Spelling Made Easy
I wonder whether you were told that you were a poor speller at school. If you were, I bet you can still remember exactly who told you that, where you were and how you felt……. The power of teachers and I should know…. I used to be one !
Now think back and remember a time when someone said to you, “Excellent! Well done! Brilliant!” Close your eyes and really remember the picture of where you were, what you were doing and how you felt ‘ really hear the words that the person said to you clearly and let the warm feelings of success and pride cover you like a lovely warm blanket. Take those great feelings and sounds and pictures and spin them up and down through your body and then squeeze your right hand into a fist to anchor them into your memory.
When I work with kids in school nowadays as a coach I always get them into a positive and confident state first as it aids learning and let’s the whole experience feel more relaxed and enjoyable.
I think getting kids into a really positive state first is really important for you as parents to remember to do at home before helping your kids with their homework or their spellings as it creates the mood of success.
Get your child to sit down and relax and breathe deeply and slowly and to shut their eyes and to remember a time when they found something really easy to learn , really easy to remember and really enjoyable as it was all so easy. Ask them to see what they were doing ‘ hear what they were hearing inside their heads and to feel how good they were feeling and to give those pictures, sounds and feelings a lovely colour. Let that lovely colour spin through their bodies from the tips of their toes to the tops of