Spelling Resource Center

About Our Spelling Program

• Overview of All About Spelling
• Download Samples
• Is AAS Right for Your Child?
• About the Author
• Awards and Honors
• Testimonials
• FAQs 

Spelling How-To's

• How to Solve B-D Reversal Problems
• How to Improve Spelling with Correct Pronunciation
• How to Keep Spelling Lessons Motivating
• How to Avoid the Curse of Knowledge
• How to Use Dictation to Improve Spelling
• How to Use Tactile Activities to Practice Spelling
• How to Use Kinesthetic Spelling Activities
• How to Correct Spelling Mistakes
• How to Handle Misspelled Words
• How to Teach Spelling with Letter Tiles
• How to Develop Phonemic Awareness
• How to Teach Phonograms
• How to Teach Prefixes
• How to Teach Closed and Open Syllables
• How to Teach Contractions
• How to Teach Alphabetizing
• How to Teach Syllable Types
• How to Teach Sight Words
• How We Teach the Dolch Word List
• How to Teach Silent E
• How to Spell Long Vowel Sounds
• How to Get 50% Wrong and Still Be Right: Homophones
• How to Teach Spelling in Your Homeschool

The Orton-Gillingham Approach

• What is the Orton-Gillingham Approach?
• Who Were Orton and Gillingham? 

 Teaching Strategies

• Part 1: Your Student's Memory Problems...and the Solution: The Funnel Concept
• Tactile Surfaces for Practicing Letter Formation
• What Does Your Child Want in a Teacher?
• Encouraging Words
• What Works in Teaching Spelling
• What Doesn't Work in Teaching Spelling
• Spelling Review: Making It Stick
• Phonograms and How They Work
• Choosing the Correct Spelling Pattern
• Why Teach the Phonograms and Spelling Rules
• Whole Language or Phonics: Which Approach Is Best?
• Effective Spelling Strategies
• Does Invented Spelling Have Its Place?
• #1 Tip for Teaching Homophones
• Teaching Vocabulary: 5 Common Mistakes
• Building Your Child's Vocabulary
• Misleading "Rule": When Two Vowels Go Walking...
• True or False?: Silent E Makes the Vowel Before It Long

Struggling Learners

• The Best Way to Reach Your Struggling Learner
• The All About Spelling story (video)
• Why Spelling Matters
• What is Dyslexia?
• Symptoms of Dyslexia
• Testing for Dyslexia
• Interview with Diane Allen: Educational Testing Specialist
• Interview with Merry Marinello: Homeschool Parent

Free Downloads

• Free Spelling Downloads

Videos

• The All About Spelling Story
• Help for Short E/Short I Confusion