In the past couple of months, both of my girls entered their school spelling bees. Brandi didn't make it past her class spelling bee because of her nerves. She knew how to spell the word, but when she saw all the other kids looking at her, she blanked. Kasi made it on to the school spelling bee, and was eliminated after a few rounds. I am so proud of both of them. They do so well in school without really having to try.
My son, however, struggles for every good grade. The thought of entering a spelling bee has probably never even entered his mind. Trust me when I say he is a horrible speller. For instance, I started a grocery list, and the kids have been adding to it, and last night I noticed that someone had put on there "etable husband, aka choco". He meant to write "edible" (he's quite the comedian...he thinks chocolate will take the place of Bob...silly boy...it has to have peanut butter in it to do that! lol).
I found a site online called bigIQkids where he can practice his spelling, and I know he loves doing anything on the computer. This site is cool because I can either select from an existing list of words or I can make my own list for him. He can study the words and then test himself. They have words for kids of every age, too.
I know I have to do something to get him to spell better.
