Nov 16, 2012
Even though there is a spell check on just about everything, it is still important to know how to spell words and have a good vocabulary. While spelling games might not be as fun as shooting and running and driving games, they are great for teaching the basic skills of spelling.
Miss Spell’s Class
Miss Spell’s Class is a game made by dictionary.com. The game uses the most commonly misspelled words in English language as a spelling game. This time based game increases the accuracy of both reading and spelling by quickly needing to determine if the 20 words listed are spelled correctly or not. The game consists of 10,000 American English words.
Spelling Space – 3rd Grade
Spelling Space is a series of games was spelling words based on elementary school grade level. The one here is for the third-grade level. Spelling Space – 3rd Grade has 480 words spell at a third-grade level. Earn an asteroid for each correctly spell the word and use those asteroids to destroy ships. What is great about this game is that it’s actually a game. It’s not all about spelling. Spelling is the tool needed to get ammunition, but it’s not 100% just a word game.
Spelling Fun 3 Free
Spelling Fun 3 Free is a game for much younger children. The basis of this game is to teach the alphabet and spelling a very basic words. The game teaches spelling through a combination of letters and pictures to make it easier for the toddler to associate words with what actually spell. To make it easier for this level, all of the letters needed to spell what the picture shows are on the screen. It’s up to the toddler to pick up the correct letters in the correct order.
Spelling Bee has the widest range of words for spellers at all levels. The game consists of simpler words for elementary age spellers all the way up to national spelling bee level words. To help with the spelling, there are audio pronunciations of the words. The results of the bee can be recorded and pulled up later for reference and comparison to see if there’s any improvement after time. As skill levels progress, the length and difficulty of the words can be easily increased.
Spell Me Right: Word Scramble
Spell Me Right: Word Scramble is another style of spelling game. This one is more of a word jumble. There is a question asked and an answer to the question is scrambled up in the letters shown on the screen. To pass the level, the word needs to be spelled out correctly within the allotted time. If the question is too difficult, a hint is available but like most games using the hint will decrease the score once the answers guest.