My son Camden is in 1st grade this year. Every week he takes a spelling test with about 10 words. Since my wife and I recently got iPads, I searched for an application that allows you to put in a list of spelling words and have them able to spell them on the device. Sure enough I found one that works really well! (If you don’t have an iPad, the app is available for iPhone users as well).

 

The app is called “My Spelling Test” and it’s available in the iTunes store for $.99 cents.

 

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-spelling-test-create-your/id421083384?mt=8

 

The app allows you to create as many “tests” as you’d like with the words of your choosing. When you enter the word, it also records your voice saying the word. As they go through the test, the app chooses a word from the test and recites the word in your voice. They get to then spell the word on the keyboard. They have the option of repeating the recording in case they need to hear the word again as many times as they like. One of Camden’s words this week is “who”. He repeatedly kept hitting the playback button on the word and of course starting laughing and called me an Owl.

 

After they think the word is spelled correctly, they hit the next button on the keyboard and the application shows them if they got the word correct or not. At the end of the test, it shows the results of the test. You can also e-mail the results of the test to anyone you’d like. Cam likes taking his test and e-mailing his test scores to Mom so she can see he is studying and getting them all correct!

 

We’ve used the app now for about 3 weeks and he’s aced 2 of the 3 tests so far. I highly recommend this app for any child who needs to work on spelling.