My Kid Can’t Spell!: Understanding and Assisting Your Child’s Literacy Development

This text is aimed at parents who want to play a more active role in their children’s education. It offers practical guidance including: development guideposts to track children’s literacy; tips for helping children progress through early spelling stages; a spelling text to determine children’s level of spelling; strategies to help children visualize words; guidelines for identifying poor spelling instruction at school; and ways to recognize if a child has a spelling disability.