Painless Spelling (Painless Series) 3rd Edition

The theory behind this book is great. The logic behind American spelling is presented in an engaging conversational manner. The practice problems are "Brain Ticklers". My daughter is actually *interested* in the book. Except... the answer key. It's not at the end of the book. It's at the end of the chapter. Which in some cases means that the answers are literally right there on the same page spread as the questions. That's rather pointless isn't it?

Painless Spelling (Painless Series) ...I purchased Painless Earth Science, History, Study Techniques, Grammar, Life Science, American Government, Spelling, Pre-Algebra, & Geometry for my daughter to help prepare her for high school. She hated me for weeks, but this series has tremendously helped her with her transition from middle school to an advanced magnet academy for high school. These books are one of the best educational tools I have ever purchased. By week 2 she was excited to show me what she had learned each day. We will fortunately be using these for my son when he is old enough to use them.

Useful tool to help tutor kids having trouble with spelling.

I purchased this book for my 11 year old daughter who is homeschooled and wanted to work on her spelling. This is a great teaching aid for the parent. She enjoyed hearing about the suggestions in the book, but didn't find it all that enjoyable on her own. If you have a reluctant speller, I recommend this book as a jumping off point from which lessons can be derived.

Excellent book for someone who struggles with spelling. It is written well and it is not over-whelming, with rules and how to's! It is done in bite sized pieces so you can get through. I bought it for my ten year old daughter and though ti would also suit someone who is older, she can cope with it well.

I glad I could get this book help me with some writing.

I'm a college student going to school to be a teacher and this book is great. I use it as a resource for my lesson plans and in my school work. This book is filled with tons of great examples in lament terms so anyone can understand it. It's simple to navigate and has a user friendly layout.

This is a wonderful, entertaining book. However, I was looking for a spelling curriculum, so it did not meet my needs to engage an 8th grader.

easy to use

ok

Interesting - fun lessons

It is an excellent book for non native English speakers!!!

To be quite honest, I couldn't imagine spelling has a lot to do with pronunciation before. The author clearly associates each letter pattern with each vowel sound.(e.g./u/⇒ o as in woman, ou as in could, oui as in bouillon, u as in bull, oo as in wood) It sounds like a real cliche, but practice makes perfect; you'll get used to it once you get the pattern indicated in this book! The same is also true of prefixes(pre-, post-, re-, dis-, ex-, etc.) and suffixes(-ed, -tion, -er, -or, -ee, etc.). Both will help you strengthen your vocabulary-building if you know what they mean. Again, practice makes perfect!!