First, I wanted to share this article about spelling again:
Why is My Kid Allowed to Make Spelling Mistakes
Commercial Board Games
Have a family game night and play a board game with word play like Scrabble, Scrabble Jr., Boggle, Boggle Jr, Upwords, Bananagrams, Zingo, Word Yahtzee, and many more.
Other Word Play Games
You can also do word searches, crossword puzzles, hangman (or our version called, Melting Snowman which we will learn tomorrow) or other games that just need a paper and pencil. You can buy books of this type of puzzle or you can go online and print some off. Also, many of these games have online versions that are fun to try, too.
You can also just write a long word on a piece of paper and see how many shorter words you can make using just the letters in that word.
Games to Play in the Car
You can have a spelling bee in the car and give each person a word to spell that is at their level.
You can say a word like "hat" and say what would that word be if I changed the "h" to a "c", to an "f" and so on. Experiment with changing beginning sounds, ending sounds and middle sounds.
Play a game based on word families. Name a word family like the "ate" family. Go around the car and have each person say another word in that family: late, skate, fate, date, gate, and so on.
Online Games
Search for word games on your computer, iPad or smart phone for your child to play. There are many, many variations out there.
Be Creative
Make up your own games. Anything that makes kids think and talk about words and how they are spelled will help.
