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Starting School Together, But Not Equal
Superintendent of Public Instruction in Washington state, Randy Dorn: “We’ve seen the numbers: A child [that comes] from a wealthy family has about a 3,600 words vocabulary. From a working family, it’s about 1,800. And from a welfare family or … Continue reading
Win prizes studying
At LearnThatWord, members can gain much more than knowledge. Congratulations to this year’s prize winners! Ticket #35924 won the first prize, a dream vacation at the Playa Viva beach resort in Mexico. Follow up winners were ticket #36707, 34379, 34909, and 31076, who won … Continue reading
The History of the Spelling Bee
With this year’s finals around the corner (Thursday, 5/30, 8 pm EST), here some history of the spelling bee. The good ol’ spelling bee, it seems, is an American tradition older than even American independence.According to this article by Merriam-Webster, … Continue reading
Why Indian Americans rule the National Spelling Bee
Over the last few decades, Indian Americans have been outshining other ethnicities at the National Spelling Bee. Why is a population that makes up roughly 1% of the US population so heavily represented at the event?Why were 10 champions in the … Continue reading
New Spelling Bee Rule Requires Contestants Know Meaning of Words
It will make the Scripps National Spelling Bee harder, but also much more meaningful. The thousands of Spelling Bee hopefuls who use LearnThatWord will have an easy time with this, since we already teach meaning and usage along with spelling.This … Continue reading
Verbal Easter Egg Hunt – How Schools Can Teach Vocabulary
We have a lot of members who prepare for the National Spelling Bee, so this article about a Vocabulary Bowl held by I.B. Tigrett Middle School in Jackson, Tennessee, was brought to our attention: http://www.wbbjtv.com/news/local/Vocabulary-Bowl-Tests-Students-Knowledge-199199441.html What stood out was the … Continue reading
International English: Going beyond UK and US English
International English: Interesting blog post by Richard Flynn of UsingEnglish.com fame “The status of English as an international language is long established and, for the foreseeable future, unlikely to be greatly challenged. However, I believe that to make it genuinely international, … Continue reading
Over 300,000 users
Less than 10 months after the launch of our revised site we crossed the 300,000 user mark. Free tutoring, our Vocabulary Junction campaign and the launch of the free Open Dictionary of English caused exponential growth. A big Thank You … Continue reading
Building Better Kids, Vocabulary Edition
Great article on the value of vocabulary: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/01/building-better-kids-vocabulary-edition It is beyond me how anybody could doubt the importance of vocabulary, unless you have the agenda of keeping those that don’t “need” a strong vocabulary disenfranchised. I’m also growing tired of … Continue reading
Getting it
A good frustration-fighting quote from my daughter’s blog, www.humanimafoundation.org: I think its important to remember that learning [...] doesn’t take place when the “change” happens…Learning takes place when it seems like nothing is happening. As long as we’re trying, we’re … Continue reading
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