Curated Video
Blending {Phonemic Awareness}
This video has kids practice blending sounds without seeing the letters to prepare for blending print. Phonemic Awareness is one of the biggest predictors of reading success. Once kids are able to rhyme, blend and segment, they are ready...
Curated Video
Let's Learn SEGMENTING WORDS {Phonemic Awareness}
Phonemic Awareness is a key pre-reading skill. In this video kids practice segmenting first words in compound words and then up to five phonemes or sounds in words. Segmenting words is a critical pre-reading skill.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Super Why!: The Three Little Pigs
Using this Super Why! episode, students see the importance of making friends using the story of The "Three Little Pigs". Students also have the opportunity to practice the alphabet, identify the letters W, O, L and F, rhyme using words...
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Pbs Learning Media: Super Why!: Little Miss Muffet
In this Super WHY! episode, students learn how to treat a friend in the story of "Little Miss Muffet". Students also follow the alphabet, practice spelling, and use the power of reading to change a story. Students follow along as Red...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Pre Reading: Asking and Answering Questions
A teacher uses whole-class instruction and a graphic organizer to guide students as they formulate and answer questions related to their text.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Preparing to Read
This lesson explains how to prepare to read. This tutorial shares a short audio lesson [02:43] and supplemental notes with the lesson's content.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video: 'Prepare to Read by Jotting What You Already Know'
In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare for reading by jotting what you already know. [4:14]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Debajo De Un Boton
Cantar ayuda a los ninos a aprender como usamos el lenguaje y mejora su habilidad de poder escuchar los pequenos sonidos en una palabra. Y es mu divertido! [1:15]
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Pbs Learning Media: Mother and Father
Doing rhymes with actions helps stretch out the words. This rhyme reinforces familiar words that children know, like Mother and Father. But you can change the words to ones you may use instead, such as Mommy and Daddy. [0:46]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pin Pon
In this video [1:23] presenters model the Pin Pon song in Spanish, and explain how it helps children build important pre-reading skills.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Shoe the Old Horse
Research shows that babies can recognize words long before they can talk. Using rhymes makes it easy to remember and also introduces new words. Repeating these playful rhymes helps your baby's brain connections to grow. [0:57]
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Everything I Need to Know Before I'm Five: Book Trailer
This site shares a book trailer about the "Everything I Need to Know Before I'm Five" children's book. The story was written and illustrated by Valorie Fisher. It shares letters of the alphabet and counting basics for students who will...
Other
Have Fun Teaching: Alphabet Song (You Tube)
This video uses a fun way to teach the alphabet, letter sounds, and phonics.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Reach for the Ceiling
In this video [1:23] presenter models Reach for the Ceiling rhyme, and explain how the child will learn the exercise and follow directions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Here Is the Beehive
This rhyme can start a conversation with your child about where bees live, where they keep their honey, how they sound and what they look like. It can help your child learn new words and how the world works. In this video [1:01]...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literacy Strategies
This is a collection of 23 short videos of literacy strategies for PreK-3