Proper enunciation does more than just portray the appearance of education in our children. It is important to the success of spelling, as well. In modern English, many vowel sounds in certain syllables in our words are slurred. The first syllable, because it is accented, is pronounced the way we expect it to be. Enunciation seeks to make a child aware of how he is saying what he is saying, and to encourage him to enunciate properly when he speaks.
Correct enunciation is vital if a child is to learn how to spell by syllables.
Correct enunciation alleviates this difficulty. When pronounced properly, the difference is clear, and the children's spelling will reflect that difference. Even before children are proficient readers, they can recite aloud something that they have committed to memory. Encourage regular recitation. And just as in writing class neat formation of letters is stressed, during recitations proper enunciation is stressed.