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Cheering on Amber Born of Marblehead
I'm putting my cheerleader hat on today to cheer for a local young lady who has made the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee that will be broadcast today at 2 p.m. on ESPN2 with the finals airing tonight at 8 p.m.
Her name is Amber Born. She lives in our home town of Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Check her out here and some of the words she has successfully spelled.
Amber is 14 and has been home-schooled. It seems that a lot of the young people who make it to the Spelling Bee are also home schooled,(just checked and it's only about 9% - I thought it was higher!), and I am interested in this method of teaching our youth.
Is home-schooling preferable to public or private schooling outside the home? What are the pros and cons? Anyone out there doing it?
Here's an article about Amber from a local online newspaper.
So, you know where I'll be at 2 and 8 p.m. today. I had to watch yesterday's preliminary airing of the show on my laptop because it was on ESPN3 which I don't get on my TV, but I do get ESPN2 and that is where the semi's and final will be broadcast today. Can't wait. I love this event.
This is the first year that a vocabulary test with word definitions has become a part of the Spelling Bee. Read a little about that here.
Here is another page explaining this new section of the Spelling Bee.
And finally, an article from USA Today entitled "Vocabulary section adds meaning to national spelling bee."
Spelling has always been one of my loves, not that I get even half the words these kids can spell, but I like the challenge of it. They are incredible people. Some big, some little, a lot of in-betweeners, and all of them so intelligent. It's quite a show if you get a chance to see it. It gives one a good feeling to know there are young people out there with so much dedication to learning.
So here's a Rah-Rah-Rah cheer for our local young lady, Amber Born, of Marblehead. I'll be watching and cheering for you today, you can count on that!
Cheers for Amber!
Bex & Co.
Her name is Amber Born. She lives in our home town of Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Check her out here and some of the words she has successfully spelled.
Amber is 14 and has been home-schooled. It seems that a lot of the young people who make it to the Spelling Bee are also home schooled,(just checked and it's only about 9% - I thought it was higher!), and I am interested in this method of teaching our youth.
Is home-schooling preferable to public or private schooling outside the home? What are the pros and cons? Anyone out there doing it?
Here's an article about Amber from a local online newspaper.
So, you know where I'll be at 2 and 8 p.m. today. I had to watch yesterday's preliminary airing of the show on my laptop because it was on ESPN3 which I don't get on my TV, but I do get ESPN2 and that is where the semi's and final will be broadcast today. Can't wait. I love this event.
This is the first year that a vocabulary test with word definitions has become a part of the Spelling Bee. Read a little about that here.
Here is another page explaining this new section of the Spelling Bee.
And finally, an article from USA Today entitled "Vocabulary section adds meaning to national spelling bee."
Spelling has always been one of my loves, not that I get even half the words these kids can spell, but I like the challenge of it. They are incredible people. Some big, some little, a lot of in-betweeners, and all of them so intelligent. It's quite a show if you get a chance to see it. It gives one a good feeling to know there are young people out there with so much dedication to learning.
So here's a Rah-Rah-Rah cheer for our local young lady, Amber Born, of Marblehead. I'll be watching and cheering for you today, you can count on that!
Cheers for Amber!
Bex & Co.
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