Spelling Apps for Students

Well-crafted app helps emerging readers and writers build words

Bottom Line: This app will work best for students who already know their letters and can then work on word building, word play, and letter-sound recognition.

Charming objects and animals turn spelling into play

Bottom Line: Word Wagon is fun to use with students at various spelling skill levels.

Inventive letter-learning activities take kids on a near-perfect ride

Bottom Line: A fun way for kids to play thoughtful games and explore letters and words. A few small changes could really beef up letter learning.

Repeatedly identify, spell sight words in fun, semi-customizable games

Bottom Line: A variety of kid-friendly activities gives students lots of exposure to and practice with commonly used sight words.

Super-structured spelling support and word-building free play, too

Bottom Line: Helps kids improve spelling through pre-made or custom lists and word building.

Practice spelling while practicing medicine

Bottom Line: G-R-O-S-S spelling fun brings shock value to spelling and vocab.

Drill-based practice caters well to teachers, less so to kids

Bottom Line: When teachers use the whole program, including the offline materials like printables, there's potential here for a comprehensive if traditional approach to spelling drills.

Old West crime-fighting takes kids on a spelling adventure

Bottom Line: A challenging and really fun way for kids to practice spelling.

Well-designed, kid-empowering spelling list creator

Bottom Line: It's a quality app but needs some oversight; it would be nice if you could track multiple students' scores at once.

Versatile word game challenges across content areas and abilities

Bottom Line: Fun game-like way to review spelling or content vocabulary.

Vocab-building word puzzles inspire creative problem-solving

Bottom Line: Wide-open problem solving builds creativity, vocabulary, and spelling skills, but controls can be tricky.