SpellQuizzer software is a spelling program that is used to essentially drill your child’s spelling words with them daily. The idea of it is a great one. I mean, what kid doesn’t like doing their school work on the computer instead of pencil and paper, right?

Tink and I tested out the software and luckily, we didn’t even have to buy a cheap microphone since we’d gotten one with another review product. I simply downloaded the program, typed Tink’s spelling words in the appropriate box, hit the start button on the recording feature and recorded sentences that went along with her spelling words just like I usually do when giving her a spelling test. This part was nothing new, but when Tink was able to put the headset on and hear the sentences as I read them to her, she giggled and delighted in the whole task.

Tink’s not generally one for writing, and although her writing skills have gotten much better over this year, she still enjoys typing quite a bit. It was really nice for her to have a new way to work on spelling. I think children appreciate it when we mix things up a bit in their school day.

Besides the recorded reading of spelling words, SpellQuizzer has a type-in reminder just in case you can’t get your hands on even a cheap microphone to record your spelling lists. You type in a reminder phrase (not including the spelling word) so your student can type in the correct word.

At first, I was very puzzled at this feature since from what I could tell, the child has to guess at the correct word. But then I realized it would be an excellent vocabulary tool. I got excited and pulled out another review curriculum that has a spelling/vocabulary list. SpellQuizzer was perfect. I entered the entire list, recording the word definitions as I went along and even though it sounded a little funny, Tink liked it a lot. Lol. The quirky recordings added a bit of fun, so it was all good.

DH helped me download some of the spelling lists and when he tested it out, he thought the program was pretty neat.

There was one little down side. I had a bit of a struggle downloading and importing some of the files on the SpellQuizzer site to add to the word list on the database. I’m going to email the owner to get some help with that but it’s not a huge deal because I can always record my own hints or definitions. Oh, and importing the spelling lists from the SpellQuizzer site got fairly tedious since I could only import one list at a time and there were a lot of lists. Update: (Already! I’m impressed! Extra Brownie points for seriously fast customer service.) Apparently I hadn’t properly installed one of the latest updates, so the two lists that didn’t want to import are now downloaded and working just fine. I’m still in the process of communicating with the owner and I’m sure we’ll have all the kinks worked out in no time.

SpellQuizzer is $29.99 for a one-time purchase. I could see our family getting our money’s worth out of it for that price. There are new software updates so it seems that they’re constantly improving it. That’s a nice little bonus. Head on over to the SpellQuizzer website where you can download a  free 30 day trial and see if your kids like it. There are also demo videos to show you how to use some of the software’s functions.

Overall, this looks like a helpful program that anyone can use to get their kiddos to practice their spelling words.