Ideas to support spelling at home.Lots more ideas can be found on Pinterest.

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WebsitesScrabble Tiles1) Rearrange the tiles from the pile and count up the scores.2) Give the children the letters for the word and they rearrange them, copying the spelling from their sheet.3) Give the letters for the chosen word all muddled up and they have to rearrange them to spell the word. This could be made harder by not telling them what spelling it is for or even timing them.

Writing letters on scraps of paper.Using the scrabble-style wooden tiles from Hobby Craft.Cut up newspaper headlines for the letters.

Stones/Bottle tops/magnetic letters/pegs

Prepare decorative stones to rearrange for spelling words. OR use bottle tops and write on letters with a sharpie.

Buy some wooden pegs and write different letters on either side so each side can be used.

For these resources, allow the child to see the word as they practise then begin to read the word without showing them so they can develop their confidence with the spelling.

The next step would be asking the children to recall their own spellings, explain the meanings and then spelling them using the resources.