"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 ...

How many vowels does English have? Five, right? A, E, I, O, U. Oh, and sometimes Y. So, six? Actually, English has at least 14 different vowel sounds and, depending on the speaker and dialect, maybe ...

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 ...

Learn about the long i vowel sound. Learn about the long i vowel sound and the different spelling patterns that make the long i sound. Then, research and write about how parents and their babies are ...

Learn about the long e vowel sound and read a book about baby animals. Learn about the long e vowel sound and the different spelling patterns that make the long e sound. Then, write a table of ...

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 ...

Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the following word begins with a vowel sound, you might hear a subtle /j/ or /w ...

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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 ...