Spelling
Grade-by-grade lists and the patterns underneath them, so your child learns the rule rather than fifteen separate words.
All spelling resources
How-toWhy spelling is harder than reading, the five-minute routine that works, and what to do when your child gets a word wrong.
ExplainerThe handful of rules that are worth teaching, roughly when each one lands, and the ones to handle with caution.
Word listWorksheetsThe words a kindergartner learns to spell, grouped by skill from two-letter words to sh, ch and th, with free spelling and writing worksheets for every group.
Word listWorksheetsThe words a first grader learns to spell, grouped by the five patterns of the year, with free worksheets for each group.
Word listWorksheetsThe words a second grader learns to spell, grouped by the patterns of the year, with free worksheets for each group.
How-toSeven games you can play tonight with nothing but a pencil, why they beat worksheets, and how to tell a spelling game from a reading one.
GuideWhat to look for, what a spelling app cannot do, and who each option is genuinely best for.
How-toExplainerWhat struggling spelling looks like, why writing a word out ten times does not fix it, and the multisensory techniques that do.
ExplainerWhat age spelling starts, the five stages it arrives in, and why nite for night is a good sign.
Word listWorksheetsA silent final e reaches back over one consonant and makes the vowel say its own name. Four vowels do it all the time (a_e, i_e, o_e and u_e), and e_e is real but rare.
