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- Full-Episodes
- Season 2
A is for Ant!
November 30, 2020
A is for Ant!
Make a flying star and paper from scraps, meet a porcupine, watch marching ants and sing about them, read ROU AND THE GREAT RACE. Learn about feelings and short a. One-hour programs help children ages 3-7 learn in school and at home. (Content provided by Bedtime Math, Memphis Zoo, National Dance Institute)
Season Episodes
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Graph and Garden Start with “G”!
Graph your toys, regrow plants, turn sneakers into tap shoes, predict with a poem.
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Can You See the Long “a” in Rain?
Meet a bearcat, read PUDDLE, learn about patterns and recognizing feelings, explore “a.”
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Can You Hear the Short “i” in Magic?
Make a tornado in a bottle, create scary sound fx, learn magic tricks, read about insects.
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Can You Hear the Short “a” in Animal?
Meet Nigerian goats, be a clown, explore shapes, make words with short a and short i.
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What’s the Sound of “cl” in Clap?
Play with a ramp and a catapult, try step dancing, read about 2 foxes, write about 2 rats.
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How Many Syllables are in Family?
Discover a secret hidden number, learn about families and compound words.
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Can You Hear the Long “u” in Unity?
Take a taste test, make and play instruments, share a story, learn about long u.
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Can you Hear the Short “o” in Bog?
Read ONE HUG, sing "Rattlin’ Bog," have fun with counting, try partner juggling.
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What Sound Does “ng” Make in Sing?
Join a NEIGHBORHOOD SING-ALONG, meet an opossum, dance to “Route 66,” make instruments.
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How Many Words in “Turn Yourself Around”?
Read BEE-BIM BOP, play the hokey pokey with shapes, tell a story with shadows.
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How Many “a’s” are in Tarantula?
Meet a tarantula named Rose and a drum named Jasmine, play rock’n’roll bingo.
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Chair Rhymes with Bear!
Meet bush babies, identify rhymes, dance like a river creature, make musical instruments.
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Square Rhymes with Care!
Draw a family tree, find shapes where you live, read about a dinosaur, explore e and f.
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Hear and High Start with “h”!
Meet chimpanzees, explore proportion, learn about your five senses, read JABARI JUMPS.
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Kid and Kind Start with “k”!
Find out about red wigglers and opera, read SUBWAY, learn letters J and K.
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Little and Listen Start with “L”!
Tell a shape story, read I USED TO BE FAMOUS, practice turning and balancing.
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People and Purple Start with “p”!
Explore where people and animals live, learn about how families are diverse.
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Stomp and Story Start with “s”!
Learn about friends, make a paper bag puppet, have fun with body percussion.
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Theatre and Ten Start with “t”!
Celebrate an owl’s birthday, try playwriting, learn about coding and letters T and U.
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World and Weather Start with “w”!
Dress paper dolls to learn math/science, read WIDE BIG WORLD and WHEN MAMA BRAIDS MY HAIR.
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Year and Young Start with “y”!
Learn how snakes and lizards are alike and different, explore shapes, do a freeze dance.
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What’s the First Sound in Friend?
Do a float/sink experiment, have a picnic inside to learn math, read COLOR DANCE.
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More Music is Alliteration!
Learn how to stop apples from browning and a song from Cuba, listen for alliteration.
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What’s the Last Sound in Clap?
Make new crayons from old ones, practice counting, have fun with body percussion.
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What’s the Last Sound in Special?
Learn about samba and soap, watch hippo zoolympics, read IT’S OKAY TO BE A UNICORN.
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What’s the Middle Sound in Walk?
Take a community walk, explore family culture, read FLYING, learn about middle vowels.
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What’s the Middle Sound in Look?
Play a fast and slow math game, make string drawings, blend sounds to make words.
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Truck and Cluck Have the Same Middle Sound!
Listen to classical music with chickens, make funny moves, do an absorption experiment.
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ST and OP make STOP!
Play a shopping game, move to the rhythm of your name, blend sounds to make words.
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Bread and Balloon Start with “b”!
Make playdough, learn math by sorting, read FRY BREAD, segment sounds in words.
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ST and EP Make STEP!
Race to the top floor, play Simon Says to blend sounds, learn about our community.
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Can You Find the Short “a” in Fast?
Create a bubble wand and number stories, blend and decode words, read FAST AND SLOW.
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Cape Rhymes with Shape!
Be a plant champion, learn about computers, play in the shadows, do a shape dance.
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What Letters Do You See in Heart?
Make ice cream, read I REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU, GRANDMA!, listen for sounds in words.
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What Letter Does Create Start With?
Meet an emperor scorpion, learn about neighborhood helpers, read A FORT ON THE MOON.
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Count Rhymes with Amount!
Thank community helpers, learn to measure, rhyme, read IF YOU PLANT A SEED.
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Day and Dog Start with D!
Be a beat boss, tell time, make a balloon blow itself up, read OUR FAVORITE DAY.
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What Letters Do You See in Find?
Think like a computer, make a cloud dance, read NERDY BABIES: OCEAN.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Kids?
Launch balloon rockets, learn about shapes, read ESCARGOT.
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Can You Find the Short “i” in Imaginative?
Make slime, be a clown, find patterns, read LOVELY, listen for sounds in words.
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B and IG Make BIG!
Learn about plants and buildings, read THIS IS THE WAY WE GO TO SCHOOL.
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I is for Insect!
Learn about bees and pollination, acting for singers, and feeling sizes; read MAMA ZOOMS.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Kind?
Make a cotton ball launcher, learn 4 basic shapes, read BABY RADAR, segment sounds.
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Can You Hear the Short “o” in Lots?
Sort shapes, learn about the 5 senses, read THE LITTLE GUYS, blend/decode short o, I, h.
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Box and Fox Both Have Short “o”!
Make vehicles from shapes, do a touch box experiment, and read DUMP TRUCK DISCO.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Construct?
Learn about computer programming and buildings, read THE BUS FOR US and I JUST LIKE YOU.
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Can You Hear the Short “u” in Sunny?
Learn to keep track of the weather, play domino parking lot, read LEO THE LATE BLOOMER.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Jog?
Learn about the core unit in patterns and human-made resources, read RUBY’S BIRDS.
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Can You Hear the Short “i” in Little?
Code without a computer, breathe deeply, read BIG PAPA AND THE TIME MACHINE.
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Environment Starts with Short “e”!
Travel around the world, learn about addition and subtraction, read ENEMY PIE.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Question?
Learn about number bonds and what makes you unique, read LLAMA DESTROYS THE WORLD.
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Can You Hear the Short “e” in Level?
Learn to use spatial language, make non-dairy ice cream, read MY FRIENDS, segment sounds.
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Word and Hand Both End with “d”!
Play math games, learn how to use a compass rose, read MY BROTHER CHARLIE.
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The Middle Sound in Plus is Short “u”!
Learn about shapes in buildings and what the equal sign means, read SPRING IS HERE.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Class?
Learn how citizens can change laws, sing about the letter M, read MAMA, LOOK!
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Shape Starts with “sh”!
Meet a tailless whip scorpion, draw patterns, read POLAR BEAR’S UNDERWEAR.
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Can You Hear the “sh” in Wish?
Visit parts of a neighborhood, read THE MANY COLORS OF HARPREET SINGH & COUNT ON ME.
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Little and Line Both Begin with “L”!
Take a line for a walk, count with trains, read A BIG SURPRISE FOR LITTLE CARD.
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Cheer Starts with “ch”!
Do a job dance, put numbers together, read ROUND TRIP, blend/decode words with ch.
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CL and AP Make CLAP!
Learn about basic needs for animals, sing “Bell Horses,” read ASTRO GIRL.
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Chart Starts with “ch”!
Explore beats vs. rhythm, build a raft, learn about fractions, read ALL ABOUT LIGHT.
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Thin and Thick Both Start with “th”!
Learn about facades and community service, read HOW MANY STARS IN THE SKY?
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Where Starts with “wh”!
Learn about animal shelters, create a dance map, read OVER AND UNDER THE POND.
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Can You Find the “tch” in Watch?
Sing “Five Little Pumpkins,” look at facades, read IVY AND THE LONELY RAIN CLOUD.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in “Splash”?
Draw shapes you find at home, use + to write an addition equation, read JABARI JUMPS.
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Slow and Fast are Opposites!
Learn about musical opposites, read MISS DOROTHY AND HER BOOK MOBILE, write equations.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Square?
Transform paper, learn about building façade shapes, read FRIENDSHAPE.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Glass?
Read WHY AM I ME?, sing a song, discover the "l" sound, and learn about facades.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Plants?
Make a collage character, sing about a houseplant, identify shapes, read COME ON, RAIN.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Play?
Sing Irish and Zulu songs, read RUBY FINDS A WORRY and MR. LINCOLN’S WHISKERS.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Brick?
Learn about space for nature, look closely at building materials, read MOMMA’S WORK SHOES.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Brave?
Make a thermometer, move to music like animals, read PERFECTLY NORMAN.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Crunch?
Learn about different kinds of communities, set a table for a party, read ALFIE.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Bump?
Play bottle cap hockey, sing songs from around the world, read HOW DO YOU WOKKA WOKKA?
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Rock?
Explore public/private spaces, compare “more than” and “same as,” read I GOT THE RHYTHM.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Strong?
Measure how high different balls bounce, read HARBOR, learn to handle stress.
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Can You Find the Long “e” in Here?
Learn about primary colors and what animals eat, read WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS.
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Can You Find the Long “i” in Right?
Learn to sort things you find in nature, mix colors, read TRUCK¸ practice long e, I, o.
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M and AP Make MAP!
Learn about maps & protecting the environment, read MACHINES AT WORK, blend and decode ‘s.
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Can You Hear the Long “e” in Sleeping?
Explore maps and what make makes animals happy, read HUSH, review long e, I, o.
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Can You Find the Long “a” in Taste?
Find a secret hidden number, do a taste test, read BE A FRIEND, blend and decode long a.
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Can You Find the Long “a” in Play?
Learn about coding, celebrate an owl’s birthday, read TITO PUENTE, MAMBO KING.
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Can You Hear the Soft “c” in Celebrate?
Learn magic tricks, how to make scary sounds, & why families are important, read ABC NYC.
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Can You Hear the Long “a” in Rainbow?
Explore rhythms using food, identify hexagons, read BLACK IS A RAINBOW, review long a.
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FL and Y make FLY!
Compare using “fewer than” & “same as,” read THE BOY AND THE BINDI & WE ARE THE DINOSAURS.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Write?
Sing with solfege, read POUT POUT FISH & WHEN SOPHIE GETS MAD, learn about silent letters.
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Can You Hear the Long “i” in Time?
Learn how animals stay healthy, practice more/less/same, read SKIP THROUGH THE SEASONS.
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Can You Hear the Long “u” in Unique?
Learn about plants & shapes, read ALL THE WAYS TO BE SMART, blend/decode long u, e.
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Can You Find the Long “e” in Here?
Make bouncing bubbles, play “traffic jam,” sing traveling music, read HOW A SEED GROWS.
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Can You Hear the Soft “g” in Page?
Make a heart map, explore rhythm/beat, identify solid figures, read BOOK FIESTA.
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Map Rhymes With Clap!
Learn about animal homes, sing forte and piano, read THE FAVORITE BOOK.
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Can You Hear the Long “e” in Cheer?
Learn how animals have fun, read FIRE! FUEGO! BRAVE BOMBEROS.
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Speak and Green Both Have Long “e”!
Meet dinosaurs, explore melodies, read GREEN IS A CHILI PEPPER, practice long e.
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Can You Hear the Short “e” in Head?
Be a plant and feelings detective, read SAVING GRANDDADDY'S STORIES, learn about short e.
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Heat Rhymes with Repeat!
Learn how animals stay warm & cool, explore identity, read PHYLLIS WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
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Can You Hear the Long “a” in Way?
Explore shapes and patterns, read HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH.
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Brain and Same Both Have Long “a”!
Use brain powers, create sets with 1 more, read MAX AND THE TALENT SHOW, practice long a.
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Can You Find the Apostrophe in “Let’s”?
Learn about animal comfort & stress, change shapes into forms, read THE THING ABOUT BEES.
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Can You Hear the Long “o” in Know?
Dissect flowers, make a collage, read FRIEND FOR HENRY, practice long o vowel teams.
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Can You Hear the Long “i” in Wide?
Compare by length and height, read DADDY'S ARMS and THE GIRL WHO NEVER MADE MISTAKES.
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Can You Hear the Long “o” in Whole?
Explore teen numbers, read GROSS GREG and SAME, SAME BUT DIFFERENT, review long o and i.
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Can You Hear the Long “i” in Night?
Explore the ocean and the best parts of us, read LUCIA THE LUCHADORA, decode long i.
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Can You Hear the Long “i” in Try?
Learn about water cycles and a reindeer dance, read PEQUENA MARIA DISCOVERS HER DANCE.
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Can You Hear the Long “i” in Find?
Explore 3D shapes, make a paper collage, read ABC NYC, blend/decode long and short i.
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Can You Hear the Long “o” In Shadow?
Make instruments to explore pitch, learn a dance from Uganda, read SHADOW.
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What’s the Sound of “ar” in Sparkle?
Make a paper collage, explore number 6, read SKIP THROUGH THE SEASONS, blend/decode AR.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Partner?
Explore mammals & color rhythms, read BAHAR, THE LUCKY, practice r-controlled vowel ar.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in Number?
Play “Which Instrument is It?”, count to 10 in different ways, read A MOST UNUSUAL DAY.
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Can You Hear the “ar” in Car?
Learn about the social lives of animals, sing transportation songs, read THINK BIG.
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Can You Hear the “or” in Forest?
Sing a song from Ghana, explore the woods, read A BAG IN THE WIND.
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What Sounds Do You Hear in More?
Learn to dance with Mr. Met, make a collage of an animal, read WOODPECKER GIRL.
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How Many Syllables are in Thinker?
Make rhythmic body sounds, add using an open number line, read THINKER.
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How Many Syllables are in Support?
Learn about fearful animals, sing about body parts in Spanish, read JULIÁN IS A MERMAID.
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Can You Hear the “er” in Water?
Learn about water, count 10-20, read WRINKLES, decode r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur.
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What Sound Does “ur” Make in Nature?
Explore clouds and how the piano is like an orchestra, take an imaginary nature walk.
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Super and Power Both End in “er”!
Learn about number 7, power poses, and Spanish greetings, read SUPER SATYA SAVES THE DAY.
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What Sound Does “ur” Make in Measure?
Make a collage of an imaginary animal, read ROU AND THE GREAT RACE, play “Race or Pace.”
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What’s the Sound of “ing” in Playing?
Learn about rain and the electric bass guitar, pace yourself, read SMALL WORLD.
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What’s the Sound of “nk” in Think?
Make beautiful stuff, learn all about the number 8, read LITTLE BUNNY’S BALLOON.
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How Many Syllables are in Wonder?
Explore camouflage, sing songs from Ghana, read THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACK BOY.
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Which is Heavier: One Apple or Two Apples?
Defy gravity, learn secret code words for fast and slow in music, read WHOOO KNEW?
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Let’s Clap and Count!
Learn about the science behind mind reading, count shells, read MY BIG FAMILY.
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How Many Syllables are in Invent?
Invent your own instrument, make 10 to add numbers to 20, read ONE GOLDEN RULE AT SCHOOL.
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We Are Stronger Together!
Learn to dance bomba and grow food in a city, read WOLF CUB’S SONG.
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We’re Reducing, Reusing and Recycling!
Learn all about rhythm and the number 9, read A BAG IN THE WIND.
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What’s the Sound of “oo” in Book?
Explore animals’ form and function, sing about the 3 little pigs, read THE LITTLE BOX.
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Can You Hear the Long “o” in Cold?
Get the power of invisibility, learn about wedges and pulleys with Super Grover 2.0.
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Incredible Starts with Short “i”!
Solve problems with Super Grover 2.0, catch a rainbow, hear a piano sound like a cuckoo.
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Can You Hear the Long “a” in Make?
Help Super Grover 2.0 get a cow down steps, learn about coins, tempo, and long vowel a.
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What Sound Does “gl” Make in Glove?
Play the glockenspiel, help Super Grover 2.0 make a cart move, read TWO WOOL GLOVES.
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Can You Find the Short “u” in Subtract?
Help Super Grover 2.0 solve a prickly problem, read ALL THE WAYS TO BE SMART.
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Can You Hear the Long “i” in Mind?
Learn the Spanish words for colors, explore the magic of geometry and another dimension.
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What Sound Does “ie” Make in Piece?
Read YUM! YUCK!, learn about the long e sound, make sculptures, and discover meter.
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What Sound Does “aw” Make in Draw?
Read a story, discover "au" and "aw," learn about density, count, and move with music.
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Running and Counting Both End in “ing”!
Move to improve, find the missing number, learn songs from Ghana, read ABUELITA’S SECRET.
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Unfold Starts with “un”!
Read SCHOOL BUS and draw one, learn about prefixes and pitch, build sculptures.
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