Articles:
Activities
that
promote spelling
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Research has found that children learn to
spell in much the same way as they learn to talk. They begin by
approximating words and move through a process which eventually
leads them to use conventional spelling. In the meantime, they need
to be surrounded by meaningful language (as opposed to lists of pre
determined words), immersed in reading and writing and taught
spelling strategies that work for the individual.
From the very beginning,
children are encouraged to try to write down words - they "have a
go" and invent the spelling which may or may not approximate the
word. For instance, during the very first stages, they might use one
letter to represent a whole word; later on, it might be two or three
letters. Their approximations gradually become more accurate as they
become more familiar with conventional spelling and learn more about
language and the visual patterns of words and letters.
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