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Peer reviewedManning, 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
Download full textManning, Maryann; And Others – 1993
This study examined the spelling growth of kindergarten children on a monthly basis to determine if new information about the spelling growth of children could be found and if there was a relationship between spelling level and the point at which children begin to put spaces between words in written sentences. Twenty-seven kindergartners were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Students, Invented Spelling, Kindergarten
