How do I help my 9 year old to improve her spelling??

Tricia - posted on 12/19/2012

I have a game we play with our spelling words. you can look me up on face book I have a group page I post all our games and video of how we do the games to show others how to learn new words in a fun way

Ambalika Devi - posted on 10/02/2012

u can help her spell words she cant spell

Ambalika Devi - posted on 10/02/2012

oh im nine years too im top in everything

Lisa - posted on 07/14/2009

We have that issue with my 11 year old step-son. His mom was not on top of helping him or even caring about sending him to school. His reading is better than it used to be.... His spelling and grammar are atrocious. WHen he brings home a practice test I can't even tell what the words should say. We work with him all week until his real test and he ends up getting perfect, if not one wrong. My step-daughter who is 10 can't read at all, thanks to her mother again. We have our work cut out for us. One thing I suggest that I have found works great is to get a white board and right the words they need to know on there one at a time. Have them read it and spell it. After they know the word and spell it by sight, erase a letter. Have them re-spell it and fill in the blank of the missing letter. Each time around, erase another letter until they have to spell the whole thing. It works wonders. Give it a try and see how it works.

Rachel - posted on 07/14/2009

I wonder, if their is a vision problem though. My son had to see a vision therapist, he needed more than just glasses. His school work greatly improved, handwriting, spelling... Make sure she gets her vision tested. If vision is not the problem, there are spelling lists you can find online as well as teaching resources. I find that if they not only spell the word, but are able to use it correctly can help. I remember leasrning how to spell the word beautiful. My mother told me to: "be a uti ful "girl . so sometimes using the sounds of the words can help. Making spelling fun can be the challenge. If she hates spelling because it's not fun find ways to make it fun. Playing games like boggle, scrabble, upwords with a dictionary at herside can help.

Jodie - posted on 07/14/2009

when i was younger my mum used flash cards to help me spell she held them up and i had to spell as many as i could!!! this could help if you turn it into a game, ask her to spell as many words as she can in 1 minute and if she does it she can help bake cookies after or some other fun activity! start off small and work to bigger words she might find she enjoys it. Hope this helps

Jodie - posted on 07/14/2009

when i was younger my mum used flash cards to help me spell she held them up and i had to spell as many as i could!!! this could help if you turn it into a game, ask her to spell as many words as she can in 1 minute and if she does it she can help bake cookies after or some other fun activity! start off small and work to bigger words she might find she enjoys it. Hope this helps