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Reading Rainbow
Abiyoyo: Reading RainbowVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Intermediate, 00:27:22, Reading Rainbow, 2004
Feature Book - Abiyoyo Based on a South African lullaby and folk story, this tale is about a boy and his father who come up with a plan to save the townspeople from the giant, Abiyoyo. Music Videos - LeVar introduces us to music videos and talks about how each one tells a story. Meet Run DMC - Meet Run DMC as they rap their story to music. Meet Melody Stewart - Meet ballerina Melody Stewart as she shows us how dance expresses emotion and tells stories without words.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: Reading RainbowVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Intermediate, 00:27:39, Reading Rainbow, 2004
Feature Book - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. A Little boy offers a mouse a cookie and a chain reaction is set in motion, illustrating how one thing leads to another Let's Bowl - Behind the scenes at the bowling center, we see how the bowling ball starts a chain reaction and how the machinery works. Making Bowling Balls - A visit to the Ebonite factory to see bowling balls being made. Dominoes and Chain Reactions - Dominoes expert Bob Specka shows us how he designs and sets up "domino art" and then triggers a domino reaction
Alphabet ZooVideo, Primary - Intermediate, 00:27:17, Mazzarella Media, 1994
Teaches the letters of the alphabet and how to pronounce them, using animals that begin with those letters as examples.
ABC SharkVideo, animation or cartoon, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:03:10, Common Core 4 Kids,
Come learn the Alphabet with the Number One and the Alphabet Shark! Kids will enjoy seeing the shark swim by each letter as they repeat them. Come learn with us!
Animal Alphabet
Letters A and B: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:56, Lucerne Media, 2004
Explores the letters A and B through associations with animals.
Letters C and D: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:53, Lucerne Media, 2004
Examines the letters C and D by looking at animals beginning with those letters.
Letters E and F: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:46, Lucerne Media, 2004
Uses the letters E and F by connecting animal species that begin with those letters.
Letters G-H: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:46, Lucerne Media, 2004
Details the letters G and H by using animal species beginning with those letters.
Letters I-J: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:29, Lucerne Media, 2004
Brings up the letters I and J by using animal species beginning with those letters.
Letters K-L: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:39, Lucerne Media, 2004
Examines the letters K and L in connection with animal species that begin with those letters.
Letters M-N: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:34, Lucerne Media, 2004
Talks about the letters M and N by using animals that start with those letters.
Letters O-P: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:39, Lucerne Media, 2004
Discovers animal species that begin with the letters O and P.
Letters Q-R: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:43, Lucerne Media, 2004
Details the letters Q and R by reviewing these letters in connection to animal species that begin with Q and R.
Letters U-V: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:49, Lucerne Media, 2004
Examines letters U and V of the alphabet using animals starting with those letters.
Letters W-X: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:51, Lucerne Media, 2004
Examines letters W and X of the alphabet using animals starting with those letters.
Letters Y-Z: Animal AlphabetVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Primary, 00:10:39, Lucerne Media, 2004
Examines letters Y and Z of the alphabet using animals starting with those letters.
Grammar in Action
Commas: Grammar in ActionVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Intermediate, 00:04:20, Mazzarella Media, 2016
This video helps students to learn that a comma is a punctuation mark and shows how it is used in grammar. Through live action video, animation and graphics, students will come to understand how to use commas to write dates, addresses and letters. Students will also learn how to use commas to separate adjectives, verbs and nouns in a sentence.
Plural Nouns: Grammar in ActionVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Intermediate, 00:07:35, Mazzarella Media, 2016
This video introduces young learners to plural nouns. Through live-action video, graphics and animation students will learn simple rules they can use to turn singular noun and into a plural noun.
Nouns: Grammar in ActionVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Intermediate, 00:05:18, Mazzarella Media, 2016
Through live-action footage, colorful graphics and animation, students will learn that nouns are words that name a person, animal, place, thing or idea. Students will also come to realize that nouns can also name more than one person, animal, place, thing or idea. Proper nouns are also discussed. Students will learn to identify nouns and proper nouns in a sentence. This program provides a variety of examples to help support a childs understanding.
Possessive Nouns : Grammar in ActionVideo, Preschool/Kindergarten - Intermediate, 00:04:50, Mazzarella Media, 2016
This program introduces possessive nouns to young students. Learns will come to know that a possessive noun shows that a person, animal, place, thing or idea can possess something. Possess means to have or to own. Through real life examples, graphics and animation, students will learn the different ways to make nouns possessive and simple rules for singular and plural possessive nouns.
Literature Kids
Basic Literary Terms, Volume 1: Narrative, Plot, Tone, Mood, Setting, CharacterVideo, Intermediate - Junior High, 00:34:49, Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC, 2016
This program explores essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What is a narrative? What are its most common parts? What does plot refer to in a story? What is tone and mood? How does a writer use them to affect the story and the reader? How does setting work in a narrative?What is a character in a story? What are some of the ways we have to understand them? The answers to all of this are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video. On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Basic Literary Terms, Volume 2: Point of ViewVideo, Intermediate - Junior High, 00:23:54, Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC, 2016
This program explores essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What are first-, second-, and third-person points of view?What are omniscience and limited omniscience?What is alternating point of view? The answers to all of this are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video. On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.