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Online Spelling Program for Dyslexia
Spelling Help Using Phonics, Rules & Exceptions
Many people think a spelling curriculum for dyslexia should start with the visual difficulties often associated with dyslexia, such as difficulty sequencing letters. This is not correct. Spelling is mainly phonetic. And so our online spelling program for dyslexia starts with language processing skills
Children with dyslexia struggle with spelling due to listening inaccuracies stemming from language processing issues. They reverse letters not because the letters look the same, but because they sound the same.
The Brain Uses Spelling Conventions to Read
Spelling is not just a writing skill. It is also an essential reading skill. Spelling pattern recognition is how the brain recognizes and stores words — eventually, every word becomes a sight word. For children with dyslexia, spelling difficulties slow reading fluency and reading comprehension.
Why Spelling Is So Hard For Dyslexics
Nearly 50% of English words are predictable and are spelled phonetically. Another 37% are predictable except for one sound (e.g., knot and goat). Most children learn to spell these 87% of words easily, leaving them time to focus on the 13% that are not easy. However, children with dyslexia find even the phonetically predictable words- the 50%- difficult, meaning that for them every word is a challenge.
Our Spelling Help For Dyslexic Children
Step by Step to Spelling Proficiency
Our spelling programs for dyslexic children target phonological awareness first, before teaching spelling rules and exceptions:
- Matching sounds to letters. Breaking a word apart phonetically is an essential spelling skill that requires phonological awareness. This is the first focus of our program.
- Recognizing patterns. Patterns such as the six basic syllable types of English help students recognize vowel sounds in predictable ways.
- Spelling rules. Then come spelling rules and conventions.
- Spelling exceptions. The final step is spelling exceptions, those unpredictable spellings that present difficulties for all readers.
Spelling Program Details
Our spelling curriculum for dyslexia is part of Fast ForWord, a comprehensive language, cognitive, and reading program series. Its cognitive skill exercises build the phonological framework to recognize letter sounds in words for phonetic spelling and working memory, often lacking in dyslexic children, but is a key spelling skill.
Fast ForWord also improves listening and reading efficiency, enabling dyslexic children to absorb spelling patterns as they listen or read.
The Fast ForWord Reading series then features spelling exercises that teach rules, unusual spellings, and exceptions as part of a comprehensive reading intervention.
This report on dyslexia includes a warning-signs checklist and treatment options.
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“Just this week he has finished an over 200 page book (the second in a series) in two days. Before the program, he was reluctant to read short chapter books. He is so excited that he had me call grandparents to tell them of his achievement. What I am also excited about is that I gave him a spelling assessment before he began the program. He scored at level 2.5 grade equivalency. After 3 months of the Fast ForWord program, he scored at level grade 4 equivalency. He no longer dreads spelling, and is excited that it is easier than it once was.”