Hi melmichigan...Sorry for all the questions smile Did you or the school recognize/provide the phonetic approach? How long before you saw progress and was it significant? Was she given any accommodations in the classroom? Was she accelerated in her reading comprehension? Interesting. I like the phonetic approach, especially if we can do it at home. I never realized his spelling was so "horrific" ... He always brought home 100% on spelling tests and never had too much of a problem memorizing spelling lists. When he was younger, the school never mentioned difficulties in phonics...In fact, he always scored very high on phonics tests, worksheets etc... Weird. P.S. His father is a HORRIBLE speller LOL