Spelling Activities for Kids

Do you have a Scrabble game at home?

It’s one of my favorites. It’s a fun game to play and I love that you can borrow the tiles for all sorts of other reasons.

It seemed only natural to grab them and use them to practice our spelling words with this activity, Scrabble Tile Spelling Words.

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To set-up:

You need your spelling list and the tiles from a Scrabble game (or a Bananagram game).

This is another activity (like many of these spelling activities) that needs no set up.

Make Scrabble Tile Spelling Words

One by one, go through your spelling list and spell your words using Scrabble tiles. After each word, push the letters aside and move on to the next word.

Special note: While it’s fun to try to make as many words as possible before mixing the letters into the pile again, chances are you’ll run out of tiles before getting through an entire spelling list. You’ll have to push the letter tiles aside and mix them up again often.

Use your Scrabble tiles to make spelling word practice fun. Can you think of other fun ways to use letter tiles?

You may also like one of these fun ways to practice spelling words:

Make Spelling Words with Letter Stamps

Alphabet Bead Spelling Words

Dot Marker Spelling Words

Buy the 31 Ways to Practice Spelling Words Ebook

You can purchase a printable form of this book for $7.50 The book is designed to print and turn into a half-page size booklet. It’s perfect to keep at your homework station. Your kids can flip through and find a fun way to practice their spelling words.

The ideas will be convenient and ready to use. No need to turn on the computer every day for ideas.

Most activities require little to no prep time. And, if you make sure you have all the supplies on the Master Supply List (included in the book) on hand, you’ll be able to do any of these fun spelling word ideas any time.

Do you call these things pipe cleaners or chenille stems?

It’s a big debate isn’t it? When I was a kid we called them pipe cleaners, so I still use that term. But, no matter what you call them, you can make just about anything with them.

And today we’re using them to practice spelling when we make Pipe Cleaner Words.

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To set-up:

You need nothing more than a supply of pipe cleaners (a.k.a chenille stems) and a list of spelling words.

Make Your Pipe Cleaner Words

Fold and bend your pipe cleaners to make each of the letters in a spelling word. Straighten it out and create the next word. Keep going and work your way through your spelling list.

This is a great quiet activity and good for kids who like to use their hands to create. It’s a nice break from writing, too.

When you have more than one kid working on spelling words, challenge them to a race. Who can create a work the quickest? 

It’s so much fun to learn your spelling words when you get to make them out of pipe cleaners! The next time you need to practice spelling, create some Pipe Cleaner Words.

Put down the pencil and pick up a paint brush. Today, we’re painting spelling words.

This activity is always so popular with my youngest daughter that I’m not sure why we don’t do it more often.

We’re still writing, we’re still practicing, we’re just using a different writing utensil.

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How to set-up:

Once you have all the supplies, it’s very easy to pull this activity together. You’ll need paint, paintbrushes, and paper. Brightly colored construction paper is fun, but not necessary. Plain white printer paper always works.

Tip: Save an old flat sheet from the trash bin or pick one up for the thrift store. Use it to cover your table when painting. I fold ours a couple of times before covering our table and the paint never leaks through. Stains don’t matter and it’s easy to toss the sheet in the washer when it’s needed.

Painting Spelling Words

Invite your child to paint their spelling words instead of writing them. Let them choose the color of paper and paint to make it more inviting. You can provide a rainbow of colors or just one color. It really doesn’t matter.

The process of painting makes spelling practice so much more appealing. My girls enjoy doing art projects, so this often feels more like art than it does writing, which is why sometimes spelling practice leads right into art time!

Do you own a set of alphabet stamps? If not, I’d really recommend getting one.

We’ve used our for so many things. We’ve done crafts, used them in learning activities, and made art for them. My girls love to get them out and start creating.

Today, we’re going to use the letter stamps to help us with spelling practice. We’re going to make our spelling words with letter stamps.

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To set-up:

Grab a set of alphabet stamps, an ink pad, and some paper. Set everything out and invite your child to practice their spelling words by stamping them.

This is a great option for a child who just doesn’t want to write on that particular day. (We can all get tired of writing, can’t we?) Or, it’s just a fun way to mix things up.

My girls used stamps a lot when they were in preschool, but we don’t often get them out now. When we do, they’re excited. And, that certainly makes a not-so-fun task much more fun.

Write your spelling words with letter stamps

Once you have everything set up, it’s easy for your kids to sit down and write their spelling words with letter stamps when they need to practice.

Tip: Provide your child with a damp rag if they are going to use multiple colors of ink. We gently clean the ink off the stamps before switching colors and before putting them away to keep our stamps and ink in good condition.

Let your kids take a little break with writing and have them “write” their words with alphabet stamps. It’s a fun option!

You may also like one of these fun spelling activities:

Chalkboard Letter Erase Spelling Words

Finger Paint Your Spelling Words

Make Words with Alphabet Clothespins

Salt Tray Spelling Words

Buy the 31 Ways to Practice Spelling Words Ebook

You can purchase a printable form of this book for $7.50 The book is designed to print and turn into a half-page size booklet. It’s perfect to keep at your homework station. Your kids can flip through and find a fun way to practice their spelling words.

The ideas will be convenient and ready to use. No need to turn on the computer every day for ideas.

Most activities require little to no prep time. And, if you make sure you have all the supplies on the Master Supply List (included in the book) on hand, you’ll be able to do any of these fun spelling word ideas any time.