A haiku by Sofia, a 14-year-old in Towball, Texas, celebrates her family members’ hard work during a challenging time. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “A Haiku for Hard Work” Here’s a haiku I really like...
Jason from De Pere, Wisconsin, was surprised to see that among the spelling words his twin second-graders were studying was the contraction this’ll. Is a term like this’ll really appropriate for a second-grade spelling test? This is part...
Lynne from Grapevine, Texas, remembers that her parents sometimes referred to her clothing as a get-up, as in That’s quite a get-up, or Where did you get that get-up? The implication was that her outfit was poorly conceived and she ought to...
A proverb about what family members learn from each other: “Parents teach their children to talk; children teach their parents silence.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “An Aphorism” Here’s a Hebrew...
What’s the best way for someone busy to learn lots of new words quickly for a test like the GRE? Looking up their origins can help. Or, record yourself reading the words and definitions and play them back while you’re doing other chores...
Wrapping up 2016 with words from the past year and some newsy limericks. Bigly and Brexit were on lots of lips this year, as well as an increasingly popular Danish word that means “cozy.” Also, Quiz Guy John Chaneski sums up the year in...