How to Study for a Spelling Bee by Dr. Jacques Bailly

HOW TO STUDY FOR A SPELLING BEE

Dr. Jacques Bailly is a professor of classics at the University of Vermont. He is the program's 1980 national champion and serves as the official pronouncer for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The following are tips, tricks and recommendations based on Dr. Bailly's decades of bee experience. 

 

Know words at your level

Know how to win advanced bees

Connecting the Dots: Your Child's Path to Washington, D.C.

Connecting the Dots: Your Child's Path to Washington, D.C.

Advice from Corrie Loeffler, 1994-1996 National Finalist and Program Manager for the Scripps National Spelling Bee


Every speller on television competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee started exactly where your child is right now: with a list of words and the will to succeed. So how did they get to the national stage?

Click the links below to follow the path from school enrollment to Washington, D.C.

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