Parents and teachers often ask: “What’s the best way for my child or student to learn and retain words from the weekly spelling list? How does one get beyond simply memorizing words for a Friday ...

Students compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee by spelling words that could make one’s head spin (“weissnichtwo” and “cabotinage,” to name a couple). But it doesn’t take championship level ...

Some words can be more difficult to learn to spell than others. It is important to practise reading and spelling these tricky words so you get them right. Hello, I'm Mr McPartlin and today we're going ...

Emily Garman told Newsweek that her 10-year-old was "trying to be a little bit funny, but she wanted to make her teacher ...

Pick seven letters of your choice for a Spelling Bee puzzle, designating one as the center letter. Then, craft a sentence ...

Misty Adoniou is a Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and Teaching English as a Second Language at the University of Canberra. She occasionally presents workshops in schools on the teaching of ...

Teachers often report the dilemma of children scoring 100 percent correct on a Friday spelling test but misspelling the same words the following week in their writing. Cognitive psychology has given ...

Forget the dreaded Friday spelling test, and don't count on spell check to do the job. For too long, spelling has been ...

Exercising isn't just good for the body, it could boost brainpower as well. A new study in the Netherlands found that adding activities such as running and jumping jacks while kids learn mathematics ...