try that too!
>
> Here are some suggestions from my more schoolie days you can try.
>
> 1.There is a pay site called www.spellingtime.com that we tried last
> year when it was still free. The games were fun you can use their
> words or your own.
> 2.There is Sequential Spelling a curriculum from www.avko.com which I
> always keep in mind if my son requests more help.
> 3.I bought a rhyming dictionary to have around so he can see the
> patterns in spelling.
> 4. Mold the words in clay. Some people are more tactile or 3d
> learners. Particularly with sight words that have no mental picture.
> look up the word in a dictionary and create model in clay of what he
> feel it means along with the modeled letters.
> 5. Small spell checkers like Spelling Ace - Electronic Spelling Guide
> where you put in how you think it is spelled and it will correct for
you.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Anne Marie
>
>
>

keetry

--- In [email protected], Pamela Sorooshian
<pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
>
>
> I
> think time just went by, and she got online and was IMing and using
> spell check and her spelling ability matured.
>
> -pam
>

I've got a question about spelling and using IM or sending
emails/comments/posts on sites like myspace or games like WOW. I don't
see how this helps with spelling because of the use of so many
abbreviated words. My 16yo son converses on the internet a lot and his
messages are very short and use a lot of online abbreviations. I'm not
saying that kids/people shouldn't do these things. Just not seeing how
it helps with spelling.

Alysia

swissarmy_wife

I was looking at this this morning before I saw your email. I know
how much patterns help him. And how much he enjoys finding them in
anything. I was wondering if you actually gave this a shot and how
long each day it took. It's ok if its "schoolie". He doesn't really
discriminate between "schoolie" and not anymore. He just wants to
spell better and he feels what he is doing isn't working out for him.
It isn't expensive so its no big deal if he doesn't like it. It
looks relatively simple. But it was hard to tell from the website.


> 2.There is Sequential Spelling a curriculum from www.avko.com which I
> always keep in mind if my son requests more help.

Pamela Sorooshian

Common words use abbreviations - but they have to write out some of
it. Nobody cares about spelling, so that is nice - takes the pressure
off and leaves the nonspellers comfortable to write a lot more than
they would otherwise. Lots of things happen - sometimes a kid can't
follow what my daughter is saying and says, "Huh? Don't understand."
Then my daughter tries to spell better so her friend will understand.
Lots of times she'll type something - "Cm 2 my hous," for example. She
knows she's abbreviating come with cm, but meant to spell house
correctly. So, when her friend writes back, "Cant - gtg 2 gma's
house," then my daughter sees "house" spelled correctly. Over the
years, I think this helped her a lot.

-pam

On Feb 27, 2008, at 10:41 AM, keetry wrote:

> I'm not
> saying that kids/people shouldn't do these things. Just not seeing how
> it helps with spelling.



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Anne Marie

Sorry I have not used it personally, I had looked at it last year when
I first started homeschooling and was in school at home mode. My son
in a school setting is considered dyslexic and learning disabled. Now
I see him as visual tactile learner which schools do not accept or
address. But I digress:)! So now i let him learn on his own terms in
his own way.

SS appealed to me of the more logical patterned approach it takes.

These youtube videos with Don McCabe the inventor of the program and I
just found him fascinating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNvIpDJwPfg

Also here are some reviews that may give some insight.

http://www.homeschoolreviews.com/reviews/curriculum/reviews.aspx?id=39

Best of luck

Anne Marie






--- In [email protected], "swissarmy_wife"
<heatherbean@...> wrote:
>
> I was looking at this this morning before I saw your email. I know
> how much patterns help him. And how much he enjoys finding them in
> anything. I was wondering if you actually gave this a shot and how
> long each day it took. It's ok if its "schoolie". He doesn't really
> discriminate between "schoolie" and not anymore. He just wants to
> spell better and he feels what he is doing isn't working out for him.
> It isn't expensive so its no big deal if he doesn't like it. It
> looks relatively simple. But it was hard to tell from the website.
>
>
> > 2.There is Sequential Spelling a curriculum from www.avko.com which I
> > always keep in mind if my son requests more help.
>