Practice! Practice! Practice!

Like so many other things in life and in school spelling is a learned skill. And, like almost anything that you learn, the more practice you put in, the easier it gets. You have to practice the piano until you can play a song correctly, and you have to practice cursive handwriting until it comes naturally, so why should spelling be any exception?

The more effort that you put into something, the more that you will get out of it!

Luckily, strong spelling abilities are worth the effort as they come in handy almost every single day of your life.

While a person’s spelling abilities is not a definite measure of his or her intelligence—some of the smartest people have been poor spellers—you can’t get high marks in school if your essays are full of misspelled words.