{"id":15754,"date":"2020-12-30T13:32:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T05:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/?p=15754"},"modified":"2020-12-31T14:22:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T06:22:23","slug":"spelling-tips-for-early-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/2020\/12\/spelling-tips-for-early-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Spelling Tips for Early Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your child can speak fluently and read confidently, but they make constant mistakes in their spelling. Is this scenario familiar? It\u2019s one I\u2019ve seen many times during my time at i-Learner, and I\u2019ve found three key tools can make a significant difference:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Phonics<\/b><\/p>\n

Early learners of English need to use two systems to read – phonics and sight words. If we want to rush a child into reading, we might focus on spellings rather than sounds in order to get words correct quickly. However, this is a short-term strategy; phonics is essential for reading throughout life and it\u2019s key to decoding the enormous vocabulary of the English language. If your child spells \u2018nurse\u2019 as \u2018ners\u2019, make sure to praise them for identifying the sounds first, and then correct the misspelt word together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At i-Learner Education Centres, we have <\/span>Phonics and Reading Aloud courses for younger learners and Phonics and Dictation for older learners<\/span><\/a>. Both short courses provide a great boost to spelling skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Rhyming\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Learning about rhyming helps children spell new words more accurately. Teach them what rhyme is and give plenty of examples of rhyming words. For example, teach them about how \u2018book\u2019, \u2018look\u2019, and \u2018cook\u2019 rhyme. This way if they are asked to spell \u2018hook\u2019<\/span> for the first time,<\/span> they can use their knowledge of other \u2018-ook\u2019 words to spell it correctly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Visual prompts\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The more children see a word spelt correctly, the better they remember it. You can play memory games with flashcards of commonly used words such as \u2018like\u2019, \u2018eat\u2019, \u2018have\u2019 and \u2018good\u2019. The <\/span>Dolch word list<\/span><\/a> is a good source of words suitable for different levels. For words your child often forgets, stick the flashcard somewhere they will see it often. This works especially well for visual learners!<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be discouraged if your children are not natural spellers when young. This doesn\u2019t determine their long-term success with English. Try these three simple tips to put them on the path to improvement.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your child can speak fluently and read confidently, but they make constant mistakes in their spelling. Is this scenario familiar? It\u2019s one I\u2019ve seen many times during my time at i-Learner, and I\u2019ve found three key tools can make a significant difference: 1. Phonics Early learners of English need to use two systems to read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[815],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15754"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15759,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754\/revisions\/15759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}