My friend Valerie has a meme every Wed. on her blog called Weblink Wednesday. It is a great place to post helpful educational links for other homeschool families.  Stop by to check out some great sites.   This week are helpful links to use in February.  Mine isn't specific to that but is a great educational link I had to share:

My daughter has been struggling with her spelling.  This is the first year we officially started spelling and each week has gotten harder and harder for her.  To keep her from becoming discouraged, I decided to try a one month membership over at spellingtime.com   (A year ago, I looked at the site and it was free, now there is a fee.)  

Spellingtime is a online interactive spelling program.  We use our own list of words (or you can use theirs) and through games, writing, and practice, your child is able to succeed with spelling.  After 2 days, my daughter can't wait to do her spelling.  However, I find that we have to place this at the end of our day or she wants to spend more time on the computer when her other work is not done.  If you feel like you need an extra boost with your child's spelling, try it out.  You won't be disappointed.   To learn more information and view a live demo, go to www.spellingtime.com

Update:  3 weeks into it and J. is still loving it.  She even got her first 100% this week.  I'm so proud of her and glad we found something she enjoys and is doing well with.