Neither had heard of an old-timey, once popular mnemonic device for spelling certain types of words. Although they both probably know how to spell "mnemonic." ...

The spelling bee started at a birthday celebration for Major last year. He and Nicholson met in high school in Baton Rouge — ...

This is the national spelling bee 100 years after it began with just nine competitors. Spelling is still the main feature of ...

Spokane Valley's Gabriel Aguirre is competing against fellow Eastern Washingtonian, Pullman's Navtaj Singh, this week at the ...

Brogue, osprey, drumlin, gastronome, eucalyptus, rapscallion, lithophone. These are a handful of words that secured Spokane Valley's Gabriel Aguirre one of 243 spots in the upcoming Scripps National ...

Michigan will be represented by nine spellers when the kids begin competing in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

His mom doesn’t push him to practice, knowing her son learns better independently, when “left to his own brain,” she said. “He graduated from all the spelling books that I could find for ...

Navtaj’s passion for linguistics is a secret weapon he wields in contests. Understanding language patterns and origins can ...

Nikita Ramakrishnan, an eighth grader at Rocky Run Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, is preparing to compete in the ...

South Carolina schools are going all in on the "science of reading," an approach to teaching reading that's largely focused ...

These strategies help preschool and kindergarten students develop letter recognition, spatial awareness, and fine motor ...