A learning aid includes a tangible medium of expression, an image fixed on the medium, the image being at least partially formed of letters making up a spelling word, and at least one sentence illustrated by the image and associated with the medium, the sentence including at least one use of the spelling word. A teaching method includes reading a sentence containing a use of a spelling word to a student, showing the student an image that is at least partially formed of letters making up the spelling word, the image illustrating the sentence, and having the student spell the spelling word while viewing the image.