All About Spelling

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All About Spelling is a spelling program in seven levels, meant to start once a child is reading. Each scripted lesson teaches one rule or pattern with letter tiles, then reviews it with flashcards, word analysis, dictated sentences and writing until it is mastered. The publisher suggests about 20 minutes a day. You buy one level at a time as a teacher's manual and student packet, with the letter tiles sold separately.

Subjects: Language arts
Grades: Levels 1 to 7, designed for elementary and middle school (about 1st to 8th grade); most children start at Level 1 source ↗
Method: Mastery source ↗
Format: Books and workbooks source ↗
Faith label: Secular
Parent time a day: About 20 minutes a day of parent-led spelling lessons. source ↗
Cost a year: $69.95 a year. Level 3 materials (teacher's manual and student packet with activity book, flashcards and stickers): $69.95. Letter tiles are $25.95 extra and serve every level. Read on October 29, 2026; prices change. source ↗
Placement: Free placement test ↗

What it does well

Lessons are scripted and open-and-go, so the parent can teach straight from the manual.
Each lesson teaches one rule or pattern and reviews it with dictation and writing, building toward high-school-level spelling by Level 7.
Level kits cost $49.95 to $69.95, and one set of letter tiles serves every level of this program and the publisher's reading program.
The publisher offers a one-year money-back guarantee on the package.

Watch for

The parent teaches each lesson; it is not designed for a child to work through alone.
Letter tiles, or the Letter Tiles app, must be bought separately.
Most children start at Level 1 whatever their age, so an older child may begin with easy words.
It teaches spelling only; grammar, composition and handwriting need other materials.

It fits

A parent who wants a scripted, step-by-step spelling program that explains the rules, for a child who already reads.

It doesn’t fit

A family that wants spelling, grammar and writing in one book, or a child who should work on their own.

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Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

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