Spelling Fun at Home!!

Here are a few fun ideas to encourage our young readers to put in some extra time practicing their spelling words at home!!

1. Ask your child to draw a picture and "hide" all their spelling words within their artwork.

2. Challenge your child to write his/her words in shaving cream.

3. If you have extra magazines or newspapers lying around, search for the necessary letters and then glue the spelling words together.

4. There are several free recording apps out there that will record their own voice with an app on the phone or iPad.  Have your little one record himself/herself spelling out his/her words and then replay it and check to see if he/she spelled it correctly. 

5. Use a flashlight in a dark room to write the spelling words in the air.

6. Letter scramble- Write your child's spelling words on a piece of paper.  Cut apart each word and have them unscramble the word!

7. Scratch and Sniff-Have your little one write his/her words in glue.  Then, sprinkle dry jell-o onto the glue.  When the glue has dried, have your little one trace and scratch the word.

8. Sidewalk chalk-Use sidewalk chalk to spell the words!

9. Magnetic Letters-Using magnetic letters on any magnetic surface in your home or on a cookie sheet, have your child spell his/her words.

10. Jumping jacks-Have your child do a jumping jack for each letter in the word!