Crossword puzzles, hangman and other word games are great fun--and helpful ways to practice spelling skills, build vocabulary and improve your powers of deductive reasoning. Since English words aren’t ...

I'm sharing one of my favorite online resources for teaching phonics and spelling—Mr. Spelling on YouTube! His rap songs break down tricky spelling patterns and rules in a way that kids love and ...

When Nikki Hernon D'Aleo was a young girl, she said spelling the somewhat easy word "smile" caught her off guard. “I wouldn’t put the ‘e’ on the end,” said the now ninth- and 10th-grade English ...

"People will stop me pretty regularly and say, 'That spelling bee is awesome.' It's fun because you have such a wonderful group of people who like books." Intellectuals. Academics. Avid readers.