1) Read, read, read! Reading widely, including books, newspaper and magazine articles on a wide variety of subjects that interest you, is the best possible preparation for the bee.
2) Study the word list and the etymology tips provided at Spell It! Early round words in our homeschool bee will come directly from the Spell It! lists. Eventually, our bee word list will move on to words that do not appear on the Spell It! list, but the etymology and language of origin pattern recognition tips will often help you make good guesses about the spelling of those additional words.
3) Keep a sense of good humor and perspective. Have a good time with it! Make up funny sentences or silly stories about the words in Spell It! Try quizzing your parents about some of the tricky words you'll run across in your studies. It's good to remember that everyone makes mistakes, even adults! (Or perhaps I should, especially adults! Some of the mistakes we adults make are doozies! And most adult mistakes are far more serious than misspellings!)
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Noah Webster, author of America's First Dictionary
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