While teaching your students the alphabet and letter sounds, show this colorful video! The author gives a real-life example of an object for each letter.

Cameron defines that word habitat with all of her animal friends. Viewers will learn that a habitat is where an animal gets food, finds water and also shelter. It is the place where animals live.

Before a discussion involving animals that hibernate, this video, featuring Meredith Viera, could be used to introduce the concept. Through a visual representation, the short video shows what hibernation means.

Grandpa Beetle teaches the little beetles that being little isn't a problem by telling the story of Morris the Midget Moose. When Morris teams up with Balsam, a small-antlered moose, the two make an unbeatable team. The moral of the...

John Barrowman recites "Bumposaurus" for your bedtime story. The moral, "It's ok to be different" comes across clearly in this story of a short-sighted dinosaur who simply needs glasses.

This segment from Between the Lions features a funny rhyming story, reading aloud, and children learning through talking about stories as they are being read. [4:16]

Watch this interview with children's nonfiction author Gail Gibbons to learn how she goes about crafting her illustrated explanations. Biographical information, a selected book list and transcripts of the interview are also part of the...

This YouTube video focuses on the beginning "Th" consonant blend; it sounds out words beginning with "th" and forms a series of words, and then repeats them asking the students to say them.

In this video segment from Between the Lions, country music stars Patty Loveless and Buddy Jewel perform a kid-friendly song that spotlights some of the important reasons to read. [1:52]

This site shares a trailer for David Carter's pop-up edition of Dr. Seuss' book Oh, the Places You'll Go! This book is a wonderfully wise and joyous ode to finding ones path through the maze of life.

Among the many mythological stories related to the festival of Diwali is the story of Ram and Ravana, the classic story of the victory of good over evil. Watch this video to know about the Ramayana story of Ram and Ravana and the reason...

In this interactive story [2:51], students will listen to the story about a mouse who has to learn how to deal with a noisy cow. The 'ou' and 'ow' diphthongs that make the sound /au/ will be learned in this funny story.

In this lesson, you will learn how to focus ideas on a topic by making a list. [5:46]

In this lesson, you will learn to describe how key events in the story are connected by asking questions about the text structure. [8:54]

Match sounds to the consonant digraphs that commonly produce them. Enjoy this catchy song while learning about SH, CH, TH, and WH. [1:43]

Break two-syllable words into syllables. [1:07]

Break two-syllable words into syllables. [1:15]

Chester and Wilson had their own way of doing things, and they did everything together. When they cut their sandwiches, it was always diagonally. When they rode their bikes, they always used hand signals. If Chester was hungry, Wilson...

This video story Sophie's Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli, read by CCH Pounder, is the story of Sophie an artistic spider who lives in a boarding house. She spins a beautiful baby blanket for a poor lady who lives in the boarding house....

The video storybook Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco, read by Jane Kaczmarek, is the story of Little Trisha who is excited at the thought of starting school and learning how to read, but when she tries to read, all the letters...

While in the car with their father, Charlotte and Henry play a game comparing n-blends in words like "around" and "bang" on billboards and signs along the road. The goal of this resource is decoding. Video (1:21).

This resource group teaches students all about "s" consonant blends, including ones in which one consonant is silent. Paul the Gorilla makes a call to Flo's One Stop Shop to order a scratch for his back, and she mishears his request as...

"This eSpark video outlines a new learning quest that will help students master Common Core State Standard K.RI.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text."

This is the fourth of six video lessons designed to support families with online safety at home using Childnet's SMART Rules. The R Rule interactive video (11:45) focuses on online safety including information online reliability for...