Elementary students learn to navigate dictionaries with confidence while having fun learning new words through these games.

When Houston ISD second-grader Zachary Teoh thinks of the word "bibliophile," he thinks of himself first. Then, he thinks ...

Human language allows us to learn new words for things we've never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example, in ...

D _ _ _ _ _ _ is a seven-letter bad word. It seems like I have spent more years of my career dealing with drought or dry ...

At the time, the real issue with spelling was how to denote a long vowel versus a short vowel. So the word "fir," F-I-R, versus the word "fire." At that time, they didn't have the convenience of ...

When it comes to spelling bees, preparation is everything. Just ask 13-year-old Brighid Reid of Somonauk Middle School, the ...

When John Adams Middle School student Charvitha Sanjaya heads to Washington, D.C., next month to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, it won’t be her first trip. In 2022 ...

he took a second to offer a reflective six-word message before his playoff debut. "I can't believe today's the day," Tkachuk said to reporters before Game 1 against the Maple Leafs. "I can't ...

Most teens credit social media with feeling more connected to friends. Still, roughly one-in-five say social media sites hurt their mental health, and a growing share think they harm people their age.

During March and April, libraries across Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming, and Livingston counties are celebrating family literacy with the community read program: One Book, OWWL Kids.

Get into vacation mode with this spring break word search! Hunt for fun-in-the-sun words like flip-flops, sunscreen, and ...