Lori Anne Madison, a six year old homeschooler: Speller extraordinaire

Lori Anne Madison is one of the top 278 spellers in the country. She’s competing today in Rounds Two and Three of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

............most of the spellers (84%, to be exact) are 12 to 14 years old.

Lori Anne is six.

That makes her, not only the youngest competitor this year, but the youngest competitor on record since the Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee began in 1925.

A homeschooling second-grader from Woodbridge, Virginia, (here’s her photo) Lori Anne has won gold medals in both the National Mythology Exam (it’s intended for grades 3-9) and the National Classical Etymology Exam (it’s intended for grades 6-12).

She recently placed first in her state and second in the nation among second graders in the 2012 Math Kangaroo competition. Oh, and she also won first place in the county home school science fair.

When she was four.

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