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Culturally Relevant Texts

Culturally Relevant Texts

Season 2025 Episode 18
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Posing with Letter Sounds

Posing with Letter Sounds

Season 2025 Episode 19
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Creating a Family Song

Creating a Family Song

Season 2025 Episode 20
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Stories and Sequencing

Stories and Sequencing

Season 2025 Episode 21
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Shades of Meaning

Shades of Meaning

Season 2025 Episode 22
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Language and Experience

Language and Experience

Season 2025 Episode 23
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Rhyming up the stairs

Rhyming up the stairs

Season 2025 Episode 24
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Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing

Season 2025 Episode 25
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Matching Antonyms

Matching Antonyms

Season 2025 Episode 26
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Prepositions of place

Prepositions of place

Season 2025 Episode 27
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Recognizing Signs

Recognizing Signs

Season 2025 Episode 28
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Completing the Lyric

Completing the Lyric

Season 2025 Episode 29
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Learning to Read

What's This Character Thinking?

Season 2025 Episode 17

By holding a thought bubble over characters' heads while reading together, you give your child a chance to interact with stories. Demonstrating that they can put themselves in the characters' shoes proves to children that they can follow the a story's plot.

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Completing the Lyric
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Young readers can practice spelling by learning the lyrics to their favorite songs.
Recognizing Signs
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Practice spelling with names of stores your child recognizes the sign for.
Prepositions of place
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Practice prepositions with your child by visually representing them with cups and erasers.
Matching Antonyms
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Pairing simple words with their opposites is an easy way to increase a child's vocabulary.
Foreshadowing
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Ask a child to guess what will happen next when reading together to practice foreshadowing
Rhyming up the stairs
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Rhyming up the stairs is a fun way to quiz your child on word root families.
Language and Experience
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Connect speech to the written word to help kids feel more comfortable reading and writing.
Shades of Meaning
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Kids can differentiate similar verbs by using a concept called shades of meaning.
Stories and Sequencing
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Kids can practice ordering events in a story by telling their parents about their day.
Creating a Family Song
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Make sure your kids can recall important family information by creating a family song.
Posing with Letter Sounds
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Posing as letter shapes while practicing letter sounds is an active and engaging activity.
Culturally Relevant Texts
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English as a second language students can practice by reading books about their culture.
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