Automatic Spelling

This resource is very well thought out and researched. Thank you!

I really love this program! Last year I began Automatic Spelling with my 2nd grader. She was really hesitant to write very much at all because she did not know how to spell a lot of words. We started pretty slowly with the program and made it through three units last year. This year for third grade I wondered how much my daughter would remember over the whole summer. I was AMAZED that in our review test for the year she got nearly every word correct! This shows me that the slow repetition and review of the course really worked, and my daughter really did learn the words. I can see how this program has not only helped her spell the words we're going through, but helped her in spelling other words. Her confidence in writing has grown a lot. Some of this, of course, may be due to age and general growth, but I can see evidence of the program in many cases. I see her already knowing how to add suffixes to words we haven't gone over, and apply some of the same rules and principles to other words. She likes to watch the videos, she really loves the robots and especially loves it when he drops the e yo-yo for the drop the e rule. :) In the beginning she did think the grid was a lot of words, but now it's really no problem for her, and we are going through a lesson a week. Several times my daughter has stopped to tell me a spelling rule apart from the course as well :) We are grateful to have found Automatic Spelling, and I'm looking forward to using it with my younger children too!

I liked the overall theory of this resource but had a hard time understanding how to teach it. My kids liked the images on the pages.

Love this!