A Vocabulary Program Like No Other

How it all began

eSpindle started from parents' initiative and a vision of a better solution. The “founding mothers” had gone through endless hours tutoring their children in English spelling conventions. Whether the task was supporting aspiring Spelling Bee champions, homeschoolers, children with learning disabilities or just complying with the weekly spelling word lists - the amount of parental involvement was often paired with results that were less than convincing.		Thank you to our partners! Our Sponsors:
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While it was sometimes hard for us to be our children's spelling tutor, we wondered - how could parents with limited English skills manage?
With vocabulary being a core component of successful learning we started wondering: Wasn’t there a better way for this repetitive task?

Looking at existing programs we couldn’t find anything that could replace or improve our tutoring routine. Nothing was attentive or resourceful enough to fit the bill. Books, CDs, software programs... each contained a few hundred words, and all programs were designed as separate modules, not as ongoing tutoring support.

What we wanted was a tool that managed the learning process, adjusting to the goals, speed, and skill level of each individual learner. Not being able to find such a tool, we set out to create it.

A visionary project

After careful review of current research, our quickly growing team developed cutting edge, patent-pending technologies. We infused them with old-fashioned common sense, and added generous helpings of the most important ingredient: The wish to create true value and an innovative learning solution.

Fueled by the support of volunteers, donors and other supporters, eSpindle soon turned into a project of extraordinary dimensions.

eSpindle’s gigantic database of about 100,000 words was edited by English teachers, writers, and editors, many of them volunteering time and expertise. They carefully compiled hints and sample sentences that are appropriate, easy, and suitable for this program. These edits had to carefully avoid the word itself or close variations, and comply with current educational standards. To this day we are continuously expanding our resources, and will continue to do so as the English language evolves.

Click here to learn more about the volunteers that have made it all possible!

1,000,000 scholarships

Since our launch on the web, we have been supporting disadvantaged students with scholarships. It worries us that a large percentage of students never reaches the level of verbal confidence needed to succeed.

In February of 2009, our fifth anniversary, we decided that more drastic action was needed to make this tool available to a larger number of students. We know that it can change lives! We committed to raise funds to support 1,000,000 scholarships over the next 5 years, and launched an ambitious fund raising campaign.

The campaign features seven unique ways of raising funds without spending an extra penny out-of-pocket. In addition, participants earn an ePoint for every dollar raised and can trade these for a large selection of rewards.

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you join an exciting community of learners. Please participate! Your feedback and ideas are always welcome, so please send us a note.

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Who we are Board of Directors

Listen to our story

Rosevita Warda is the president and founder of eSpindle Learning. Her personal experience of learning English as a second language fuels her passion for the program. She has leveraged nearly 25 years of entrepreneurial experience to successfully develop and manage eSpindle Learning. She is a published author and single mother to her daughter Tiamat.

Naomi Hupert is the Vice President of eSpindle.
A Senior Research Associate at the Education Development Center’s Center for Children and Technology, Naomi has professional experience with a range of evaluation and research projects that examine the role that technology plays in the lives of children and adults. Naomi holds a Masters of Science in Education, with a specialization in literacy and language-related learning disabilities.

Billie Sue Fischer has inspired eSpindle Learning with her expertise gained as a teacher and writer/editor. eSpindle Learning owes a lot to her wisdom and inspiration. She is also a prolific singer and musician, and her first CD, All the Pretty Troubles, is available here.

Stephanie Guyer-Stevens is a writer and editor with a long history in the nonprofit world, among others with her current project, OuterVoices.

Michael Goldbach has been supporting eSpindle Learning since its beginnings. A Microsoft executive, he contributes valuable web and management expertise.