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Ouellette, Gene; Senechal, Monique – Child Development, 2008
This intervention study tested whether invented spelling plays a causal role in learning to read. Three groups of kindergarten children (mean age = 5 years 7 months) participated in a 4-week intervention. Children in the invented-spelling group spelled words as best they could and received developmentally appropriate feedback. Children in the 2…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Invented Spelling, Intervention, Phonological Awareness

Manning, Maryann; Underbakke, Clark – Childhood Education, 2005
Over the last 30 years, much has been learned about how children develop as spellers. During that time, the literary confidence of many kindergarten, 1st-, and 2nd-grade children has been damaged by insisting they use conventional spelling when, in their thinking, it is impossible to understand how words can be spelled conventionally. This article…
Descriptors: Written Language, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Word Lists