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A spelling bee needs a word list nobody at the table has seen, which is exactly what a household cannot produce for itself. Draw a word, read it aloud, spell it back. Forty words chosen for the specific traps English sets: silent letters, doubled consonants, and the Greek borrowings that look nothing like they sound. Start easy and escalate. Parents should attempt a few themselves before getting confident, because several of these catch adults cleanly.
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