DO YOU HEAR THE “IND” IN KIND?

LET’S LEARN about our five senses! Test your sense of smell. Learn circus tricks. Watch a mongoose dig. Read THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF. Solve “The Case of the Not So Sly.” Play an inverse operations game. One-hour programs help children ages 4-7 learn while having fun. Content provided by Brooklyn Preschool of Science, Divinity Roxx, Feel Your Best Self, Houston Zoo, New Victory, Meet the Helpers.

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DO YOU HEAR THE “AW” IN DRAW?

LET’S LEARN about babies! Read THE MIDNIGHT BABIES. Meet baby elephants and anteaters. Solve “The Case of the Moderation Mishap.” Play “Time to Move.” Learn what a paramedic does. One-hour programs help children ages 4-7 learn while having fun. Content provided Divinity Roxx, Feel Your Best Self, Houston Zoo, Meet the Helpers.

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TIME TO MOVE

Learn to tell time using analog and digital clocks. Then use that skill to play a movement game with Zoe Kleinmann, Milena, and Ania!

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COMPLEX VOWEL AW

Explore complex vowel “aw” with Isabel Simmons. Learn about the different ways to spell the sound: “au,” “aw,” and “a(lk).” Practice reading, blending, and writing words with the “aw” sound.

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MAKE TEN

Play a math game with Zoe Kleinmann and Ania called “Make Ten.” See how they use artificial candles and a ten frame to find the different ways that two numbers can equal a total of ten. Then write a number sentence.

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ELECTRIC EEL

Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! Although it is called an eel, it is actually a relative of the catfish. The electric eel has poor eyesight so it sends out electrical pulses to navigate and find fish to eat.

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DIPHTHONG OI

Explore diphthong “oi” with Anna Scretching-Cole. A dipthong combines two vowels into a single syllable. Practice reading, blending, and writing words with “oi” and “oy.”

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DO YOU HEAR THE “OY” IN “TOY”?

LET’S LEARN about light! Make shadow puppets. Meet a line worker and an electric eel. Read SANDY TOES. Solve “The Case of the Soothing Solution.” Play the “Make Ten” math game. Learn about diphthongs. One-hour programs help children ages 4-7 learn while having fun. Content provided by Houston Zoo, Meet the Helpers, New Victory, Studio in a School.

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MARIGOLD BAKES A CAKE ASL

With Isabel Simmons read MARIGOLD BAKES A CAKE by Mike Malbrough, about a cat who loves to turn ingredients into dessert. But some uninvited feathered visitors make it challenging to bake. Play a game with rhyming words from the book.

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DO YOU HEAR THE “OU” IN SOUND?

LET’S LEARN about transformation! Solve “The Case of the Choreography Caper.” Read MARIGOLD BAKES A CAKE. Remix ballet. Play the “Less Than a Buck” math game. Meet sea lions and gibbons. Learn about diphthongs. One-hour programs help children ages 4-7 learn while having fun. Content provided by Feel Your Best Self, Houston Zoo, Meet the Helpers, New Victory.

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MARIGOLD BAKES A CAKE

With Isabel Simmons read MARIGOLD BAKES A CAKE by Mike Malbrough, about a cat who loves to turn ingredients into dessert. But some uninvited feathered visitors make it challenging to bake. Play a game with rhyming words from the book.

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DIPHTHONG OU

Explore diphthong “ou” with Isabel Simmons. A dipthong combines two vowels into a single syllable. Practice reading, blending, and writing words with vowel teams “ou” and “ow.”

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REMIXING BALLET

Bend! Stretch! Melt! Move with Lauren Sharpe and Siobhan Santini Pellot from the New Victory Theater as they mix traditional ballet with other kinds of movement.

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LESS THAN A BUCK

With Zoe Kleinmann and Milena, play a game buying items from the “Less Than a Buck” store. Use different combinations of coins –pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters – to make purchases that cost less than one dollar.

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CSI KIDS

See how Krystal Balmes and Sahil from Brooklyn Preschool of Science use a pencil and tape to make images of fingerprints on paper. They discuss that all fingerprints are unique and explore the three main fingerprint patterns — arches, whorls, and loops.

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LONG OO

Learn about the long “oo” sound with Anna Scretching-Cole. Some words with that sound have letter combinations “/oo/,” “/ou/,” “/ew/,” “/ue/,” and “/u_e/.” Practice reading, writing, and building words with different spellings of the “oo” sound.

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WHAT IS THE VALUE OF YOUR NAME?

Lily uses plastic cubes to spell out her name. With Tahese Warley, she then counts the cubes, trades groups of ten for ten-sticks, and ten ten-sticks for a hundred block. Lily places the hundred-block, ten-sticks, and one-cubes onto a three-digit place value chart to calculate the value of her name.

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DO YOU HEAR THE “EW” IN CHEW?

LET’S LEARN all about us! Solve “The Case of the Not-So-Tranquil Town.” Read THE CARPET. Calculate the value of your name. Meet changemakers. Learn how rat snakes and vultures are helpful. One-hour programs help children ages 4-7 learn while having fun. Content provided by Brooklyn Preschool of Science, Feel Your Best Self, Fyütch, Houston Zoo, Meet the Helpers.

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BULLY

With Flor Bromley, sing “Bully,” a song about being kind to others.

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MAKING CHANGE

Play a money game with Zoe Kleinmann and Milena. Identify coins (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter) and their value. Figure out different combinations of coins that make the same amount.

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COUGARS

Meet cougars at the Houston Zoo. Young cougars have dark spots on their fur and rings on their tails. These markings provide protective camouflage.

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SHORT OO

Learn about the short “oo” sound with Isabel Simmons. Practice reading, blending, writing, and building words with “oo.”

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DO YOU HEAR THE “OO” IN BOOK?

LET’S LEARN about where we live! Read EL CUCUY IS SCARED, TOO! Solve “The Case of the Sillies.” Make change, a shape collage, and an air pollution detector. Dance to house music. Meet a cougar. One-hour programs help children ages 4-7 learn while having fun. Content provided by Brooklyn Preschool of Science, Flor Bromley, Houston Zoo, New Victory, Studio in a School.

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HELLO, RAIN! ASL

With Anna Scretching-Cole, read HELLO, RAIN! by Kyo Maclear, a book about the reasons rain is important. Anna Scretching-Cole discusses onomatopoeia – words like ”crack” and “crash” that represent sounds.

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MAKE TABLETOP PUPPETS

Using household objects like a spoon or a tissue box, create tabletop puppets and put on a show! Renata Townsend from the New Victory Theater demonstrates how to use paper, markers, and tape to give your puppets personality.

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DO YOU HEAR THE LONG “U” IN UNICORN?

LET’S LEARN about water! Read HELLO, RAIN! Compare the density of water to other liquids. Meet a firefighter and a toad. Solve “The Case of the Cake Commotion.” Make puppets. One-hour programs help children ages 4-7 learn while having fun. Content provided by Brooklyn Preschool of Science, Dancing Classrooms, Feel Your Best Self, Flor Bromley, Houston Zoo, New Victory, Meet the Helpers.

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LONG U: U, EW, UE

Learn about different ways to spell words with the long “u” sound with Anna Scretching-Cole. Examples include “few,” “pupil,” and “rescue.” Practice reading, blending, writing, and building words with the long “u” sound.

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HELLO, RAIN!

With Anna Scretching-Cole, read HELLO, RAIN! by Kyo Maclear, a book about the reasons rain is important. Anna Scretching-Cole discusses onomatopoeia – words like ”crack” and “crash” that represent sounds.

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