Learning to spell is more than just learning by rote, and requires a sophisticated understanding of patterns, symbols and sequences; indeed spelling is mathematical in thought. Teaching your child to ...

Q: My daughter is only in first grade. The spelling words that she is being tested on appear to be at a very high level. Whatever happened to having children spell words like "the," "dog," "that" and ...

Recently I have found myself navigating my days like a nonstop spelling bee. Ever since watching the PBS Kids show Word World and becoming entirely addicted to it, my 3-year-old son has a voracious ...

No longer do students bring home that list of words every Monday to memorize for a test Friday as did their parents, grandparents and even older brothers and sisters. The words are still spelled the ...

Want a spelling be champion in your family? Then use these tips to help your child learn to spell with the best of them. There is a certain electric magic that comes with the National Spelling Bee. It ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Can you spell “centipede?” That’s the word that helped 4th grade Barack Obama Elementary School student Prince-Albert Hudson, IV become the Richmond Public Schools 2020 Spelling Bee ...

Last week students in Oregon got a heck of a message from their state school board. They no longer need to learn to spell when a computer can do it for them. From now on, seventh-graders and ...