Once they acquire the skills to spell unfamiliar words, they become spellers for a lifetime. Wac Spelling uses direct instruction featuring intensive teacher-pupil interaction with immediate feedback. Structure of the language taught is sequential. The organization of the English language gradually unfolds before the child's eyes. The more a child knows about the language the better speller he becomes.
Children develop their long-term memory through multisensory methods.
Games and activities using manipulative articles aid students who learn best by doing. Included are fun activities designed to improve children's auditory and visual memories. Wac implements a modified Fernald strategy for memorizing the spellings of non-phonetic words.