dd a great reader but not so hot with spelling. Age 5.

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My ds1 is like this too - his writing is full of overcomplex but very logically phonetically spelt words, like 'trigh' for try!
I don't know, I do feel a bit ambivalent about this 'don't correct their spelling or it will scar their love of learning for life' ethos that prevails. I think it may be harder to unlearn habits taht are picked up early on. I may sneakily start pointing out to him that there is actually a correct way to spell things (should add hastily that I am NOT in favour of learnign spellings in isolation at a young age, just that I think that if they have used a word in their own writing, it may be helpful for them to know how it is really spelt).

I have just started to correct dd2s spelling. (she is 5 and reception)

obv not if she is writing me 'love notes', I am not that wicked. Also I have stopped spelling words out for her (in the main) eg 'how do you spell Seagull' me 'what do you think?' etc etc

mainly as she goes up to a mixed year one and two class next year and I know she will be discouraged if behind the year twos () as she is horribly competitive.

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"My ds1 is like this too - his writing is full of overcomplex but very logically phonetically spelt words, like 'trigh' for try!
I don't know, I do feel a bit ambivalent about this 'don't correct their spelling or it will scar their love of learning for life' ethos that prevails. I think it may be harder to unlearn habits"

With Synthetic Phonics schemes such as Letters & Sounds children are initially taught one way of writing a sound such as igh once this is established other ways of representing the sounds can be taught such as y at the end of try. It's different stages of development and learning.

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It doesn't matter that she doesn't see it as wrong; what matters is that she is starting to write things down and having a crack at spelling.

They call it emergent writing at dd's school - they don't correct their spelling in reception, just encourage them to write. Eventually they start to write in the correct spelling and introduce more formal spelling lists and tests - but not until they are older.

It really does not matter that her spelling isn't perfect. She won't still be spelling like as liek in six months time. It's a gradual process.

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