Originally Posted by MegMeg
Originally Posted by ultramarina
I believe the schools often discourage this, preferring the children to rely on their own spelling concepts

I think the point of this is to encourage writing as an enjoyable activity, not to actually discourage correct spelling!
Enjoyable and independent, I think. It's a problem in class if a child is so reluctant to invent a spelling that they get blocked every third word waiting for the teacher to give them a spelling!

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