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Giveaway from All About Spelling: A FULL Spelling Curriculum! (ended)

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Today is our last day of the Freely Educate's First Annual Giveaway Week!  For today's giveaway, we're bringing back a favorite…

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. Join our Facebook fan page  or click on the "Like" button below this post.

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.

Only one entry per method, okay? Post your entries separately. Entries are open to U.S., U.K., Australian, and Canadian addresses! Random.org will select the winner.  The winning entry will be verified.  Entry deadline: Friday, August 6th, at noon CST.

I hope you win!

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  23. I have been looking at All About Spelling for a while for my kids. Due to learning disabilities we have been having a problem with spelling. I really feel that this program would help us immensely. Of course our budget for the upcoming school year is tight and I haven’t been able to buy the program. If we could win it, it would help us.

  25. The article that would be most helpful to me would be “Teaching Spelling in Your Homeschool.” Thank you!

  31. I would to win this spelling curriculum. I’ve heard so many good things about it.

  38. I liked the article Developing Phonemic Awareness, especially for one of my boys who is struggling with phonograms

  45. The most helpful article title for me and my school was “Phonemic Awareness”! Thanks for entering me!!!

  62. Are you looking for the best way to teach spelling?
    Yes WE are!!! I would LOVE LOVE to win this!!!
    This would help us SO much. Thank you>

  66. I will be reading this article (among many others!): Why Teach the Phonograms and Spelling Rules?

  74. I really liked the article about kinesthetic learning and incorporating that into spelling! I’m a kinesthetic learner and so is my daughter. I esp. loved the idea of using pudding! What a yummy way to learn how to spell!

  77. I really haven’t given spelling much thought (starting 3rd grade). I’d love a spelling package to see how it works for our family. Thank you.

  79. I looked at the article list and will read all of them ( I need all the help I can get) The “what works in teaching spelling” and “what doesn’t work” look most useful.

  80. I just checked out the articles at All-About-Spelling, and, for my youngest, think “Tactile Ways to Practice Spelling” will be the most useful. He’s definitely hands-on for everything.

  84. I would love one!
    I would definitely use it for my hands on Learner
    “ll About Spelling is multisensory. The lessons involve sight, sound, and touch. Children learn best when they are physically involved in the learning process, so we take advantage of that fact with this hands-on approach to learning and teaching spelling.”
    This would work perfectly for my young one.

  88. The article that is of most interest to me at this point is what works and what doesn’t work in spelling. I am just getting ready to start with my daughter. My son went for his first 2 years in public school, so even though this is our 4th year homeschooling, I’m kind of in unchartered territory. Thanks for the chance to win!!

  95. Ever since stumbling on this program awhile back it has been on my to-buy list. I think it looks like an aamzing program and can’t wait to get my hands on it!!! My kids are very early readers, so they don’t always pick up on the “rules”. That’s why I think AAS will be so good for them; they’ll get the rules when they’re old enough to really understand them.

  99. Articles that I liked from All about Spelling (I would really love to win an All about Spelling of these. I think it would be terrific for my 8, almost 9, year old.)
    Six strategies for reviewing spelling
    Tactile ways to practice spelling
    spelling activities for practicing skills
    teaching spelling with letter tiles
    a spelling lesson using letter tiles
    teaching spelling in your homeschool

  101. I posted 4 comments and they showed up, but then they disappeared. I also tried to use the Like button above but it made my computer freak out (twice) and I had to restart it. 🙁
    Anyway, I would love to win the All About Spelling curriculum. I’ve been looking at their product and getting ready to order it for my son.
    I’m not going to post any more entries because I’m not sure what happened to the other ones. 🙁

  102. Oh, I love your choices/offerings! This is another curriculum that I’ve just learned of recently. Looks interesting. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

  104. Would love to start my 6yr old off with this as she is so excited for finally be old enough to start homeschooling…

  108. Lots of my homeschool friends are starting to use AAS. I would love to win it, so I can too.

  110. I think the most helpful article for me would be “Five Ways to Handle Misspelled Words”.

  117. The article that looks great is the one specifically for teaching spelling in a homeschool. VERY useful!

  129. I enjoyed (and was amazed by) the article Dyslexia Symptoms! Thank you for the great opportunity and resource.

  133. The article “Teaching Spelling in your Homeschool” is very useful and informative.

  138. My kids desperately need a solid program like this! Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate!

  139. My vote for the most helpful article for what we’re facing in our homeschool would be “Five Ways to Handle Misspelled Words”. The tips are simple, straight forward and effective. The tips remind you (and the student) to take time to allow self correction, check pronounciation, separate the sounds, check rules and exceptions, and provide multiple opportunities to practise the word. No, these ideas are not new, however it can sometimes be too easy to forget how powerful these steps are within the learning process. IMHO, simply correcting the problem without implementing these steps only delays the learning process.

  141. I loved the article about tactile ways to practice spelling. As an occupational therapist, I can tell you that this is a great way to reinforce learning. I have seen it work!

  153. The article most helpful was What Works When Teaching Spelling. This was very helpful since we are just starting spelling this year. It will help me to evaluate programs.

  160. I read the article Tactile Ways to Practice Spelling. I found a lot of great ideas here.

  161. The article which applies for us would be the one discussing What Works In Teaching Spelling. I think the BIGGEST thing for us is learning the rules.
    We are really in need of the All About Spelling. I have a 3rd grader who struggles with spelling and a 1st grader who is just starting out and I would LOVE to use this with both of them. I have tried other spelling programs with my oldest and nothing seems to work and I really feel that is because none of them has really covered the rules the way this says it does.

  165. I loved the article about tactile ways to practice spelling.Being highly visual spatial & kinesthetic myself… I know my 3 children would benefit greatly from this….. this would help cement many of the things we are already doing with trying to overcome their stealth dyslexia……. Spelling & written output is poor…. yet their ideas & creativity shines….. I would be so moved to be able to help bridge that gap… between ability & potential….. for many reason…self-esteem, confidence, love of learning…..

  173. I found the article about dyslexia symptoms to be very interesting, since I have a child with dyslexia and didn’t find out until they were 8. Wish I had read this sooner.

  176. The articles I would be most interested in reading right now are “What Works…” and “What Doesn’t Work in Teaching Spelling”. I’ve tried many things, some successful, some not.
    Thanks

  177. We have really been wanting All About Spelling for awhile now. Great opportunity.
    Thanks

  178. The article that sounds the most helpful for our homeschool is “Effective Spelling Strategies”.
    Thanks

  182. We have made it through 16 lessons in Sequential Spelling level one. It is is very tedious. I would love to try a different approach and All About Spelling looks like it would be perfect for us.

  189. This sounds really good. It would work great for specially for me because I’m from Brazil and kind of new to homeschooling. This will be our 3rd year. Thanks for the chance.

  196. Oh oh! Pick me! Pick me! 🙂 We are dying to try AAS! Thanks for such a great site, too!

  203. The article I liked most is Tactile Ways to Practice Spelling. My firstborn is a natural speller and a visual learner, but my second-born who struggles with spelling is way more hands-on. These suggestions will be great to try with him!