Spelling Success

Does your child struggle with spelling?  Does he or she know the words aloud before the test, and then forget them during the test?

Are you frustrated because your child writes the words down 10 times each and then brings home a low spelling test grade?

In Part 4 A of our Back To School Success series, here’s the secret spelling strategy to make your child a spelling superstar!

Spelling bee champions see the whole word in their mind.  They first write the word, then look up above eye level and make a mental movie of the word.  It is like they see the word on their own big movie screen.

Watch good spellers at a spelling bee championship.  They always look up above eye level, either left, right or straight up, because they are using the visual learning style, as if they are seeing a picture on a movie screen.

Great spellers don’t use phonics because most words are not spelled as they sound.  So they actually “see” the whole word in their mind.

When your child is studying, have him or her put the word on a card and hold it above eye level, in a place where they best recall pictures.  Then, during the test, look back to that same location, above eye level, and see the word, then write it down during the test.

You’ll be amazed when your child brings home those terrific spelling grades!

If you’d like more information about the Super Speller Strategy, visit http://www.howtolearn.com/speller.html

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Remember, all children are smart!

Warmly,

Pat Wyman and Erin Mavredakis, M.D.

P.S.  Part B of our Back To School Success Series will show your child how to learn their math facts in half the time! 

If you’d like to show your child how to learn strategies for every subject now, grab a copy of the Instant Learning For Amazing Grades e-book you see in the navigation bar above.  We wish your child every success.

 

 

 

 

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