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My son was a natural reader {by age 3} but a horrible speller {at age 6}. Once I figured out that he could decode {break up} words easily in order to read but not encode{put together} them in order to spell, I realized I needed a spelling curriculum that focused on that skill. I added AAS mid year and doubled up on the work so we finished it by the end of the year and the effects on his spelling and writing were instant. We're now on our third year of AAS and it continues to be a total help. It's hard to admit that I made the horrible assumption that a gifted/natural reader would equal a natural speller. That was not the case for us at all and I have AAS to thank for showing me how to teach spelling to an "unnatural" speller.