A new spelling program, going to give it a shot

We've not been able to be at all systematic about spelling with Madison this year. I saw a post from another blogger about a program called AVKO (avko.org). It supposedly teaches using related word families rather the spelling lists. No memorization...you just have the child spell the word and immediately correct them if it is wrong. It relies strongly on seeing patterns, which is one of Madison's strengths. They have a seven-day tryout page, so we'll probably do that and see if it works.