The Product:
Wordy Qwerty is another product created by the folks over at Talking Fingers. You may remember my review from last fall on their beginner product, Read, Write and Type. (Check it out! It's so effective at teaching my girls-especially Biggest how to type using 10 finger touch and it's reinforced phonics at the same time!!) Well Wordy Qwerty picks up where R,W&T leaves off.
WQ is aimed at 7-9 year olds in grades 2-4 and focuses on spelling the many words that they are now reading. WQ consists of 20 consecutive lessons that implement games and upbeat songs to make the learning stick.
Here's a quote from the website:
"The overall purpose of Wordy Qwerty: Foundations for Reading and Writing Fluency, is to improve phonological and morphological sensitivity, to develop a deeper understanding of how words are constructed in English, and to provide reading and writing activities with helpful feedback, in order to increase fluency and comprehension in reading and writing. "
As I stated above there are 20 consecutive lessons with 6 activities each (take a detailed tour of each activity here). The program covers the following spelling rules:
- Silent E
- Sounds of C
- Sounds of G
- J or DGE
- W or WH
- C or K
- CK or K
- CKS or X
- CH or TCH
- LL, SS, FF, ZZ
- OI or OY
- VE Words
- Open Syllables
- Double Consonants
- Doubling rule
- ER, IR, OR, UR, EAR
- I Before E
- Plurals: Add ES
- Plurals: Y to IES
- Plurals: F to VES
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| A sentence given through dictation. The child hears what is said and then needs to type the sentence. If delayed the program prompts the child and tells them which letters to type. |
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| Pop a Word: Race the clock to pop as many balloons as you can that are in the 4 word sentence given. |
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| Karaoke: One of Wordy Qwerty's musical rules. |
McMama's Experience:
So, will you not judge me if I
But whatever the case our girls have really needed a program such as Wordy Qwerty. No, they are not doing so well. They haven't gone through many levels and haven't made the best scores. But ya wanna know the absolute truth....it doesn't bother me! I know that they are getting exposure to the spelling rules, having fun and in time (hopefully) all of this stuff will stick! I wouldn't let this be our only curriculum of course but as a supplement I think it works pretty well! The girls enjoy it and are disappointed any time we miss our alloted WQ time.
In order to organize our time on the computer I have scheduled them to work on WQ 15 minutes each day. Honestly we don't always get to it because life happens and our schedule changes but we do our best.
I haven't seen any major breakthroughs with their spelling yet but admitedly we haven't been using this for very long. I believe however that with extended use WQ can be an extremely effective tool in aiding my girls to conquer our spelling woes.
The Breakdown:The parent account allows you to reassign the online licenses to younger children as an older child outgrows the program. It also allows you to see which lessons your child has passed and what their score is on the lesson they’re currently covering. They must achieve 80% to pass to a new lesson, and you can see if they’re only at 70%.
The current pricing for the online edition of Wordy Qwerty is as follows:
- 1 user - $25.00
- 2 users - $40.00
- 3 users - $52.50
- 4 users - $60.00
- 5 users - $71.25
Wordy Qwerty Home Edition is available on a CD-rom for $35, or online with a 5 year membership.
System Requirements:
Macintosh Hardware Requirements:
- Mac: OS9 with CarbonLib or OSX
Windows Hardware Requirements:
- Windows: 98, SE, 2000, XP
Also requires QuickTime 6 (included) or greater
We were provided two free 1-year licenses in exchange for our review as a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew. We received no other compensation, and this review is our honest opinion. Visit the TOS Homeschool Crew blog toread more reviews on this product by other Homeschool Crew members.
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