Word Wizard is the first application of its kind to really make smart use of speech synthesis. Word Wizard enables kids to compose words and listen to the audio result, and indicates if their spelling ...

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 ...

Spelling lists. Spelling tests. Spelling bees. Adults of a certain age who remember anything about elementary school likely recall spelling as central to their literacy instruction. That’s not ...

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

Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee last week. The annual competition took ...

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

It can be tricky to learn how to spell but sometimes words will follow set spelling rules. Remembering those rules can help you spell correctly. A suffix is a letter or group of letters that goes on ...

The game teaches "sight words" that don't follow typical spelling rules. During the pandemic three years ago, Jacquelyn Davis noticed her son Madden was having a difficult time learning how to read.

In the saturated world of children's educational apps, there are a small number of developers who are really exploring the potential of the device in ways that provide children with a learning ...

Charles Millard considers himself a wizard of two things: Dungeons and Dragons and spelling. The eighth-grader and two-time Frederick County spelling bee champion will compete in the Scripps National ...

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 ...