SciShow
The Secret to Big Gains? Healthy Gut Bacteria #inmice | SciShow News
If you go to the gym often enough, you might be familiar with protein powders and shakes, but one study thinks that the secret to big gains might actually be your gut bacteria.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter - David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor
Shakespeare sometimes gets a bad rap in high schools for his complex plots and antiquated language. But a quick peek into the rhythm of his words reveals a poet deeply rooted in the way people spoke in his time - and still speak today....
SciShow
What Whistled Speech Tells Us About How the Brain Interprets Language
You can find groups of people from all over the world who communicate full conversation by whistling. And neuroscientists found how our brain works with whistled language is mind-blowing.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The pleasure of poetic pattern - David Silverstein
Humans are creatures of rhythm and repetition. From our breath to our gait: rhythm is central to our experience, and often brings us pleasure. We can find pleasure in the rhythm of a song, or even the rows of an orchard. Of course, too...
Curated Video
Meter and Rhyme
New ReviewThis video explains and identifies meter and rhyme in poetry.
Curated Video
How to Play "Es" & "As" on the Drums
Howcast - Learn how to play "Es" and "As" from drum teacher Jason Gianni in this Howcast drum video.
Curated Video
How to Do a Persian Accent
Howcast - Learn how to do a Persian accent from voice and speech coach Andrea Caban in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How to Play Phonemic Awareness Games On-the-Go
Howcast - Learn how to play phonemic awareness games on-the-go from reading specialist Anne Glass in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How to Say "Happy Birthday" in Russian
Howcast - Learn how to say "Happy Birthday" in Russian with this online Russian language lesson from Howcast.
Curated Video
How to Rhyme
Howcast - Rhyme is created by repeating the terminal vowel sound in a word. You can easily make rhymes in English by following these suggestions.
Curated Video
How to Write a Poem in Iambic Pentameter
The most common meter in poetry, iambic pentameter is famously associated with William Shakespeare. Here's how you can rhyme like a modern-day bard.
Curated Video
Reading Multi-Syllable Words {Consonant +LE}
This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with consonant + le syllables, along with many hopefully prior learned syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.
Professor Dave Explains
Third Declension Nouns in Latin Part 3: Parisyllabic Nouns
In examining third declension nouns, we've covered imparisyllabic nouns and their exceptions. Now let's take a look at the other group, the parisyllabic nouns. These ones have the same number of syllables in their nominative and genitive...
Professor Dave Explains
Third Declension Nouns in Latin Part 1: Imparisyllabic Nouns
We've taken a look at many nouns from the first and second declensions. Now let's dive into the third declension, which is a bit trickier. This declension is divided into two subgroups: parasyllabic and imparisyllabic nouns. What do...
Curated Video
Reading Multi-Syllable Words {CVCe Silent E}
This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with silent e or magic e CVCe syllables, along with closed and open syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.
Curated Video
Mayan Rulers Family Tree | City of Palenque
Mayan Rulers Family Tree | City of Palenque
Amor Sciendi
Analysis of William Blake's "Tyger" poem | AmorSciendi
This video is an analysis of William Blake’s poem “Tyger” from the Songs of Experience with an emphasis on narrative voice and narrative distance.
Curated Video
Reading Multi-Syllable Words {Open & Closed Syllables}
This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with mostly closed syllables or short vowels. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.
Curated Video
Open & Closed Syllables
This video introduces open and closed syllables and helps kids distinguish the difference between them.
Rachel's English
The MOST Impossible English Sounds and Words
Have you ever wondered what the most difficult sounds and words are to pronounce? In this video I’ll show you my work with several students as they try to improve their pronunciation of difficult American English words. You’ll see how...
Rachel's English
How To Speak American English: VERBS
Stress is a critical part of learning how to speak American English. How stress (or don’t stress) words can completely change the meaning of a sentence. In this video we’ll use a real-life conversation to break down the aspects of how to...
Curated Video
Vowel Team Syllables {Syllable Types}
This video teaches vowel team syllables (ai, ea, oa, ou, oo, and more) and how to read them. It is assumed that kids already know open, closed, Magic E, and r-controlled syllables. See links to those videos below. Knowing syllable types...
Curated Video
Consonant + le Syllables {Syllable Types}
This video teaches consonant + le syllables, (-ble, -cle, -ple, -tle and more) how to divide them and how to read them. It is assumed that kids already know open, closed, Magic E, r-controlled, and vowel teams syllables. See links to...
Curated Video
R-controlled Syllables {Syllable Types}
This video teaches R-controlled syllables (ar, er, ir, ur, and or) and how to read them. It is assumed that kids already know open and closed syllables. See links to those videos below. Knowing syllable types help readers read...