Help Your Child Ace His Next Spelling Test Is your child quizzed
on weekly spelling words? Help him prepare with these tips. Give
your child a pre-test. When your child brings home his list of
spelling words, sit him down with a pencil and paper for a
practice quiz. Don't have him copy the words or sentences.
Children learn how to spell words by visualizing them in their
minds, not by copying them. Simply, say each word in a sentence
out loud for your child to write down. Try to give the pre-test
in exactly the same way the teacher would give the actual test.
Have your son correct the pre-test. He should study only the
words he has misspelled. How your child will learn to spell the
words he's spelled incorrectly on his pre-test: 1) Have him say
the word while looking at it. 2) Tell him to close his eyes, try
to see the word, and then spell the word out loud. 3) Have him
look at the written word to see if he's spelled it out loud
correctly. 4) Ask him to look at the word, then cover the word
and have him write