It takes work and application to learn how to write by hand. Surely, these days everyone tends to type? Not so fast, says an educational expert, who spells out why it makes sense to learn handwriting ...

Writing, spelling, and reading reinforce each other. Spelling helps a child see the patterns in language and understand how words are really put together. By learning spelling, children realize that ...

Johnny in Topeka can’t read, but Janne in Helsinki is effortlessly finishing his storybooks. Such a disparity may be expected by now, but the reason might come as a surprise: It probably has much less ...

There are two ways to spell check in Google Docs. You can right-click as you go to receive spelling or grammar suggestions from Google's automatic spell checking algorithm. Alternatively, you can also ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News. The inaugural PM’s Spelling Bee is being run in term one by free classroom educational literacy site ...

I really have a problem with words that are spelled incorrectly. It almost hurts, and I know that’s crazy. But I can't help it. All around me, all day long, I see misspelled words on billboards.

You often hear people explaining dyslexia in narrower terms that does not do service to the totality and complexity of the problem. Dyslexia is largely framed as a problem with reading. This framing ...