Help with spelling ? DS game

Alye16

Can anyone recommend a DS which may help improve my sons spelling(age 11).Thanks

clairec79

There's a countdown game, maybe that would be a fun way for him to come up with words and therefore learn to spell them

Gingham_Ribbon

Is there a scrabble game for it?

pinkshoes

I have the word coach, but it's mainly vocab building.

What about the junior brain trainer? It says up to 11 years though, so might be a bit young for him???

There's also the word academy which might be better?

chocdonuty

Try spellbound. It's like a spelling bee, where the ds says the word and you type it, theres also other games, all based on spelling. It can be set according to age and ability and 4 people can use the game as it stores their info too

LJM

i like the idea of a countdown game we love countdown

there are a few on pc which are free if you google and it would be a much larger screen for your child to look at

morg_monster

would agree with scribblenauts as it is more a fun game than some of the obvious "learning" games but yes it is better if he can be creative with the solutions and not always use the same items.

Played it with DH's cousin's 5 year old at Christmas and he had a great time - obviously wasn't really spelling things himself but had great ideas. EG "What can we use to knock over this? We need something heavy." "Mummy's handbag!" He played it for hours and learned lots of new vocabulary and thinking outside the box!

Alye16

Thanks everyone lots of games to look at, will probably get the spellbound (£10 Tesco entertainment).Will let you know how we get on.

susieb

Try tutpup.com, its online and they play against other kids, my very reluctant speller really enjoyed it.