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- Season 2
What’s the Sound of “ing” in Playing?
May 20, 2021
What’s the Sound of “ing” in Playing?
Learn about rain and the electric bass guitar, pace yourself, read SMALL WORLD, explore final blends ng, nk and inflection -ing. LET’S LEARN helps children ages 3-8 with at-home learning. One-hour programs feature instruction by educators and virtual field trips.
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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A is for Ant!
Make a flying star and paper, meet a porcupine, watch marching ants and sing about them.
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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 “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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