Hi
I am just wondering if anyone here has any advice/insight regarding how to teach a child with dyspraxia how to spell. My son who is 6 and in year 2 has the usual problems with writing (amongst other things) but also struggles with spelling. Every weeek he comes home with 5 spellings to learn and unless they are very short (3-4 letters)just doesn't 'get'it. He will start the word correctly and then just seems to forget what the word was and just calls out totally random letters! trying to get him to break the words down phonetically doesn't work as he doesn't seem to be able to differentiate between many letter sounds.
He is however an excellent reader but I think that is down to him being good at recognising whole words and not using phonetics. I find this whole spelling thing (when combined with everything else) very wearing and am struggling to find a strategy that works for him. sorry if this post doesn't make much sense! (need a tired smiley)
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trunkybun · 09/10/2007 20:27
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