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- Hello, there.

My name is Suzanne Bloom.

and I get to make up stories and draw pictures.

That's my job.

Then I put them into books.

I write and illustrate picture books.

I'm going to share one with you today.

Behind me you see the main characters from "The Bus For Us."

And their names are Gus and Tess.

Also behind me are my new characters for a book I'm working on right now.

Their names are Zach and Ike.

And you can see, there are a lot of drawings.

That's because I have to do hundreds of drawings before I get it just right.

And I want to get it just right because you're going to see it in a picture book.

So that's very important to me.

Now, I would like to share "The Bus For Us."

As I said, Gus and Tess are the main characters and Tess always asks, "Is this the bus for us, Gus?"

Every single time.

And Gus is very patient.

Well, he's pretty patient.

Well, you decide for yourself.

Shall we start?

"Is this the bus for us, Gus?"

What do you think?

Hmm, let's see.

"No, Tess, this is a taxi."

You knew that, right?

"Is this the bus for us, Gus?"

Hmm.

"No, Tess, this is a tow truck."

Did you notice that a dog came into the picture?

That was my dog.

And two new friends are on this page.

What do you think Tess is gonna say?

"Is this the bus for us, Gus?"

What do you think?

Hmm.

"No, Tess, this is a fire engine."

They're pretty noisy, aren't they?

Oh, did you see the cat?

I bet you can find the cat.

"Is this the bus for us, Gus?

Hmm, I don't think so, but I wish I had some right now.

"No, Tess, this is an ice cream truck."

Yum.

"Is this the bus for us, Gus?"

Maybe, yes, no?

"No, Tess, this is a garbage truck."

Or trash truck or [speaking in foreign language].

See the skunk?

In my town, Mr. Taft has a skunk on his truck and a sign that says "Our business stinks, but it's picking up."

Uh-oh.

Tess's crayons have fallen out.

And you might notice that a turtle has escaped.

There's a lot going on in the drawings.

Also, the dog has chased the cat right out of the book.

"Is this the bus for us, Gus?"

Are we getting closer?

It's got some of the same colors.

What do you think?

"No, Tess, this is a backhoe."

Oh, did you see more kids have come onto the page and they're all getting ready.

I hope they're getting ready.

One last time.

"Is this the bus for us, Gus?"

How does Gus look?

How do the kids look?

Are they all lined up?

Are they ready?

Do you think it's the bus?

Let's see.

"Yes, Tess, this is the bus for us.

Let's go."

Now I only put about seven cars and trucks in the book.

I think, you'd have to count them to make sure.

But I bet you could think of all kinds of other ways that would be fun and exciting ways to get to school.

And you could draw those vehicles and make your own book.

And maybe is this the spaceship for us?

Is this the motorcycle for us?

You would come up with all kinds of great ideas and all you need is some paper and a pencil and your brain.

Thank you for sharing this book with me.

I draw lots and lots of animals and people, kids.

And one of my books has just two or three animals in it, a goose and a polar bear and a little fox.

And I thought, well, I would like to try some other animals.

So, I lined up, I auditioned, I thought about drawing many more and they all show up in a newer book called "I just like you."

Now, if you were to count all the different animals in this book, I think there are about 53.

However, it would be good if you counted them for yourself to find the exact number.

Let's start.

"I just like you."

"Here are four friends.

They're very different.

They have feathers and fur and spikies."

Let's see what happens.

Two more friends.

"You don't look just like me."

"You don't see the things I see."

Did you ever look up at clouds and you saw one thing and maybe your friend saw a different thing?

That's what's happening here.

"You don't walk just like me."

"You don't talk just like me."

Oh, there's our four friends.

And I think Fox is being very loud and Hedgehog is being very quiet.

Do you have any loud friends?

Do you have any quiet friends?

"You just like me.

You just like me.

You just like me."

I think they're having a dance party.

"I like your flip-flops."

"Thank you."

"I like your glasses."

"You do?"

"I like to build things.

Do you?"

"I can paint."

"Me too."

"I like to take my time."

"I'm speedy."

"You are tall."

"Yes, indeedy."

Really is.

"Let's be dancy."

"Let's be fancy."

"Sometimes I'm shy."

"So am I."

"So am I" Are you shy sometimes?

I'm shy sometimes.

"You like exploring.

I do too."

"I like stories, just like you."

Who's telling a story?

Is it a scary story?

"So even though I don't dress just like you, or do my hair like you do, I don't eat just like you, or even read just like you."

"I just like you.

I just like you.

I just like you.

Yes, I do."

Thank you for listening to my stories.

I have a lot of fun drawing them and even more fun reading them and sharing them.

I hope that you do too.

Bye for now.

- Hi movers and shakers, this is Violent.

It's time to do a little singing and moving.

I really like this song 'cause it's about ants which are a little bugs that sometimes crawl into your apartment.

For this song, we're going to march.

So you can march in your seat like this.

You can stand up and march.

Or you can keep the time on your lap.

♪ The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah ♪ ♪ The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah ♪ ♪ The ants go marching one by one ♪ ♪ The little one stops to suck his thumb ♪ ♪ And go all go marching down to the ground ♪ ♪ To get out of the rain ♪ ♪ The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah ♪ ♪ The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah ♪ ♪ The ants go marching two by two ♪ ♪ The little one stops to tie his shoe ♪ ♪ And they go marching down to the ground ♪ ♪ To get out of the rain ♪ Thanks for singing with me.

[upbeat music] - Hello scholars.

Welcome to a wonderful day of learning.

My name is Anna and I am so thrilled to be working with you today.

Today, we're going to work on our phonological awareness skills, which is how we hear and produce sounds without actually looking at the letters that represent those sounds.

We're going to do this by playing an alliteration game.

Then we're going to isolate some phonemes or sounds.

And then we're also going to segment sounds in one syllable words.

After that, we will blend and read some words and sentences.

This is going to be so much fun.

Let's get started.

Alliteration is when the same sound appears in a series of words.

So for example, in the sentence, "Fred found five fish," The /f/ sound is repeated in each word.

Listen, "Fred found five fish."

You see?

All right, I'm going to say a set of words.

If you hear the same sound in those sets of words, you're going to give me a thumbs up.

If you do not hear the same sound in the set of words, you're going to give me a thumbs down.

Are you ready?

Now, listen closely.

And it sometimes helps of you repeat the words to see does your mouth form the same way each time.

Here's your first set of words.

Two tiny toads.

Thumbs up, they start the same, or thumbs down, they don't.

Two tiny toads.

Thumbs up, two /t/ tiny /t/ toads.

They all start with that /t/ sound.

All right, here's the next set of words.

Red rooster.

That's right.

Red rooster.

Both start with the /r/ sound.

How about yellow lemon?

You gave me a thumbs down, that's correct because yellow starts with the /y/ sound, while lemon starts with the /l/ sound.

Notice how your mouth forms differently for /y/ yellow and /l/ lemon.

All right, how about these words?

Large round rocks.

Ooh, this was a tricky one.

I saw some of you start to give me the thumbs up, and you went "Wait, no."

Because round and rocks do start with that /r/, but large /l/ starts with the /l/ sound, so that was thumbs down.

Nice job.

All right, how about busy bike builder?

Thumbs up.

They all start with the /b/ sound.

All right, last one, seven super sons.

That's right.

They all start with the /s/ sound.

Scholars, you are simply stupendous.

Let's move on to another activity.

Now we're going to look at some pictures.

We'll identify what the picture is, and then I want us to isolate that initial sound that we hear in the picture.

Can I show you what I mean?

So let's take a look at this first picture.

When I look at this picture, I see a book.

Hmm, the word book starts with the /b/ sound.

/B/, /b/, book.

You try, repeat after me.

/B/, /b/, book.

Beautiful.

So now I'm going to show you some other pictures.

We'll first identify what the picture is, and then you're going to tell me what is the first sound you hear in that word?

You ready?

Let's go.

So this is a picture of a log.

What's the first sound you hear in the word log?

/L/, everyone say /l/, /l/, log.

Let's try the next one.

This is a picture of a lock.

What is the first sound you hear in the word lock?

Right again, everyone say, /l/, /l/, lock.

Let's try the next picture.

This is a picture of a hook.

What is the first sound you hear in the word hook?

If you said /h/, you're correct.

Everyone say /h/, /h/, hook.

This is a picture of a hat.

What is the first sound you hear in the word hat?

That's right, everyone say /h/, /h/, hat.

This is a picture of a goat.

What is the first sound you hear in the word goat?

If you said /g/, you're correct.

Everyone say /g/, /g/, goat.

Ooh, look at this picture.

This is a picture of a gate.

What is the first sound you hear in the word gate?

Right again, /g/, /g/, gate.

Repeat it.

This is a picture of a boat.

What's the first sound you hear in the word boat?

That's right, /b/, everyone say /b/, /b/, boat.

This is a picture of a bat.

What is the first sound you hear in the word bat?

Right again, everyone repeat, /b/, /b/, bat.

All right, last one.

You're doing such a great job.

This is a picture of a bag.

What's the first sound you hear in the word bag?

Right again, /b/, /b/, bag.

Repeat it.

Awesome job.

All right, you're ready for our final phonological awareness activity for today.

I'm going to say a word.

Your job is to break it up into its individual sounds.

So watch me first.

If I were to say the word "up," hmm, up.

Well, I hear the /u/ sound in the beginning of up, up.

And I hear the /p/ sound at the end.

So the word "up" would be broken up into /u/ /p/.

Let's try one more and then you're going to be on your own.

The word "go."

What's the first sound we hear in the word go?

Hmm, /g/.

So the first sound we hear is /g/.

Now, what else did we hear?

Go.

The last sound we hear is /o/, so we would break up "go" into /g/ and /o/.

All right, are you ready to try one on your own?

How would you break up this word into its individual sounds?

"Hey."

If you said /h/ and /A/, you would be correct.

/H/, /A/, hey.

How about the word "us"?

If you said /u/ /s/, us, you would be correct.

All right, how about the word "kick"?

Great job, kick actually has three sounds.

/K/ /i/ /k/.

How about the word "hide"?

That's right, hide would be broken up into /h/ /I/ /d/.

All right, how about the word "team"?

Beautiful, /t/ /E/ /m/, team.

All right, last word.

"Sock."

Great job, /s/ /o/ /k/.

Those are the three sounds that we hear in the word "sock."

All right.

You're ready to go on to our final activity.

Now let's do our sound-by-sound blending routine.

But first, let's quickly review some letter sounds.

I'm going to a point to a letter and I want you to tell me the sound it represents, all right?

So, what sound does this letter represent?

That's right, one of the sounds that this letter represents is /f/.

What sound does this letter represent?

Correct, /i/ is one of the sounds that this letter represents.

What about this letter?

/O/ is one of the sounds that this letter represents.

How about this lowercase letter?

That's right, /l/ is the sound that is represented by this letter.

How about this last letter?

What sound does it represent?

Correct, /h/.

Remember when we do our word blending routine, we start by saying each individual sound.

Then we blend the first two together and say the last sound.

And then finally we blend all three sounds together.

So let's try that with a couple of words.

So with this word, I would say, /h/ /o/ /p/.

Then I would say /ho/ /p/.

Finally, I would say /hop/.

Okay, how about this word?

Let's see if you can help me blend this word.

What's this word?

/L/ /i/ /d/, /li/ /d/, and finally altogether /lid/.

Great, let's do one more.

/H/ /f/ /d/, /hf/ /d/, and finally /hfd/.

All right, you are definitely ready for our blending line routine.

Take 15 seconds to read through this list.

Then we will read through it all together.

[bouncy music] Row one: hit, lot, lit, got, pot.

Line two: hot, hat, lap, not, hop.

Line three: bat, big, sit, bag, kit.

Line four: fog, frog, hop, shop.

Let's go onto some sentences.

"Bob, is the pot hot?"

Line six: "Dot naps on the hat."

Awesome job.

Scholars, you did such a wonderful job.

You were able to strengthen those phonological awareness skills by identifying the initial sounds in words you hear, and you even segmented words into its individual sounds.

You also used our sound-by-sound blending routine to blend and read words with the short A, I and O sounds.

Keep practicing blending words as you read and write and have a trusted adult read along with you.

Well, until next time scholars, be safe, keep learning and have fun.

Bye.

[upbeat music] - Oh, hey, friends, I didn't see you there.

I was just programming a character to play a game.

Do you know what programming is?

Do you know what a computer programmer does?

It's a very important job.

A computer programmer is someone who writes step-by-step instructions that tells a computer what to do.

Computers cannot think on their own and humans need to give them detailed instructions.

We use computer programs for many things like games we play, for going on the internet, watching videos, and even for making cool special effects in movies we watch.

We're gonna practice programming today.

But to do this, I need a friend.

Hey, Jorge, are you there?

- Hey, Valerie.

- Hey, Jorge, do you want to play a game with me?

- Sure, I'd love to play a game with you.

What kind of game is it?

- Well for this game, you're going to be the programmer and I'm going to be the computer.

You are going to give me step-by-step instructions to draw a picture.

I can't see the picture.

And when I'm done, you're gonna show me the real drawing to see if I followed your instructions.

Friends at home, you can play too.

You're gonna need something to write with and a piece of paper, so go get that.

- That sounds like a lot of fun.

I can't wait to play.

All right, Valerie, are you ready to draw?

- Yes.

- Okay, first I want you to draw a large circle.

- Okay.

- Next, I want you to draw a triangle coming off of the circle on the side.

- Okay.

- Now I want you to draw another triangle on the other side of the circle.

- Okay, I did it.

- Okay, next, I want you to draw an upside down triangle in the middle of the circle.

- Okay.

- Now I want you to draw a dot on the side, inside of the circle.

- Okay.

- And now I want you to draw another dot to the other side.

- Okay.

Okay, let's see if I drew the right thing.

[laughing] - It was supposed to be a cat, but that looks more like a bird or an owl.

Let's try this one more time and I'll try to give you better instructions.

- Yes.

- Okay, I want you to draw a large square.

- Okay, I did it.

- Okay, next, I want you to draw another triangle on top of the square with the pointy side pointing up.

- Okay.

- Okay, Next, I want you to draw two rectangles inside of the square.

- Okay.

- All right, Valerie, those are all the instructions.

What do you got?

- Is this what I was supposed to draw?

- Not quite.

That's not exactly what I was thinking.

What about you?

Did you draw what I was thinking?

I was thinking of a house.

- Oh, man.

Okay, what if we switch and I'm the programmer and you're the computer?

- I would love to be the computer.

- Okay.

- All right, I have my tablet here, ready to draw.

- All right, are you ready?

- Okay, Valerie, I'm ready to draw.

- Okay, draw a medium-size circle.

- Okay.

- And then on top of that, draw another circle the same size.

- Okay.

- And then on top of that, draw one more circle the same size.

- Okay.

- And then go back to the first circle you drew and underneath that draw a triangle, but the pointy end of the triangle should be down.

- Okay.

- All right, what did you draw?

- Is this what you had in mind?

- Yes, this is what I had.

- [Jorge] Nice.

- We did it.

- Yay.

Wow, Valerie, that was a really fun game.

I'd love to play again sometime.

What did you learn from playing this game?

- I learned that computers need very specific instructions because they're not human and they don't know what to do.

- And you also learned that I'm a really good artist.

[laughing] - Yes, you're a really good artist.

Thanks for playing that computer programmer game with me, Jorge.

Bye.

So learners, I learned that computers need really specific instructions.

Like I said earlier, computers are not human and they don't know what to do without us.

But when Jorge told me what to draw at first, his instructions weren't clear and they weren't specific enough and that's why my drawing wasn't correct.

But when Jorge and I switched roles, I made sure to give him very detailed instructions so that his drawing was correct.

I'd like to practice with you a little more, but first I think it would be very helpful if we reviewed shapes.

What do you know about shapes?

Yes, that's correct.

Shapes have sides and they have angles.

Let's talk about a few shapes and then maybe we could play that game again, just you and me.

So the first shape we're going to talk about is a square.

And I'm going to hold up a square to show you.

If you want to practice drawing the square at home, you can too.

So how many sides does this square have?

Four, square has four sides and they're all equal.

And where the lines meet, we call that an angle.

How many angles does a square have?

Also four, good job.

Okay, let's review another shape.

I'll draw in a different color.

What shape is this?

Yes, this is a triangle and a triangle has how many sides?

Yes, a triangle has three sides.

So how many angles does a triangle have?

Yup, one, two, three, three angles.

Triangles can come in all shapes and sizes.

Let's review another shape.

What shape is this?

Yes, this is a rectangle.

Now a rectangle has the same amount of sides as a square, but what's the difference between a rectangle and a square?

Yes, you are right.

A rectangle has two sides that are the same length, and another two sides that are the same length.

But a square, all of the square sides are the same length.

How many angles does a rectangle have?

Yes, four, one, two, three, four.

Now I'm going to show you some shapes that you don't really need to know, but for our activity, you're gonna want to know how to draw them.

What shape is this?

Yes, this is the heart.

So make sure you know how to draw a heart when we do our activity.

One more shape we're going to review.

And I didn't draw my best, but this is a star.

Yes, my star has one, two, three, four, five points.

If you can't draw a star, or you don't really like to draw a star, you could also just draw some lines like that to represent a star.

You also need to know this shape.

What is the shape?

Yes, this is a circle.

A circle has no straight lines.

It is one continuous curved line that is equal distance from the center of the circle.

So for our activity, just to review, you need to know circle, triangle, square, heart, rectangle, and star, the best star you could do.

Listen very carefully to the instructions.

I'm going to go slow.

Ready?

First, I want you to draw a medium-size circle in the middle of your paper.

So this is the middle and medium, like the size of your hands.

Okay, next, I want you to draw a medium-size square below or underneath the circle, but have the top of it touch the bottom of the circle.

Got it?

Okay, now draw a medium-size star inside the square that you just drew.

Okay, next step.

You're gonna draw two smaller rectangles, one on each side of the square.

They should go the wide way, not the tall way.

And they should touch the sides of the square.

So one rectangle on each side of the square you drew going the wide way.

Okay, now draw a medium-size triangle above the circle you drew.

The bottom of the triangle should touch the top of the circle.

Okay, last step, draw one small star anywhere inside the triangle.

All right, that was tough, but your drawing should look something like this.

If you got it, good job.

If you didn't, it's okay.

We're all getting better at listening and following instructions.

Well friends, thank you so much for joining me today.

We learned a lot.

What I'd like you to do now is find a trusted adult or maybe your brother or sister or someone else at home, and I want you to play computer and programmer.

You tell them what to draw, so you'll be the programmer, and they'll have the draw it.

They'll be the computer.

And make sure you use very specific instructions.

Thank you for joining me.

Bye.

[upbeat music] - Hey everyone, this is Roxy.

Today we are going to be learning about and sorting some of the different types of buildings in our community.

How many different types of buildings can you name?

I'll give you a hint.

One type of building is a building where people live.

Do you know a word that is used to describe a building where people live?

The word is residential.

Say it with me, residential, residential.

A residential building is a building where people live.

Every building in our community has a purpose.

A school is a place where we go to learn.

A supermarket is a place where we go to buy food.

Each has its own purpose.

Today we're going to sort different buildings in our community by their purpose.

[staccato music] Let's learn about four different building categories that will help us sort the buildings in our community.

A category is a group of people or things that are similar in some way.

A residential building is a building where we live.

Have you ever seen a building that looks like this before?

How do you know people live there?

A commercial building is a place where we shop.

How do you know that this is a commercial building?

What gives it away?

An educational building is a building where we learn.

What other educational buildings can you think of besides a library?

A recreational building is a building where we go to have fun.

Have you ever been to a building like this?

Do you know what this building is used for?

It's a baseball stadium.

What do you notice it's the same about the buildings in each category?

I notice that the residential buildings and the educational building both have windows and doors.

What did you notice?

What do you notice is different about the buildings in each category?

I notice that the commercial building has very big windows that show us what's being sold inside.

Did you notice that too?

The recreational building is very big and has a very big sign so it can be seen from very far away.

Did you notice anything else that's different?

What about this building?

What category does it belong to?

How do you know?

This building is residential.

It's a house.

It's a place where people live.

What about this building?

What category does it belong to?

How do you know?

It's a pizza shop.

People go there to buy food.

It's a place where people shop, so it's a commercial building.

What about this building?

Does it look familiar?

This is a picture of a school.

It's a place where we go to learn.

It's an educational building.

What about this building?

Have you been to a building like that before?

It's a recreational building.

People go there to have fun.

Now it's time to draw a picture of your favorite building in your community.

It could be your home, a friend's house, the toy store, or the library, or anywhere else you like.

Grab a pencil and some paper and let's get started.

I like to start my drawings with shapes.

First, I'm going to draw big rectangle because the shape of my building is a rectangle.

Then I'm going to make smaller shapes inside of the big rectangle.

These smaller shapes are going to become my windows and doors.

I'm drawing a picture of my apartment building.

My apartment building is my favorite building in my community because I like to relax at home and spend time with my family.

What building are you drawing?

I'm almost done with my drawing.

Now I'm going to add a few more details before I finish.

You can add as many or as little details as you want.

I'm using lines as well.

Now I'm going to finish my drawing by adding a big door for people to go in and out of.

So this is my apartment building.

This is a place where people live.

What kind of building is this?

Is it a residential building, a commercial building, an educational building, or is it a recreational building?

It's a residential building.

It's a residential building because it's a place where people live.

Label your drawing and write what type of building it is.

You can continue working on your drawing by adding more details.

If you have crayons or markers at home, you can use them to color your drawing.

See you next time for more activities about the built environment and your community.

Bye.

[upbeat music] - Hey everybody.

My name is Garrett Ryan, and I'm a social worker and I work in the schools in Queens, but today I wanted to have a little fun so I brought something.

What did I bring?

That's right, a guitar.

And what do we do with guitars?

Yes, we play music.

So what I wanted to do today is I wanted to play a song, but I'm gonna need your help.

This song is called "The Letter Song" and I wrote it so we can practice our letters.

But what I need you to do is I need you to pick two words with every letter.

So as we practice our letters, you have to pick two words that begin with that letter and then we're gonna sing about it.

So the song goes like this.

♪ Come on and sing the letter song with me ♪ ♪ The letter song, the letter song with me ♪ All right, so our first letter is A.

So can somebody tell me what word begins with A?

That's right, apple, apple begins with A.

What's another word that begins with A?

Alligator, very good.

So let's sing like this.

♪ Let's sing about the letter A, the letter A, the letter A ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter A, /f/, /f/, /f/ ♪ ♪ Apple begins with the letter A, the letter A, the letter A ♪ ♪ Alligator begins with the letter A, /f/, /f/, /f/ ♪ Very good.

All right, so our next letter is B.

So what word begins with B?

Ball, ball begins with B, very good.

And what else?

Bed, where we go to sleep.

That's right in our beds.

Let's sing about the letter B.

♪ Come on and sing the letter song with me ♪ ♪ The letter song, the letter song with me ♪ ♪ Let's sing about the letter B, the letter B, the letter B ♪ ♪ Let's sing about the letter B, /b/, /b/, /b/ ♪ ♪ Ball beings with the letter B, the letter B, the letter B ♪ ♪ Bed begins with the letter B, /b/, /b/, /b/ ♪ Very good, our next letter is C, yes.

And what two words begin with C?

Cat, cat begins with C, you're right, and what else?

Car, so we can drive around, right?

♪ Let's sing about the letter C, the letter C, the letter C ♪ ♪ Let's sing about the letter C, /k/, /k/, /k/ ♪ ♪ Cat begins with the letter C, the letter C, the letter C ♪ ♪ Car begins with the letter C, /k/, /k/, /k/ ♪ All right, our next letter is D. So can we think of two words that begin with D?

I'm thinking of one kind of goes woof, woof, woof.

That's right, dog, dog begins with D. And another musical instrument?

A drum, very good.

♪ Sing about the letter D, the letter D, the letter D ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter D, /d/, /d/, /d/ ♪ ♪ Dog begins with the letter D, the letter D, the letter D ♪ ♪ Drum begins the letter D, /d/, /d/, /d/ ♪ You guys are doing great.

Excellent, you know a lot of words, very good.

So our next letter is E. E is our next letter.

Give me two words that begin with E. Elephant, yes, that's a great one, elephant.

And something I have for breakfast.

And egg, yes, very good.

♪ Sing about the letter E, the letter E, the letter E ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter E, /e/, /e/, /e/ ♪ ♪ Elephant begins with the letter E ♪ ♪ The letter E, the letter E ♪ ♪ Elephant begins with the letter E, /e/, /e/, /e/ ♪ Very good, so we're off to F, the letter F now.

Can we think of two words that begin with F?

Frog, yes, a frog begins with F. And something that grows in spring.

A flower, yes.

♪ Let's sing about the letter F, the letter F, the letter F ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter F, /f/, /f/, /f/ ♪ ♪ Flower begins with the letter F ♪ ♪ The letter F, the letter F ♪ ♪ Frog begins with the letter F, /f/, /f/, /f/ ♪ Wow, you're doing very well.

It's so nice, I'm having so much fun with you guys today.

All right, so our next letter is G. So what word begins with G?

Can anybody think of a word that begins with G?

I'm holding it.

That's right, guitar, and we make a lot of nice music today with guitar.

Anybody think of another letter that begins with G?

Grapes, yes, and we eat grapes.

I like grapes.

♪ Sing about the letter G, the letter G, the letter G ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter G, /g/, /g/, /g/ ♪ ♪ Guitar begins with the letter G ♪ ♪ The letter G, the letter G ♪ ♪ Grapes begin with the letter G, /g/, /g/, /g/ ♪ All right, we're up to H, H. Somebody told me a word that begins with H. Where do we live?

Yes, we live in a house, very good.

And sometimes when it's raining out or when there's too much sun, I might wear this on my head.

A hat, yes, very good.

♪ We sing about the letter H, the letter H, the letter H ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter H, /h/, /h/, /h/ ♪ ♪ House begins with the letter H, the letter H, the letter H ♪ ♪ Hat begins with the letter H, /h/, /h/, /h/ ♪ All right, very good.

This is a lot of fun, everybody.

We're up to the letter I.

Anybody think of a word that begins with I?

Wow, that's a good one, iguana.

Iguana's a lizard, yes, very good.

And this is a house that's made out of snow or ice.

Can anybody think of what it might be?

An igloo, very good.

♪ Let's sing about the letter I, the letter I, the letter I ♪ ♪ Let's sing about the letter I, /i/, /i/, /i/ ♪ ♪ Igloo begins with the letter I, the letter I, the letter I ♪ ♪ Iguana with the letter I, /i/, /i/, /i/ ♪ All right, so now J.

Let's think of a word that begins with J.

That's very good, jump, like you do in the park when we're out playing, we jump, yes.

What's another one?

I'm thinking of something that I drink in the morning with my breakfast.

Juice, very good.

♪ Sing about the letter J, the letter J, the letter J ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter J, /j/, /j/, /j/ ♪ ♪ Jump begins with the letter J, the letter J, the letter J ♪ ♪ Juice begins with the letter J, /j/, /j/, /j/ ♪ Wow, everybody's doing really well today.

All right, we're up to the letter K. Can anybody think of a word that begins with K?

That's a good one, key, key begins with K, very good.

And this is something I fly in the wind.

What could that be?

You're right, it's a kite.

♪ Let's sing about the letter K, the letter K, the letter K ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter K, /k/, /k/, /k/ ♪ ♪ Key begins with the letter K, the letter K, the letter K ♪ ♪ Kite begins with the letter K, /k/, /k/, /k/ ♪ All right, very good.

So now we're up to the letter L, L. Give me a word that begins with L. You're right, that's a scary one, a lion.

The lion roared, roar.

Very good.

What's another word that begins with L?

Right, we see those on the trees and it's a leaf.

♪ Sing about the letter L, the letter L, the letter L ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter L, /l/, /l/, /l/ ♪ ♪ Lion begins with the letter L, the letter L, the letter L ♪ ♪ Leaf begins with the letter L, /l/, /l/, /l/ ♪ All right, we're really moving along here, this is great.

So we're up to our letter M, M. What would be a word that begins with M?

A mouse, a mouse begins with M like Mickey Mouse, yes, and a mouse.

And something when I go to work and we make money, very good.

♪ Sing about the letter M, the letter M, the letter M ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter M, /m/, /m/, /m/ ♪ ♪ Mouse begins with the letter M, the letter M, the letter M ♪ ♪ Money begins with the letter M, /m/, /m/, /m/ ♪ Almost slipped on that one.

All right, our next letter is N. N is our next letter.

What would be a word that begins with N, /n/?

Nut, nut begins with N, yes.

And what else?

A person that helps us out when we're sick, like the person who's in our school, the school nurse, nurse begins with N, very good.

♪ Sing about the letter N, the letter N, the letter N ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter N, /n/, /n/, /n/ ♪ ♪ Nut begins with the letter N, the letter N, the letter N ♪ ♪ Nut begins with the letter N, /n/, /n/, /n/ ♪ Nut and nurse, very good.

All right, we're up to our letter O, O.

What's a word that begins with O?

I'm thinking of an animal that lives underneath the ocean.

He's got eight legs.

That's right, an octopus.

And what else?

A fruit, an orange, yes.

♪ Sing about the letter O, the letter O, the letter O ♪ ♪ Sing about the letter O, /o/, /o/, /o/ ♪ ♪ Octopus begins with the letter O, ♪ ♪ the letter O, the letter O ♪ ♪ Orange begins with the letter O, /o/, /o/, /o/ ♪ All right, everybody.

So that's all we have time for today, but I had so much fun playing music with you and singing and I love to play music 'cause it makes me feel happy.

So, we'll catch you all next time and remember, practice your letters and you can always use "The Letter Song".

♪ Sing about the letter song today ♪ ♪ The letter song, the letter song with me ♪ - [Announcer] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB Foundation.

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