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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

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Creating a Family Song

Creating a Family Song

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Stories and Sequencing

Stories and Sequencing

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Shades of Meaning

Shades of Meaning

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Language and Experience

Language and Experience

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Rhyming up the stairs

Rhyming up the stairs

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Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing

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Matching Antonyms

Matching Antonyms

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Prepositions of place

Prepositions of place

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Recognizing Signs

Recognizing Signs

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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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