What are the best resources for teaching phonics-based spelling - I'm thinking of the Read Write Inc. Spelling Handbook, maybe, or would you recommend something else? We live abroad, and I'm teaching DD to read/write in English.
She has a couple of workbook-y things, but I'm looking for something that really takes you through the process of helping a child decide which grapheme to go for. E.g. DD asks me how to spell "hope". I ask her what sounds she can hear in it, and then what ways she knows of writing o. She comes up with ow first, and I explain why it's probably not that one. She then suggests oa, and I say no, not that (but I can't explain why in this case). Then oe, and I say yes, and what's it doing? and she says - going round the p, and runs off to spell it (in a birthday email).
She does have the Jolly Phonics word book which groups the similarly-spelt words and is useful for looking them up. She also knows how to look words up in a dictionary, but I don't know if I'm making the process too laborious! I try and keep it kind of light (although it doesn't sound it from description here). Thanks!