Invented Spelling - Get it Right!
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009”Phonetic spelling is seen by many educators as a way for children to learn to read and write more creatively but it has its opponents,” reports Andrew Gottesman from Chicago.
The writer proceeds to describe invented spelling, for example FMKNS R NIS (pumpkins are nice), as ”a largely uncontroversial educational philosophy that many teachers and experts believe will help kids to write, read and spell better”. The profession absolves itself from responsibility for its use, saying ”Invented spelling is not so much a piece of curriculum as it is something kids do naturally”.
The writer tells us that invented spelling began to surface as an educational philosophy about 20 years ago, ”When researchers discovered that children’s literacy emerges during a span of several years”. It seems hard to believe that it took researchers to discover (more…)
