Teaching Spelling at Live Oak Academy

The Spell to Write and Read program was developed by Wanda Sanseri, a student of Romalda Spalding, for ease of implementing the Spalding method of teaching spelling, writing and reading. The Spalding method is based upon the research of Dr. Samuel Orton, a renowned neurologist. The methods of this program are designed to reinforce the way that the human brain processes and learns information during the formative years of language development and are based upon carefully applied research.

Here is our Parent Guide to using this spelling curriculum (in PDF format).

Note: Parents who are new to teaching this curriculum need to plan on attending spelling classes at Live Oak for the first four weeks in order to properly implement the spelling program at home.

Spelling Curriculum

Each family must purchase the following only once as they are used for all elementary grades.  All are available for purchase from www.christianbook.com or www.bbhomeschoolcatalog.com.

  1. WISE Guide for Spelling by Wanda Sanseri (ISBN 1880045214)
  2. 70 Basic Phonogram Cards by Wanda Sanseri (ISBN 188004501X)
        (these need to be laminated)
  3. 70 Basic Phonogram CD by Wanda Sanseri (ISBN 188004532X)
  4. Spell to Write and Read by Wanda Sanseri (ISBN 1880045249)