Phonemic Awareness
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The a-r SongThis video segment from Between the Lions is a music video featuring Fonix singing about the joys of the “ar” sound. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
The Ants and the GrasshopperThis 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." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Arty Smartypants: snail/nailIn this video segment from Between the Lions, Arty takes an “s” from snail to make a nail. He uses props to illustrate words. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
At the LibraryThis 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. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Blending Bowl: DineIn this video segment from Between the Lions, two football teams, "d" and "ine," crash together to make the word "dine." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
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. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
City Mouse and Country MouseThis 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. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
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.” |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
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.” |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
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. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
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.” |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Double e, eeThis video segment from Between the Lions features the group Fonix singing about the letters double "e" (ee) and words that contain double "e." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Double o, ooThis 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. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Fred Says: hotIn this video segment from Between the Lions, Fred combines the “h” and “ot” to form the word “hot.” |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
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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Pre-K-1 |
Video |
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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Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Get Your Mouth MovingIn this video segment from Between the Lions, Fred sings an up-tempo, jazzy-rag scat with the "a" vowel sound and various consonants. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Hung Up On hIn this video segment from Between the Lions, Tammy Lionette (Cleo) and Jasmine Guy sing about the confusing “h” sound in a Western style. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
If You Can Read: atIn this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated stick figure sings about different words that can be read "if you can read at." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
If You Can Read: enIn this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated stick figure sings about different words that can be read "if you can read en." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
If You Can Read: opIn this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated stick figure sings about different words that can be read "if you can read op." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
I Love ContractionsIn this video segment from Between the Lions, the singers of Fonix sing about their love for contractions. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
It's a p-h!In this video segment from Between the Lions, the puppet band Phish performs a song about the “ph” sound. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Poem: Four SeasonsIn this video segment from Between the Lions, the Lions recite a poem about the seasons. All words are shown on screen. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Poem: I Like It When It’s MizzlyThis video segment from Between the Lions recites a poem about mizzly, rainy weather. The poem features many words that end with "y" and all text appears on screen. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Poem: Ode to the Washing MachineIn this video segment from Between the Lions, a poem about a washing machine is recited and animated. It features vocabulary words and all text appears on screen. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Q Without UThis video segment from Between the Lions is a song about how you never see the letter “q” without the letter “u.” |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Shush (sh)In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cleo Lion sings in a nightclub setting where she laments over the “sh” sound. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Sloppy Pop (o)In this video segment from Between the Lions, Sloppy Pop and his band sing to passersby in the street about the letters "o" and "p." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Stone SoupThis video segment from Between the Lions emphasizes the "s" throughout this original, animated version of the popular folktale "Stone Soup." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Sven Said Ten Cents (e)In this video segment from Between the Lions, monkeys, dressed as cossacks, sing a tongue twister. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
This Is the Sixth SisterIn this video segment from Between the Lions, real kids and adults try to correctly say the tongue twister, “This Is the Sixth Sister.” |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
The Two Sounds Made by cIn this video segment from Between the Lions, Tammy Lionette (Cleo) sings about the two sounds made by the letter "c." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
The Two Sounds Made by gThis video segment from Between the Lions is a mixed-media song performed by Fonix about the two sounds made by the letter "g." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
The un People: buttoned/unbuttonedIn this video segment from Between the Lions, the evil un people unbutton Monica Maxwell's parka, then the heroic re people rebutton her parka. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Upper and LowercaseThis video segment from Between the Lions stars an Elvis-like singer singing about upper and lower case letters. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Vowel Boot Camp: not/noteIn this video segment from Between the Lions, vowel letterheads and Sergeant Mark (who is an exclamation point) chant the silent "e" rule then letterhead "o" gives its long and short sounds. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
We Choose to Cha Cha Cha (ch)This video segment from Between the Lions features Theo and Cleo singing a song and dancing the Cha Cha to demonstrate the "ch" sound. |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
What’s Your Name? This video segment from Between the Lions uses a fun hip-hop song about names to highlight the /uh/ sound that the letter "u" makes and to boost phonemic awareness—an understanding of the sounds within words.
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Pre-K-1 |
Video |
When Two Vowels Go WalkingIn this video segment from Between the Lions, animated letters walk down a road while the the song explains the rule: "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking." |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
Without an ingIn this video segment from Between the Lions, the Lions sing about the importance of the letter combination “ing.” |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
W TroubleIn this video segment from Between the Lions, Cleo plays country western singer Tammy Lionette and sings about the difficulties she has with the tricky letter “w.” |
Pre-K-1 |
Video |
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