Franklin Electronic Publishers created a great find to someone like me that can’t spell worth a flip without a spell check. I can’t spell worth a darn, just ask my poor dh that has to read the grocery list every week. It drives him crazy that I can’t spell, but our none-electronic form of grocery list keeping just tracks how awful my spelling abilities are. The Speaking Spelling Bee!
I spent the afternoon checking out all of the Franklin Speaking Spelling Bee features and was impressed with how many different ways you can work on your spelling. My husband and I remember playing with Franklin toys where all we played was hangman. Now Hangman is a great way to work on your vocabulary as you guess which letters are needed to finish the word without getting hung. Now this way more advanced version of a game has a game called Jumble. In Jumble you have to take the letters given to you and create a word using all of the letters. The above word was Discs!
Franklin’s Speaking Spelling Bee provides children (and adults, shhh don’t tell) with a meaningful, interactive, and fun way to improve both their spelling skills and their understanding of the English language. The Speaking Spelling Bee content is provided by Merriam-Webster®, America’s foremost publisher of language-related reference works and the leading dictionary of the U.S. school system. This handheld device includes a 2.5” Color LCD touch screen, a stylus pen, and a headphone jack for quiet play, and retails for $49.99.
The touchscreen is a little quirky if you ask me, but I did find that it works a lot better if you use the stylus that it comes with. The main game is the actual spelling bee. You are provided with words and you have to spell them. The words are spoken allowed and I missed the first word. Yes, I really can’t spell! Oh well, you can see, I had fun playing with the Franklin Speaking Spelling Bee.
Speaking Spelling Bee is now available online at Franklin.com, Amazon.com, bn.com in retail at Conn’s and select Barnes & Noble stores.
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I improve my spelling by using phonics and reinforce it while helping my second grader move away from inventive spelling. Lots of practice going on around here. Thanks for the fun 🙂
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Spellcheck, a nearby dictionary and wikipedia all keep me spelling correctly.
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the best way that i help my spelling is to read, read, read. if it could only help my typing.
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I do not use Spell Check on the computer, this helps me spell better.
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I like to read for pleasure a lot. I figure seeing words written out regularly probably helps with my spelling.
I use spell check a lot to improve my spelling,,,,since I had my brain hemmorage 11 yrs ago,my numbers an letters sometimes reverse themselves when I write
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I try to spell words without looking them up. And if I have to look them up then I read all about the word.
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I never had big problems spelling, imo reading helps a lot
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I’ve learned the more I read, the better I am @ spelling!
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To improve my spelling I read a lot, play games, watch movies with subtitles on and look up words on the internet.
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I look up words all the time and pay attention to spelling esp longer words. This has helped me learn new words an improve my spelling
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Through sounding out words to my two young children-I think my spelling has improved because I have had to take the time to slow down and think about how the word sounds.
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I read a lot and that helps me to spell better. I also use spell check. ; )
I’ve always been pretty good at spelling. But thank goodness for spell check occassionally.
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I really haven’t done much, just read a lot and pay attention to the word of the day on our Ceiva.. if I don’t know it, I try and learn the word and spelling.
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I hate misspelling words and always look up any word I am not sure of in a dictionary.
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I’ve been pretty lucky that I’ve always been a good speller. But my daughter’s spelling – even though she’s a great reader – is terrible! So to help her improve, I either 1- sound out each syllable for her to spell or 2- have her look it up in a dictionary (usually an online dictionary).
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As a child I was required to go over my spelling 7 nights per week.
With my children we go over their spelling words five nights per week.
And fortunately all of my children that are old enough spell really well.
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I am a terrible speller…sometimes I make up little rhymes to help me remember frequently used words.
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I like learning new words. I will take the wourd and repeat it over and over again until I know how to spell it then I try to associate it with something so I can remember it.
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I check Google when I’m not sure of a spelling…(and sometimes I”m wrong).
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