Write write write!

One way to really learn a word is to use it, and that counts for spelling as much as for learning its meaning. When you look up how to spell a word, write it down several times in a row, and do it again a day or two later – you’re trying to build up the motor memory of writing it correctly spelled.

Write a blog, a journal, emails, a novel, anything that will keep you using words – and pay special attention as you write to the words that come up wrong (spellcheck is good for this, at least!). Let others read your writing, and ask them to circle misspelled words.

Word puzzles

Word puzzles such as Hangman and Word searches are great for learning how to spell. Spend some time every day doing some sort of word puzzle.