The parent notebook

A little help with this week’s words.

Start with the list your child already has. Find a routine, a game or a small teaching example you can use together at home.

For the grown-up

Choose your next small step

Home practice

Use your child's school spelling list for a short home routine: hear the word, notice its spelling, try from memory, then check together.

9 min read · Easyspell team · Free printable

Weekly routine

Turn Monday's school spelling list into a manageable week. Use this parent plan for short practice, useful corrections and a calm final review.

9 min read · Easyspell team · Free printable

Practice games

Try six simple spelling games using your child's actual school words. Find clear instructions, worked examples and ways to adjust the challenge.

11 min read · Easyspell team

First grade

Help a first grader practice the school spelling list with sounds, letter cards and short writing rounds. See examples and useful parent prompts.

9 min read · Easyspell team

Spelling patterns

Practice spelling CVC words with short-vowel lists, sound-by-sound examples and a simple check. A parent guide to cat, bed, pin, hot and sun.

8 min read · Easyspell team

Spelling patterns

Use short and long vowel pairs for silent e spelling practice. Includes cap–cape, kit–kite, worked corrections and exceptions to check.

8 min read · Easyspell team

Spelling patterns

Compare blends and digraphs with stop, shop, slip and chip. Use sound counters, worked corrections and short spelling checks at home.

8 min read · Easyspell team

Practice routines

Use spelling dictation sentences at home with sample prompts, answer checks and ways to separate spelling from handwriting and punctuation.

9 min read · Easyspell team · Free printable

Spelling patterns

Practice spelling high-frequency words by noticing regular sound-letter links and unexpected parts. Includes said, was and they with parent examples.

9 min read · Easyspell team

Meaning and spelling

Practice homophone spelling with pair–pear, hear–here and their–there–they’re. Includes original sentence exercises, explanations and an answer key.

8 min read · Easyspell team

Want to see how the app uses your own list? Explore weekly spelling practice.