Learning doesn't have to stop when the school day ends. In fact, some of the best learning takes place outside of the classroom. Spelling games are a fantastic way to combine education with entertainment and a regular family game night is a great opportunity to reinforce spelling skills. Here’s how you can create a fun, educational experience that everyone will enjoy. Why Spelling Games? Spelling games are more than just a fun activity – they’re an effective way to improve vocabulary, reinforce learning, and build confidence in a relaxed setting. When learning is enjoyable, students are more likely to retain information and stay motivated. Word Games: From S...
Engaging students in spelling can be challenging. These fun spelling games and activities, designed for various ages and abilities, can be easily implemented in the classroom to make learning spelling enjoyable and effective. Spelling Bingo Create bingo cards with words instead of numbers. Call out a word and instruct students to mark it if it appears on their card. The first student to complete a line or fill their entire card wins by calling out: 'Bingo!' Word Search Puzzles Use Spellzone to turn spelling words into a printable word search puzzle. Students find and circle the words hidden in the grid. Don’t want to print? Play online inste...
Are you looking for an engaging and interactive way to enhance your spelling skills or help your students enjoy the process of learning? Your search ends here! Our online spelling games, available exclusively to Spellzone users, teach students to recognise and remember new spelling patterns, helping them build connections between sounds and spelling, while boosting confidence and spelling proficiency along the way. Scroll down to find the right game for you! Pattern Recognition Games Recognise and memorise common English spelling patterns with our anagram-based games. You’ll be a master in no time. Spelling Snowball Winter spelling fun! Embark on a winter adventu...
October is here—the leaves are beginning to change colour, the days are getting shorter, and Halloween is just around the corner. This time of year also means the return of our Autumn Anagrams and Spooky Spelling games! Collect autumn leaves or catch creepy spiders to spell the words. You can even use our Autumn and Halloween spelling lists. Spelling games are great for warming up at the start of a lesson, or taking a break with when you’re beginning to lose focus. Here are some other games for helping you practise your spellings without making it seem like a chore: ⦁ Help a shark find his catch of the day in Fishy Business. Click here to pract...
With the Christmas holidays approaching, you might not be feeling as focused on your spelling studies as usual. We don’t blame you – there’s nothing like a cozy evening in on a cold day. Why not try out our relaxing Spelling Snowball game to keep your spelling in shape? In the game, you click on snowflakes in the right order to spell out a word. While Spelling Snowball can be used with any word list (click on the football above the list to play), we’ve created five season-appropriate spelling lists for you to practise with. After all, if you have to work on your spelling, you might as feel festive while you’re doing it. Here are our 5 wintry wo...
Have you had a chance to play our new Spooky Spelling game? If not – make sure you have a go. The game is here for the spooky season only. In Spooky Spelling, you have to catch creepy spiders in order to spell words. Spelling games are great way to warm up at the start of a lesson, or to take a break with when you’re beginning to lose focus. They can be used with any of our thousands of spelling lists, or you can create your own spelling list of words you would like to practise. Once you have the words you want to learn, simply click on the football icon above the list and choose the game you want play, What’s better than a spooky s...
Those of you who’ve been reading our blog for a long time will know that, here at Spellzone, we're huge Halloween fans. From exploring the gruesome origins of common English phrases to sharing frightful Words for Wednesday – if it’s scary, we’re there. This year to celebrate, we’ve launched an extra special spelling game! It’s only available until October 31st, so make sure you have a go while you can. In Spooky Spelling, you have to catch creepy spiders in order to spell words. You can even choose a Halloween vocabulary list to practise with! Spelling games are great way to warm up at the start of a lesson, or to take a break with...
A few weeks ago we shared an article on how to use our word list feature. Now that you’ve had a bit of a practise, here are ten word lists to test yourself on. Don’t forget: click on the ‘eye’ icon at the top of each list to take a ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check’ test; click on the ‘ear’ icon to take a ‘Listen and Spell’ test; and click on the soccer ball icon to play games using your words. 50 Words Britons Struggle to Spell (part one, part two, and part three) This list features commonly misspelled words. If you struggle to spell any of them, why not come up with a mnemonic before testing yourself? The Di...
As it is Christmas this week, we’ve decided to share our top five word games with you – whether you have a houseful of guests to entertain, or are looking to while away a few hours between opening presents and Christmas dinner, these games are sure to keep you busy! Hangman It doesn’t seem right to put together a list of word games, without mentioning Hangman. Despite being almost every supply teacher’s go to lesson plan, this game is actually quite fun, and a good way of reusing scraps of wrapping paper once all the presents have been opened. If you’d like to play by yourself, we have our own online version of the game, Which Witch! Word Association ...
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