Spelling Curriculum Comparison & Review| Spelling You See, All About Spelling, Sonlight, Sequential.
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- Spelling Curriculum Comparison & Review! I have used Spelling You See, All About Spelling, Sonlight, and Sequential. Today I'll be sharing our experience with all of them!
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00:00 Introduction
00:40 Sonlight
02:04 Sequential Spelling
04:05 Spelling You See
05:54 All About Spelling
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I'm so glad you could compare so many programs! So helpful! We haven't tried any of these but I need one for my 4th grader bc his English class doesn't include spelling! So thank you!
Thank you for your video! I heard of all about spelling and really was excited to see a video comparison. Thank you, this helped me a lot! Good job with your homeschooling!
Thank you! Sooo needed this!
Yes!! This is so helpful! I needed this. Thank you!
So glad!
This was so helpful! I’ve never heard about sequential spelling. Sounds like a great choice. I recently purchased an All About Spelling teacher’s manual for level just to check it out and I can tell already that this will be a good fit for my son. Thanks for this video!
Wonderful comparison! We use also use AAS and I am very happy with it as well. A video like this is extremely helpful for those trying to find their "fit". Great job!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad it’s helpful. I really tried to make it as useful as I could. 😊
Thank you so much for flipping through and walking through how the programs worked for your son, this is still our first year and having this behind the scene's of how the spelling is taught very helpful
You are so welcome!
When planning for homeschooling for next year, I was lost on what to use for spelling. Thank you for this video!
You are so welcome!
I just ordered sequential spelling last night for my dyslexic kiddo. Can’t wait to try it!
Let me know what your results are with it!
We just started level 1 last week and we love it! My girl is so interested and involved. She loves it!!
That's so fun! I hope it's still working well for you. :)
This really helped. Thanks for making this
Glad to hear it!
Thank you so much for this video!! Spelling was not working for us. I just ordered Sequential Spelling and All About Spelling the day before I saw this. The random list method was not working for my oldest (though my one kiddo loves it) and Spelling You See didn't work for us either. It seems our kiddos have similar learning styles so I am looking forward to getting these even more now! It was great hear about the different programs you've used.
I’m so glad it was helpful!! I wish you all the best with your spelling this year 😊
Thanks! Do you happen to have an updated video review for all about spelling the color edition? Would like to see what you think which is better?
Thank you,
This was helpful!
So happy to hear it was helpful!
Since spelling has always been a struggle for me, I've been nervous about finding a good curriculum for my kids to learn to love spelling. Thank you for this review, it was helpful to see the pros and cons of four different options!
This is exactly how I felt about math! So happy to help. :)
Same here! I'm excited to be giving AAS and AAR a try.
I agree about Sonlight, if you're looking at it specifically for spelling. As a comprehensive LA curriculum, I feel like its strengths are more in the phonics instruction and the creative writing assignments.
Yes, absolutely!
Having used many different spelling programs I would agree with you about Spelling You See, in addition to what you pointed out it is very inconsistent with spelling patterns. I email the company to ask why and they explained that they don't follow a typical Orton-Gillingham style that the words for example when plural and end in s and a natural word ending in s or es, are not shown as different spelling patterns. I felt like we went back a year when we used Spelling U See.
A note on All About Spelling, if using all the magnets is too much to deal with they have an app that you can use on most devices. Sure saves on time and it's still fun for the kids. I love AAS too. I have a struggling learner and I keep trying new suggestions and I always end back to AAS.
Thank you this was very helpful! I've been considering all about spelling. I have a lot of small children so I was a little hesitant about all the pieces but the board idea is great I will just have to keep it hung up high. I know having the actual tangible tiles will help my children learn better. They're very hands on. But like I said I have very small children as well a 1yr old, 2yr old and 3yr old who would love to eat those tiles 😅. We have to be very careful with this. Maybe I have to make sure they are napping or set up somewhere else doing their own activity when I do spelling.
For anyone interested, All about Spelling now offers a letter tile app, which is great if you get overwhelmed by pieces of have a young hold who might run off with your tiles. We have love it!
Thanks for sharing! We don't have the app simply because I prefer to keep learning off screens, but that's a great resource! :)
Thank you for reviewing all of these. We've been using AAS for my second and third grader and I don't mind it at all, but the 3rd grader is dyslexic and always struggling, so someone mentioned checking out sequential spelling for him. Do you have a thought for recommendation between the two as to sequential working better for dyslexia?
I think it depends on the child. My 8-year-old son and my 11-year-old nephew are both dyslexic. My nephew is doing well with sequential spelling, but my son really needs the more hands on materials of AAR.
This is so helpful! Which AAS level did you start your oldest with? I’ve heard conflicting things about whether to starts with level 1 or to follow the placement guide.
I just started with level one, there are resources with each year, so I feel like if you start in the middle you’ll miss out (or have to buy separately)
Thanks for the review. I think I will try sequential spelling for my daughter. We've tried all about spelling (which works amazing for my son) but she just doesn't care about all the rules or want to apply them. We've been on level 2 for the last 2 years with little improvement. We've also tried spelling you see and it didn't work for either of my kids.
That's a great idea! I hope she enjoys sequential spelling. :)
Thank you for the review! I have only heard of all about spelling and spelling you see. All about Spelling was my 1st pick. But after this review I'm interested in sequential spelling. I've not heard of it before. For sequential spelling could I get away with just using the teacher guide to teach or would I need both the student workbook and teacher guide?
We just have the one book (teachers guide) in the video. All the writing by my son was done in a spiral notebook 📓 😊
The only other thing I used was the dry erase board.
@@TheHappyHomeschooler Great! And thank you for your quick reply!
The I Can Read it word lists are not actually the spelling word lists for Sonlight. The spelling word list is in the notes for the week after the schedule.
Sorry if that was confusing! You are correct, and the list I showed inside of the Sonlight binder are the specific weekly spelling words.
I’m curious if you use all about reading as well? Or do people use the spelling on its own and it works out okay?
I actually did just the spelling for a couple years and just started doing the All About Reading program this year. They can definitely work all on their own.
Question
Lists… and copying lists..
Do you think the daily lessons are as effective as just copying and testing on the words?
All the parts do seem to
Be a reason to keep me away.. lol
I want a simple program for my 11.5 year old ready to spell now.
Just began getting more fluent in reading.
Ideas??? I’m really in struggle mode. Someone gave me ALL of sequential spelling so that would save me sooo much!
Thank you for this video. I just ordered all about spelling and all about reading for my special needs 18 yr old and my first grader. My 18 yr old had been at a 4th grade level for reading but somewhere along the line the public school changed their program and now (during the shut down last year) we have discovered she is unable to read simple kindergarten words.
That sounds super frustrating! I hope All About Spelling and All About Reading are good fit for all three of you! :)
@@TheHappyHomeschooler thank you. So far it’s coming along pretty well.
How do you feel about using AAS along with All About Reading? If you use it. We have used it for a while now but should I be using the spelling books alongside it .
I love using them together! Both my boys are making progress and it was noticeably better when we used them in conjunction with each other.
Are you sure you’re doing spelling you see according to their directions? You’re supposed to read it together for the parent student portion and for the “test” you dictate it to them and you help them with any grammar help they need. The point is just to spell correctly.
They’re not to do this from memory!
There is an app for All About Spelling now without using the tiles.
What grade would you recommend starting All About Spelling level 1? My son will be 1st grade level in the Fall!
I'd recommend starting with level 1 when he starts 1st in the fall! :) You can take it slow... they have lots of extra practice words for each lesson, so you could essentially spend an entire week on 1 lesson reiterating the concepts and words taught that lesson. :)
@thehappyhomeschooler where did you get the box?
Which box are you looking for? I’m just not sure which one you wanted to find 😊 do you mean the plastic containers?
Yes, I’m looking at starting All about Spelling for my first grader this year and first thing I said to myself was how I didn’t care for the box it comes with to organize the cards.
My daughter is going into 5th grade and spelling has been such a struggle. Trying to find something that will help the words to stick for her. I'm not sure what level to start with. I'm not sure she'll go for something too low if you know what I mean. I was thinking of trying Sequencial Spelling.
Sequential spelling starts really simple, but the words get harder pretty quickly! I'll include a link to Christianbooks where you can buy Sequential Spelling and I'd check out the words they are teaching in each level and see which one looks like your daughters level. :) www.christianbook.com/page/homeschool/language-arts/spelling/sequential-spelling?kw=sequential%20spelling&mt=b&dv=c&event=PPCSRC&p=1018818&gclid=CjwKCAjw9NeXBhAMEiwAbaY4lrwGLFKvySadjgvy3RW7fK7a7zaplyVE7dXJQWHynjIhLmp0jLlUCBoCup0QAvD_BwE
Are the levels "grade appropriate" or equal to grades..or do they need to be done in order from book 1 and on
From book 1 and on because they build on one another
how old was your son when he started Sequential Spelling? or what grade? Thanks
It's been several years, but if I remember correctly it was 2nd grade. :)
We had the same experience with spelling u see. Books C and above are horrible (for us)
Would a 6th grader who still struggles with spelling still be able to use all about spelling?
Yes, absolutely! It may be a little tedious in some aspects (the tiles... I think older kids get bored by them easier). But you could definitely use it. I'd also say that Sequential Spelling is a bit faster paced which might be good for an older student who will pick it up quickly. :)
@@TheHappyHomeschooler oh great! Good to know that sequential moves a little quicker. Thnx:)
when is the right time to introduce spelling..what grade/age?
Sorry for the late reply! I started when my kids were in 1st grade. Super simple spelling, it helps with learning to read as well!
Hi. Is the discount still good?
Yes!
@@TheHappyHomeschooler really?! 😄 what is it? I'm confused
Do you feel like a child needs All about reading too?
I wouldn't say that they need it per se. I just bought All About Reading for my 7-year-old, but my older two I taught using 100 Easy Lesson and the Sonlight Language Arts program.
It's not meant to be done by memory, you dictate the passage and so they only have to think about how to spell the words they are focusing on. But I can see how the approach still wouldn't work for for some children. ☺️
Sorry if that was confusing! But yes, absolutely, you dictate it. He never tried write out the whole assignment from memory -- dictation only. :)
@@TheHappyHomeschooler oh ok, my apologies, I think I misheard it. 😄
Word lists don’t work with my kids!!! I like how sequential spelling shows patterns and we find that we need phonics and we could adapt it to put phonics teaching in as my older kids know their phonics just use it for spelling!!! We love copywork!!! We need a separate piece of paper as we need room for mistakes!!! We love all about reading so Idk why we haven’t used all about spelling!!!