Ideophones, or words that sound like what they mean—words whose sound evokes the sensory experience they describe, like swish or twinkle—are easier to learn than other words, a new study finds. The ...

Isabel Simmons helps children build, read and write words with the short i vowel sound. In this video, learn about short i words with Isabel Simmons. Together, build, read and write words like pin, ...

When we look at a known word, our brain sees it like a picture, not a group of letters needing to be processed. That's the finding from a new study that shows the brain learns words quickly by tuning ...