DS is kinesthetic. We had him bounce a balloon and each time he hit the balloon he said the next letter. I have no idea how it works, but movement helps him process auditory information.

We also did some Mad Libs where we had to just use words from his spelling test to fill in the blanks. DS would have to write the words in the blanks while we shouted them out. It tood some of the tedium out of needing to write the words several times.