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GIVEAWAY! A Full Spelling Curriculum! (CLOSED)

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All About Spelling isn't a – yawn! – workbook method of learning spelling.   Instead, All About Spelling is a hand-on spelling program that will interest every kid in your bunch, as it has ours…

Using All About Spelling in our schoolroom

The All About Spelling program is logical and organized enough for even me to figure out and use easily with children at four different levels (grades 8, 6, 4, and 1).  The system uses letter tiles (pictured above) and flashcards to teach spelling.

Our family receives all sorts of educational products to possibly review for Freely Educate, and while we only post reviews of products that we think are good, we don't always keep the products to use in our own little school. All About Spelling, however, definitely will be staying at home in our schoolroom.  It is solving our problem of poor spellers (they are so very phonetic!) while making the effort as painless as possible for the teacher (me). 

 

Here is a little more about the All About Spelling program from the publishers:

"All About Spelling is your clear action plan for teaching spelling. Designed for effective, stress free teaching, the series progresses in a logical, sequential order. Through direct instruction, students learn exactly what they need to know in order to spell well.

The All About Spelling program brings together three pathways to learning – auditory (hearing), visual (seeing), and kinesthetic (touching).  This multisensory approach, combined with a built-in review system and reinforcement activities, ensures that students retain what they learn and understand how to apply it in practical situations."

Go to the All About Spelling site to learn more about the program and to order a free report called, "The 20 Best Tips for Teaching Spelling."

We want to give away a set of All About Spelling's  Level One to one of you.

The winner's package will include:

  • AAS Level One set (book and student Material Packet)
  •  Letter Tiles
  • Phonogram Audio CD-ROM

All of that will be sent to one of you, shipped free, of course!  (value: $56.90 and free s/h)

2009 Note:  Since we are just now starting out with All About Spelling, we started even our big 13yo 7th grader in Level One.  He's whizzing through it, as he should, but the reinforcement of the basics is good for him as well as for his 11yo, 5th grade sister.  Our 8yo (3rd grader) also is doing Level One, at a much slower pace.

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This time, you may enter more than once!  You get one entry per comment, but you may comment more than once by…

 

  1. Just leave a comment, saying you want one. That's easy!
  2. Visit All About Spelling, click on Articles (top of the home page), then come back here and tell us which of their article titles sound most helpful to what you're facing in your school. 
  3. Blog about this giveaway on your blog or website   then come back here and leave a link to the blog post so we can visit you.
  4. Tweet about this giveaway (copy your tweet to @freelyeducate).
  5. Facebook about this giveaway or join our Facebook fan page.

That's 5 ways to increase your chances of winning!  You can enter up to 5 times.  But, remember, you need to enter 5 separate times, because that makes it much easier for me to count up entries when I go to Random. org to select the winner.

More Rules, sigh:

 

  • Click on "Comments" below* to leave your comment and other entries (separately, remember)
  • The form will ask for your email address but only I will see it.  Promise.  And I never, ever spam.
  • One winner will be selected randomly from the entries (comments) through Random.org's random number generator
  • US entries only (head ducking; I'm sorry!)  Yay!  This giveaway is now open to U.K., Australian, and Canadian readers as well as U.S. readers!
  • Deadline:  Saturday, July 10th, at noon CST

Comment away!  Who wants one?

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  7. The article, “Teaching Spelling in Your Homeschool” sounds like it would be very helpful for me. I’m always looking for something new to try!

  9. The AAS article about teaching Phonemic Awareness is great. This is a critical skill.
    Thanks for hosting the giveaway.

  16. Most of the articles look like ones I should read, LOL! The one that struck me right off as sounding most helpful is “Challenges in Teaching Spelling”.

  18. My Kids could really use this. Thanks for offering us a chance to win it.

  22. I liked the ideas in the “Tactile Ways to Teach Spelling” article. They looked great for my kinesthetic learner!

  24. The article that could help me is: Developing Phonemic Awareness. My dd reads, but we never quite learned the sounds!

  28. teaching spelling in your homeschool is the article that looks most helpful to me at all about spelling website.

  30. I would love to win this! Thanks for all your information, by the way. I learn something new every day (as do my kids!).

  32. The article “Teaching Spelling in your Homeschool” has a lot of good tips that are helpful to me as a beginning homeschooling mom.

  37. The AAS article that interested me the most was “Five Ways to Handle Misspelled Words”

  40. my one child really struggles with spelling. I saw the curriculum at the convention, but did not know enough about it. Would love to try this with my struggling speller

  41. i really enjoy reading the different articles and how they help me in my homeschooling experience. Thanks so much

  44. This would be a wonderful program for my spelling challenged son! Enter me please! 🙂

  47. Awesome – I have heard so much about this program – I’d love one for my kiddos (5,6,7,&9)!!
    Amy

  49. wah. Am UK based so can’t enter. Spelling is probably our biggest bugbear, my 10yo has real issues with it. Oh well, guess she’d have ended up with American style spelling anyway 😉

  52. This looks wonderful and I have heard such great things about it! Please enter us! Blessings, Stefanie

  53. I would love to win this. Spelling seems to be a very weak spot in our family and maybe starting over with this will help us to get the basics down in a fun way!

  54. Hello-
    I would really love to win this !! with ten children this would be great 🙂

  56. Lori –
    As usual, your hard work makes all our homeschool lives easier. Thanks for the opportunity to win the spelling package. We’re interested!
    Alice

  57. The article titled “Homeschool Spelling” brought up a few things I didn’t think about, like lighting. 🙂

  66. I used level one this past year with my 12 year old. This is the first spelling program that made sense to me. I’m a poor speller and all the stuff we used in the past would not connect in my mind. This makes so much sense to me. My plan is to go through the whole program with her.

  67. •Does Invented Spelling Have Its Place?
    That article seems very interesting to me.
    Thanks for the chance to win.

  73. This article, “Teaching Spelling in Your Homeschool. Some things to consider for your homeschool program.” really pertains to me.

  89. I like the article Orton Gillingham approach to teaching. I hear about this method all the time, but have never read any articles about the theories behind it.

  92. I blogged about it! My blog is private, so I’m not sure that you will be able to check it. 🙂 I can e-mail an invite if necessary.

  94. “Six strategies for reviewing spelling” looks like something we can incorporate right away –
    Thanks for the drawing.

  99. Spelling Review: Making It Stick article was definitely a good read for me right now! I am going to print it out to re-read!

  101. The article about how to correct spelling mistakes was a great article for me!! Thanks!

  109. The “Developing Phonemic Awareness” article offered many great ideas that your curriculum suggests for developing phonemic awareness in young readers – I think this is a component that whole language leaves out that is necessary for proper development of reading skills.

  113. Thank you for the opportunity to enter. You are so generous with the assorted opportunities !

  116. You don’t need to enter me, I just wanted to add my accolades for this program. My son is on Level 3 and my daughter is on Level 3. We all enjoy it – even though they use two different leaning styles. I am hearing much less of, “Mama, how do you spell…?” Now I just need to get my hands on Levels 5 & 6.

  119. Thanks for your feedback, Heather!  I really appreciate that. I'll leave your comment in as an entry and if you win, we'll ask AAS to give you one of the levels you need. I think the value is the same, so shouldn't be a problem, I'm guessing!

  122. So this looks great for a homeschool.
    (that’s my comment!)
    THANKS for the chance to win!

  123. This sounds like just what we’ve been looking for! My son is very auditory and struggles with spelling, especially transferring to writing. I am hopeful that this program can help us! Thank you so much!!

  126. The article on how poor spelling affects other subjects sounds very interesting. Please enter me for this give away!! Thank you!!

  131. WE WOULD REALLY LOVE THIS!! My 7 year old can read like a whiz, but the spelling, she just doesn’t get it! thanks for the great giveaway!!

  132. Well my 11yr old daughter has reading issues anyway so something to help her read and spell better would be GREAT. Thank You!

  135. loved the article on using tiles to teach spelling. I wasn’t taught any rules about spelling. The only thing I remember was i before e except after c. I thought you just had to memorize all of the words!! Soo excited to get this (even if I don’t win ;-))

  139. Just joined your Facebook page too, I wish I’d known about that sooner, I need to pay more attention! Thanks!

  141. Looked at several of the articles, but I really liked the one on Effective Spelling Strategies. Using the various strategies could be very helpful in our homeschool.

  143. •What to Do When Poor Spelling Affects Your Child’s Performance in Other School Subjects.
    It seems spelling is one of the biggest hurdles in our homeschool. I have one child that can spell verbally but not on paper. I would love to remediate but am not sure where to start. It really does affect my child’s desire to write.

  146. That would be a wonderful addition to the classroom. Thanks for giving me the chance to win.

  149. love the article on Developing Phonemic Awareness we are just trying to do this with ours, and i think segmenting used to be called wordspelling when i was little 🙂

  160. Teaching Spelling in Your Homeschool looks interesting. Most people don’t think of spelling as a single subject and it is hard to teach your non-spelling child when you are a good speller(umm humm).

  167. Loved the spelling activity article. Great ideas for practicing words and fun, too! Looking forward to trying some of them.

  168. I have 2 kids who struggle with spelling (among other things 🙂 and would love to try this. Thanks so much!

  171. I for sure want one!!! This is the curriculum I plan to use for Spelling. My kids are very early readers, so they don’t always pick up the phonics lessons then. I think AAS will be a FABULOUS way to fill in that gap.

  172. I for sure want one!!! This is the curriculum I plan to use for Spelling. My kids are very early readers, so they don’t always pick up the phonics lessons then. I think AAS will be a FABULOUS way to fill in that gap.

  180. By looking at the different articles,I feel the ‘Spelling Activities for Practicing Skills’ would be the most helpful for us.

  181. Thanks for offering this to the lot of us. I’d be a happy recipient…let’s see. Did I spell that right?

  183. Second entry — I chose the article on invented spelling! Oh boy does that apply here. Thanks for the contest.

  188. http://www.all-about-spelling.com/homeschool-spelling.html Homeschool Spelling caught my eye before any other articles with All About Spelling.
    I liked that the article enforces the fact that spelling is important and that daily review/practice is needed to becoming a better speller.
    Then this article leads me to:
    What works in teaching Spelling & What doesn’t work
    Multisensory-YES!! (since we use the Charlotte Mason method in our homeschooling)
    The ‘what doesn’t work’ article could not be viewed. 🙁

  190. Please enter me in your drawing. Sounds like a good fit possibly for my daughter.

  192. I went to the website and the article that sounds most helpful to me is “Tactile Ways to Practice Spelling.” Thanks for the giveaway.

  194. Please enter me in the contest to win All About Spelling. Sounds like a great program!

  195. The article, “Challenges in Teaching Spelling” has several great tips for me. My son really struggles with spelling.

  198. I’ve heard that it’s a good program. Would love to win! Thanks for the opportunity.

  201. The article Developing Phonemic Awareness is helpful for my struggling reader/ speller. Thanks

  206. The most helpful article for me would have to be “Teaching Spelling in Your Homeschool.”

  208. I would love to have this program! I have 3 kids @ different grade levels and it would be such a blessing to have something like this to use w/them to really hone their spelling skills. Thanks for doing this – here’s to winning!

  211. The article “Developing Phonemic Awareness” was extremely insightful for me.

  212. the article on ‘How to correct spelling mistakes’ looks most interesting to me.

  213. Today reminded me how much I could use a new spelling program for my children. Working on stuff for the library and so many of the words were spelled wrong. I would love to try this program

  215. Thank you for all the great info you put on the site and for the giveaways they are so helpful

  217. this seems perfect for my children as we are really struggling with spelling! Please enter me and thanks for bringing this wonderful resource to my attention!!!!

  218. Tactile Ways to Practice Spelling explains how and why the tiles work so well in promoting/aiding spelling. I trust I win, my children could really use this.

  220. I intend to buy this program for my daughter…but to win it would even be better. So, enter me as well! Thank you.

  222. Thank you for the opportunity! We have heard wonderful things about this program and would love to try it.

  223. Thank you for the opportunity! We have heard wonderful things about this program and would love to try it. The article “How to correct spelling mistakes” looks very interesting!

  226. This program sounds great! I have two struggling spellers and have tried many programs, so am really needing something that works! Please enter me.

  227. I found the two following articles very helpful and will use the suggestions for my homeschooling in the future. I have heard many good things about your program and would like to try it.
    What Works in Teaching Spelling
    What Doesn’t Work in Teaching Spelling

  229. Awww…can you put New Zealand on as well…we’re super-duper close to Australia 🙂

  231. I especially like the lessons on handling misspelling. My 9 year old son has a really hard time with slowing down to spell things correctly. Anything to help him along and through the maze of the English language!

  233. “Jail” for difficult words that don’t fit the spelling patterns – now wouldn’t that catch almost every young boy’s attention!!

  235. loving the idea of using snow as a tactile spelling surface on this hot summer day!! Can’t wait to try it when it gets cold again!

  238. I’ve been looking for a new spelling program. Thanks so much for the chance to win!
    Chris in Canada

  239. I saw the add for All About Spelling on the Homeschooling a struggling learners newsletter. I would love to have for my daughter who has struggled with learning for years. Im always up for new ideas. Enter me for a free copy!
    Thanks
    Christine

  241. My daughter has struggled both with reading and spelling. It looks like a great program. Enter me for a chance to win!
    Jodi

  244. The article:Spelling Activities for Practicing Skills looks good.
    We can always use more ideas for hands on ways to practice skills.This article provides them.

  245. I would love to be entered in the drawing for “All About Spelling”. Thank you!

  247. “How to Correct Spelling Mistakes” looks like an interesting article. I am a pretty good speller. I just know when something doesn’t look write, but I don’t know how to pass that on to my children.