Learn today’s 6,000 most frequently used words presented in the writings of great men and women of history! Now you can have the confidence that you’re teaching the words your student needs to know, using the Charlotte Mason method of prepared dictation.

• Easy — Teaches spelling and punctuation in just a few minutes each week.  
• Thorough — Incorporates more than 12,500 words, including 6,000 most frequently used words in the English language.
• Effective — Uses the tried-and-true method of prepared dictation, which Charlotte Mason endorsed.
• Interesting and inspiring — Presents beautiful and fascinating ideas from great men and women of history that encourage and motivate children as they learn to spell the words.
• Flexible — Allows you to progress at each student’s pace.
• Saves Time — Can be used for copywork as well.

The five books’ exercises become progressively longer and contain more difficult words as you work through the series. Each book contains 140 exercises. If you cover two exercises per week, you should be able to finish a Spelling Wisdom book in a little less than two school years. Charlotte Mason began dictation exercises with students around the third or fourth grade. With that schedule in mind, here is a rough model of which books correspond to which grades:

Grades 3, 4, 5: Book One
Grades 5, 6, 7: Book Two
Grades 7, 8, 9: Book Three
Grades 9, 10, 11: Book Four
Grades 11, 12: Book Five