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The ability to communicate is essential for human life. We know how to communicate as soon as we're born—crying because we're hungry, crying because we're tired, smiling when our needs are met. It's primitive communication, to be sure, but effective. As we get older, we learn to speak, listen, read, and write, all skills requiring an understanding of the rules that govern them.

Without rules, the elements of communication become meaningless. Rules are the guidelines that help us know when we say something to another person, they'll understand what we're saying. Even then, interpretation is almost always necessary, and no matter how careful we are in our speech and writing there's always someone who will misunderstand our message.

As a result, paying attention to the rules is something we neglect at the risk of being unable to communicate. In an age when spell-checkers underline our mistakes, however, we often have the (usually subconscious) attitude that spelling rules can be ignored. This partly stems from laziness, but more importantly it stems from a lack of knowledge: sure, spelling mastery takes some work initially, but the work it saves once accomplished is far greater.

Many of us weren't taught the fundamentals of English spelling when we were in school. Either we got straight phonics, or we learned to read using the "look-say" method of sight recognition. Neither of these methods take into account the magnificent and often frustrating complexity and adaptability of our language, and therefore neither taught us how to decode words, instead teaching us a formula that would work only most of the time.

Language changes, but it changes slowly, and never so quickly that we can't keep up with new forms and uses. The rules of grammar and spelling don't shift unless there's a need or a cataclysmic event (like the Tower of Babel or the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066), and even then the change isn't usually immediate. We can keep up with the rules, and we should because knowing them helps us communicate easier and more clearly.

But why spelling in particular? Why not just rely on spell-check? Anyone with experience in word processing will know the answer to the second question immediately: spell-check doesn't catch every mistake. Even if it did, we wouldn't find all the red underlines, and our emails, resumes, and papers would still be full of mistakes.

There's an even more fundamental reason, though. Learning to do something right the first time is crucial for just about any discipline. Take home construction, for instance; a builder doesn't slap together a few walls and a roof as quickly as possible just to get it done, then look for mistakes and problems later. A builder studies the plans, chooses the best materials, and puts the house together right the first time.

The same is true of musicians: an orchestra or band doesn't wait till they're on stage to go over their material, and fix mistakes after they've been made (if at all). Instead, they rehearse their songs as often and as thoroughly as possible before the performance so the audience will be able to enjoy good music properly performed.

Why do we make an exception for spelling? Not everything is written on a computer (even in this Technological Age), and even those items that are deserve to be written carefully and clearly the first time. Misspelling words (at the least) makes reading difficult and (at the worst) obscures or even changes meaning completely. If we know the rules well enough to spell words correctly the first time, we'll save ourselves and our readers a lot of headache and a lot of time.

It's important that kids learn these skills early on as their school careers will require plenty of writing, even if they stop after high school. Learning to spell also teaches them discipline, giving them the ability to write effectively rather than just quickly (though they'll be surprised how much faster they can write when they know how to spell the words!), and to pay attention to their work.

We carry many spelling curriculum lines, as well as plenty of resources and supplemental guides and worktexts. Spelling really requires nothing so much as practice and consistency, and mostly these books are collections of the spelling rules with lists of words to practice spelling. This doesn't necessarily need to be its own subject, but it does need to be learned and mastered, whether your kids want to become professors of literature or auto mechanics.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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70 Basic Phonogram Cards
by Wanda Sanseri
5th edition from Back Home Industries
for 1st-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
$18.00 $12.00 (1 in stock)
70 Basic Phonogram Cards
by Wanda Sanseri
5th edition from Becky's Bouquet
for 1st-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
$19.00
70 Basic Phonogram Cards - Large Size
by Wanda Sanseri
5th edition from Becky's Bouquet
for 1st-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
$45.00
70 Basic Phonograms - CD
by Wanda Sanseri
from Back Home Industries
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
ACSI Spelling Plus 1 - Teacher Edition
from ACSI (Purposeful Design)
for 1st grade
in ACSI Purposeful Design Spelling (Location: SPE-ACSI)
ACSI Spelling Plus 1 - Worktext
3rd edition from ACSI (Purposeful Design)
for 1st grade
in ACSI Purposeful Design Spelling (Location: SPE-ACSI)
$22.99
All About Homophones
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-8th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$21.95
All About Spelling - Divider Cards
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-7th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$5.95 $3.50 (1 in stock)
All About Spelling - Letter Tile Magnets
for 1st-6th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$3.50
All About Spelling / All About Reading Letter Tiles
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-7th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$25.95
All About Spelling Level 1 - Activity Book
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 1st-2nd grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$26.95
All About Spelling Level 1 - Student Materials Packet (old)
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-2nd grade
$18.95
All About Spelling Level 1 - Student Packet
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 1st-2nd grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$45.95
All About Spelling Level 1 - Teacher's Manual
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 1st-2nd grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$31.95
All About Spelling Level 1 - Teacher's Manual & Student Materials Packet (old)
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-2nd grade
$32.95 $25.00 (3 in stock)
All About Spelling Level 1 - Teacher's Manual & Student Packet
by Marie Rippel
Color Edition from All About Learning Press
for 1st-2nd grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$64.95
All About Spelling Phonogram Cards
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-7th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
All About Spelling Review Box with Divider Cards
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-6th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$17.95 $12.00 (1 in stock)
All About Spelling Tote Bag
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-7th grade
in All About Spelling (Location: SPE-AAS)
$9.95
Alpha List
by Wanda Sanseri
from Back Home Industries
for 1st-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
$33.00
American Language Series - Phonics & Reading Guide
by Susan Kemmerer
from Mile-Hi Publishers
for Kindergarten-1st grade
in American Language Series (Location: PHO-AMLAN)
$5.00
Beall's Learning Games Phonogram Fun Packet
by Bealls' Learning Games
from Beall's Learning Games
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
Birds of a Feather
from All About Learning Press
for 1st-4th grade
in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR)
$19.95
Black Learning Log
by Wanda Sanseri
from Becky's Bouquet
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
$23.00
Building Spelling Skills Book 1
by Garry Moes
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 1st grade
in CLP Building Spelling Skills (Location: SPE-CLP)
$12.85
Building Spelling Skills Book 1 - Answer Key
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 1st grade
in CLP Building Spelling Skills (Location: SPE-CLP)
$6.45
Building Spelling Skills Grade 1
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 1st grade
in Evan-Moor Building Spelling Skills (Location: ZCLE-EM)
Clock Stamp
from Back Home Industries
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Clocks
Cursive First
by Elizabeth FitzGerald
2nd edition from LITHBTH Educational Services
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
Doodling Dragons
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$15.00
Doodling Dragons - Phonogram Coloring Book
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$5.00
Doodling Dragons - Phonogram Coloring Book
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$6.99
Dr. Dooriddles A1
by John H. Doolittle
from Critical Thinking Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Dr. Funster & Dr. Dooriddles (Location: LOG-DR)
$10.99
Dr. Dooriddles A2
by John H. Doolittle
from Critical Thinking Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Dr. Funster & Dr. Dooriddles (Location: LOG-DR)
$10.99
Dr. Dooriddles A3
by John H. Doolittle
from Critical Thinking Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Dr. Funster & Dr. Dooriddles (Location: LOG-DR)
$10.99
Engaging Language Kit 1
by Brian McCabe
from AVKO Educational Research Foundation, Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in AVKO Sequential Spelling (Location: SPE-AVKO)
$8.50
Engaging Language Kit 2
by Brian McCabe
from AVKO Educational Research Foundation, Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in AVKO Sequential Spelling (Location: SPE-AVKO)
$12.95
Handy English Encoder Decoder
by Harvey Bluedorn
2nd edition from Trivium Pursuit
for All Ages
in Reading Reference (Location: REF-READ)
$15.00
Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary 1 - Dictionary
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 1st grade
in Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary (Location: SPE-HOR)
$15.00
Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary 1 - Set
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 1st grade
in Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary (Location: SPE-HOR)
$72.00
Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary 1 - Student Book
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 1st grade
in Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary (Location: SPE-HOR)
$37.50
Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary 1 - Teacher's Guide
from Alpha Omega Publications
for 1st grade
in Horizons Spelling & Vocabulary (Location: SPE-HOR)
$27.50
How to Spell Like a Champ
by Barrie Trinkle, Carolyn Andrews, Paige Kimble
1st printing from Workman Publishing
for 1st-8th grade
in Spelling Resources (Location: REF-SPE)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
How to Spell Workbook 1
by Laura Toby Rudginsky & Elizabeth C. Haskell
from Educators Publishing Service
for 1st grade
in EPS Spelling (Location: SPE-EPS)
$14.49 $7.00 (1 in stock)
I Can Run!
by Wanda Sanseri
from Back Home Industries
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
Knitting Knights
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$15.00
Knitting Knights - Phonogram Coloring Book
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$6.99
Let's Play, "I See!"
by Wanda Sanseri
from Back Home Industries
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Spell to Write and Read (Location: PHO-SWR)
LOE - Manuscript Sandpaper Letters (Uppercase)
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$38.00
LOE Advanced Phonogram Flashcards
3rd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$16.99
LOE Advanced Phonogram Flashcards (old)
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
$10.50 (1 in stock)
LOE Basic Phonogram Flashcards
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$19.99
LOE Basic Phonogram Flashcards (old)
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
$9.00 (1 in stock)
LOE Essentials Volume 1 - Morpheme Flash Cards Set
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$18.99
LOE Essentials Volume 2 - Morpheme Flash Cards Set
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$18.99
LOE Essentials Volume 3 - Morpheme Flash Cards Set
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$18.99
LOE Essentials Volume 4 - Morpheme Flash Cards Set
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$18.99
LOE Foundations A - Cursive Workbook
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$14.99
LOE Foundations A - Manuscript Workbook
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$14.99
LOE Foundations A - Teacher's Manual
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$44.99
LOE Foundations B - Cursive Workbook
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$14.99
LOE Foundations B - Manuscript Workbook
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$14.99
LOE Foundations B - Readers
by Kimber Iverson
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$12.99
LOE Foundations B - Readers Young Artists
by Kimber Iverson
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$17.99
LOE Foundations B - Teacher's Manual
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$44.99
LOE Foundations B Set
by Denise Eide
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$93.23
LOE Foundations C - Readers
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$19.99
LOE Foundations C - Teacher's Manual
3rd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$54.99
LOE Foundations C - Workbook
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$19.99
LOE Foundations C Reader 1 - Miles and Jax
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$9.99
LOE Foundations C Reader 2 - Miles and Jax, Master Planners
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$9.99
LOE Foundations D - Readers
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$19.99
LOE Foundations D - Teacher's Manual
1st edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$54.99
LOE Foundations D - Workbook
1st edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$19.99
LOE Foundations D Set
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$93.92
LOE Game Book
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$26.99
LOE Game Book Expansion Pack
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$12.99
LOE Grammar Flashcards
3rd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$23.99
LOE Grammar Flashcards (old)
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
$11.00 (1 in stock)
LOE Phonogram & Spelling Rule Quick Reference
3rd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$9.99
LOE Phonogram Game Cards - Blue Bookface
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$11.99
LOE Phonogram Game Cards - Blue Bookface (old)
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
$7.00 (1 in stock)
LOE Phonogram Game Cards - Green Cursive
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$11.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
LOE Phonogram Game Cards - Red Manuscript
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$11.99
LOE Phonogram Game Cards - Red Manuscript (old)
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
$7.00 (1 in stock)
LOE Phonogram Game Tiles
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$16.99
LOE Rhythm of Handwriting Cursive - Desk Strip
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$0.99
LOE Rhythm of Handwriting Cursive - Quick Reference Chart
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$9.99
LOE Rhythm of Handwriting Cursive - Tactile Cards
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$29.99
LOE Rhythm of Handwriting Cursive - Workbook
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$11.99
LOE Rhythm of Handwriting Manuscript - Desk Strip
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$0.99
LOE Rhythm of Handwriting Manuscript - Quick Reference Chart
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$9.99 $7.00 (1 in stock)
LOE Rhythm of Handwriting Manuscript - Tactile Cards
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$29.99
LOE Rhythm of Handwriting Manuscript - Workbook
1st edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$11.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
LOE Spelling Analysis Quick Reference Card
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$0.99 $0.70 (1 in stock)
LOE Spelling Journal
3rd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$5.99
LOE Spelling Journal (old)
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$4.20 (2 in stock)
LOE Spelling Rule Flashcards
4th edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$12.99
LOE Spelling Rule Flashcards (old)
3rd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
$6.00 (1 in stock)
LOE Student Whiteboard
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$12.99
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