Engaging and interactive spelling activities to help 8-year-old students improve their spelling skills in English.
Word Scavenger Hunt: Create a list of words for the child to find around the house or classroom. Once found, they have to spell each word correctly.
Spelling Bee Game: Organize a friendly spelling bee competition with classmates or family members, where each participant takes turns spelling words aloud.
Spelling Memory Game: Create pairs of word cards, with one card having the word and the other its definition. Turn them face down, and take turns flipping over two cards to match words with their correct spelling.
Story Spelling: Encourage the child to write short stories, and then have them underline or highlight the words they struggled to spell. Together, you can work on correcting and learning the spellings.
Spelling Bingo: Create bingo cards with various words. Call out a definition and have the child spell the corresponding word if it's on their card.
Spelling Jenga: Write words on Jenga blocks. Each time a block is pulled out, the child must spell the word correctly before placing it on top of the tower.
Spelling Puzzles: Create spelling puzzles by cutting out letters and having the child arrange them to spell different words.
Online Spelling Games: Explore interactive online spelling games and apps that make spelling practice fun and engaging for 8-year-olds.
Spelling Relay Race: Divide the class or family into teams and have them race to spell words relay-style, passing the spelling responsibility from one member to another.
Spelling Charades: Act out a word while the child has to spell it correctly to guess the word.