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We just started using All About Spelling this year, and frankly at this point you couldn’t take it from me if you wanted to! Yes, we LOVE it that much! And not only do I love it, but my kids LOVE it! Every now and then I’ll let them pick the order of their workboxes, and I’m not kidding you, unless there’s a candy bar in one of the drawers, they’ll pick the All About Spelling box first every time!

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Some benefits to All About Spelling:

  • The program is multisensory, approaching spelling through sight, sound, and touch.
  • The lesson plans scripted for you. They are easy to follow and leave nothing out! And it’s not just spelling, it’s a phonics program as well, and they teach all the rules in an easy to follow and understand manner.
  • It works! I can honestly say I’ve noticed an improvement in both my 1st and 2nd grader’s spelling since we’ve started.
  • It’s fun! This is an activity that we do one-on-one and since it involves many different activities, the kids seem to really enjoy it! They are learning quickly and we are all having fun (including me!) and that’s huge in my book!

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I am so thrilled about this program, and I hope to use it with all of our kids from here on out.

One thing to note, there are only about 25 lessons in both the first and 2nd level books. I’m used to doing 1 lesson/day with my other curriculum, so obviously that wasn’t going to work. Some of the lessons for my 1st grader are pretty easy so we’re blazing through them quickly, but you are to teach to mastery with this program so after talking to the super nice people at All About Spelling I realized that you don’t need to go through 1 lesson each day. Instead you are to stay on that lesson until they’ve got the rules down pat, so we’ve slowed down a bit.

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(This box has cards for both level 1 and level 2 in it, I found it in the office supply section of Target, it had a paper pad in it!)

Each level comes with a set of Phonogram Cards, Sound Cards, Key Word Cards (we call them trivia) and Spelling Word Cards. Each day you go through the cards they say to as well as review those your child hasn’t mastered which is nice. The cards help remind me what they need to work on, and I don’t know about you but I can use all the reminders I can get!

If you haven’t tried this program yet, all I can say is that you won’t be disappointed! Just make sure to call them first, or go through the test on the All About Spelling site under the FAQ page to see what level to buy. Their levels don’t quite correspond with grade level.

43 Comments

  1. This sounds perfect for my son!!! He loves being hands on and is a visual learner too. Since this is multisensory, it would be perfect for him. He is going into 1st grade this fall. Thank you for the opportunity to try and win this. Thank you!!!

    Karen
  2. I am going to purchase this next week so your response would be great. My son is in second great and average at spelling. We have done spelling workouts in prior years. Should I start him with level one or will it be to easy? I also refer to your website often and love love the artists and composer curriculum.
    Thanks

    Kathy Dungan
    1. HI Kathy,
      I would probably start him with level 1 only because the majority of phonics rules are included /taught in that level. The words will probably be too easy for him, but it’s still important that he learn the basic phonics rules before moving on to the other levels. You can probably go through level 1 faster than you normally will the other levels.

      erica
  3. We currently use ABeka for language/phonics and spelling. I like how it all goes together. My 2nd grade daughter is doing fine with it. My son who is now in 4th grade has always struggled with spelling. Now, I realize I probably should have lookied into a different program before now. But, at this point, what level do you recommend? Thank you!

    Gayla
    1. I always recommend starting with Level 1 because it includes almost all of the phonics spelling rules. Since your son is older, the word lists will be too easy for him, but the rules are fundamental and without those he’ll continue to struggle.

      erica

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