We've been using VocabularySpellingCity for the past few weeks in our homeschool. This has turned out to be a wonderful program for making spelling work more fun for the kids.
This program is very easy for both the parent and the students to use. At the beginning of the week (or whenever I am doing my weekly planning), I simply entered each student's spelling list for the week. I then chose several activities for them to work on using that list of words. You can have the student play games with the words or stick with the familiar more schoolish ways to review words. There is also an option to have the student learn the definitions of each word.
This program also allows you to pick from many word lists on their site. The yearly membership fees for a premium membership are very affordable if you want to have the ability to use different lists for different students. These features make the program very affordable for large families or those on a tight budget with regard to school spending.
All of my kids who have been using VocabularySpellingCity over the past few weeks love it. Granted, anytime I can put their learning on the computer and make it more than just worksheets they are happy. They all love the interactive nature of the program and being able to play games with their words rather than just writing the words on paper repeatedly to memorize them. The kids have been doing crossword puzzles and playing games with their spelling words. Heck, Kieran has been asking to work on his spelling since starting this program. This program gets a thumbs up from our family.
Just a side note: I was given a free premium membership to VocabularySpellingCity for a candid, personal, on-line review of the program. I was not compensated in any other way.
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