The a-r Song

This video segment from Between the Lions is a music video featuring Fonix singing about the joys of the “ar” sound.

The Ants and the Grasshopper

This video segment from Between the Lions emphasizes "m" words through an original, animated retelling of the classic Aesop's fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper."

Arty Smartypants: snail/nail

In this video segment from Between the Lions, Arty takes an “s” from snail to make a nail. He uses props to illustrate words.

At the Library

This video segment from Between the Lions is a song about things that you find or do at the library and notes items starting with each letter of the alphabet.

Blending Bowl: Dine

In this video segment from Between the Lions, two football teams, "d" and "ine," crash together to make the word "dine."

City Country Rap (c)

In this video segment from Between the Lions, the animated hip hop duo Rhymo and Hip rap about the hard "c" and soft "c" sounds while telling the difference between the country and the city.

City Mouse and Country Mouse

This video segment from Between the Lions places emphasis on "c" words as it retells an original version of Aesop’s fable. A city mouse and a country mouse trade living spaces only to discover there’s no place like home.

Dixie Chimps: Delighted You're Mine (d)

In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Dixie Chimps sing about a clumsy monkey boyfriend, demonstrating the letter “d.”

Dixie Chimps: Double o Heaven (oo)

In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Dixie Chimps sing a country ballad about words that contain double “o.”

Dixie Chimps: Goodbye, Chick (ch)

In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Dixie Chimps sing a song about an annoying chicken, emphasizing the “ch” sound.

Dixie Chimps: Home is Where Long o Is (long o)

In this video segment from Between the Lions, the Dixie Chimps sing a country ballad about long “o.”

Double e, ee

This video segment from Between the Lions features the group Fonix singing about the letters double "e" (ee) and words that contain double "e."

Double o, oo

This video segment from Between the Lions features the group Fonix singing about the letters double "o" (oo), words that contain double "o," and where double "o" can be found in the world.

Fred Says: hot

In this video segment from Between the Lions, Fred combines the “h” and “ot” to form the word “hot.”

Fred Says: rocket

This video segment from Between the Lions shows the practice of sounding out the word "rocket" part by part, blending sounds together to form a word.

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Gawain’s Word: box

This video segment from Between the Lions features the Knights of Blending Fields demonstrating an important element of phonemic awareness: blending word parts to make a word.

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Get Your Mouth Moving

In this video segment from Between the Lions, Fred sings an up-tempo, jazzy-rag scat with the "a" vowel sound and various consonants.

Hung Up On h

In this video segment from Between the Lions, Tammy Lionette (Cleo) and Jasmine Guy sing about the confusing “h” sound in a Western style.

If You Can Read: at

In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated stick figure sings about different words that can be read "if you can read at."

If You Can Read: en

In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated stick figure sings about different words that can be read "if you can read en."