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What's This Character Thinking?

What's This Character Thinking?

Season 2025 Episode 17
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Culturally Relevant Texts

Culturally Relevant Texts

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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

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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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Learning to Read

Blending Compound Words

Season 2025 Episode 16

Most kids can recognize simpler words, but by introducing compound words, they can build on what they already know. Use hand motions to pair parts of compound words and make learning fun!

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