Spelling, spelling, spelling…what child doesn’t need to know how to spell, and how to spell well.
It’s one of the things that drives me nuts with many of the youth I meet nowadays…they can’t spell even simple words. It’s good to pull together some resources for free spelling help for all ages.
There is the generally helpful automatic spellchecker in whatever browser you are using. Mind, it won’t catch words that are spelled correctly but are perhaps used incorrectly. It is a good place to start nonetheless when writing an article. 🙂
Reading good books helps tremendously with spelling. It gets you used to how words should look, and if you learn to sound out your words, you learn more or less how they should be spelled.
Spelling Help for Elementary Students
SpellingCity. Free spelling help. So useful for both British and non-British spellers. 🙂
All About Spelling has a number of free resources that will help you to assist your children in becoming more proficient spellers. They have a number of paid resources you can look at as well.
Easy Teacher Worksheets has provided some free samples for you to try out.
AAASpell has a number of free resources without artwork making them good for all ages.
Edalive which I reviewed last year has some free resources to help with grammar and spelling.
Homespelling words has spelling lists done in a variety of themes that might work well, from grade 1-9.
Spellzone has a number of teacher resources to help you.
The paid version of Logic of English was immensely helpful with my lad, they also have free resources to help you determine what your child needs with spelling.
Spelling beyond the elementary level
Sometimes with high school spellers, you need to go back to the basics, but often times it’s just reinforcing those tricky spelling rules. You’d have to figure out what your students need.
Cozy Grammar offers up some free courses for middle school youth. As far as I can tell you can upgrade to paid courses as well.
K12 Reader has a 36-week free high school spelling program that you might find useful.
Your Dictionary provides spelling lists for the high school level.
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