"The Vowel A" teaches viewers about the short and long sounds of the vowel letter A. It explains how the presence of a final 'e' at the end of words changes the sound of A from short to long. Through ...

Isabel Simmons explores how to blend, read, and write words with long o and ow, including snow, grow, and coach. Let's Learn is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone ...

On-air challenge: Think of a made-up two-word phrase. Each word has two syllables. The first syllable has a long-E vowel sound. Change that to a long-A sound and phonetically you'll get the second ...

During the formative years of reading skills in schools, kids should be introduced to vowel sounds. These are not the easiest lessons, but vowels help them with reading and spelling accuracy. Learning ...

With so many educational programs on the market these days targeted toward schools, it’s strange that there are relatively few reading instructional ones. Of the ones available, many are more ...

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We are continuing our series on short and long vowel sounds, and today we are doing short A words worksheets! Our free ...

The theme of today's puzzle is A.I. every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word has a long -A vowel sound and the second word has a long-I vowel sound. The channel was ...

On-air challenge: Think of a made-up two-word phrase. Each word has two syllables. The first syllable has a long-E vowel sound. Change that to a long-A sound and phonetically you'll get the second ...

NPR's Adrian Ma plays the puzzle with YPR listener Bill Hoffman of Helena, Montana, and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. Sunday Puzzle: Artificially Confused The theme of today's puzzle is ...