Yvette Manns discusses the schwa and its importance. She shares insights from her book, The Not So Lazy Schwa, and explains how it helps children understand the schwa sound. Yvette also tells all about National Schwa Day, a holiday she created to celebrate language and literacy in schools. She provides suggestions for celebrating the day and highlights the resources available in the National Schwa Day toolkit. 

Takeaways

• The schwa is a neutral unstressed sound that is the most common sound in the English language.
• Teaching the schwa is important for helping students decode and encode multisyllabic words.
• National Schwa Day is a holiday created to celebrate language and literacy in schools.
• The National Schwa Day toolkit provides resources and activities for teachers to implement the holiday.

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