Spell Bee - {Rotonix'13}

                   

A Spelling bee is a spoken spelling competition. In a spelling bee, contestants are asked to spell words. The one who spells the most words correctly is the winner.  Spelling bee competitions are conducted to encourage the habit of reading. As well, spelling bees encourage to learn about spelling words and improve their vocabulary. One type of spelling bee is the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in Washington, D.C.


The United States National Spelling Bee was started in 1925 by The Courier-Journal, the newspaper of Louisville, Kentucky. Contests may have been held before that year. A key impetus for the contests was Noah Webster's spelling books. Webster's spelling books were an essential part of the curriculum of elementary school children in the United States for five generations. They were first published in 1786 and known as "The Blue-backed Speller".