Early Learning Resource Category: Raising Readers

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Ruff Ruffman: Humble Media Genius

Meet Ruff Ruffman, an energetic, funny cartoon dog who helps children understand what it means to be safe and responsible digital citizens. Learn to navigate challenging concepts like algorithms, artificial intelligence, and search tools.

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Between the Lions

These short playful video segments support early literacy skills like text comprehension, fluency, and print-word awareness.

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Sesame Workshop: Rhyme Time

Develop phonemic awareness skills on the Rhyme Time Express! Help Grover build his train by listening, and matching the pictures on the train cars that have the same ending sound(s).

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Wonder Red’s Rhyme Racer

Listen and read along with rhyming words that explicitly teach children that rhymes end with the same sound; it’s their beginning sound and letter(s) that change.

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Science Notebook

Encourage children to be like scientists and keep track of their own wonder, curiosity, and learning. Guide children to document the process of their discoveries with this bilingual printable Science Notebook.

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Elinor Wonders Why

Guide little learners in asking questions, making observations, and basking in the wonderment of nature’s amazing answers. Ignite children’s curiosity using the science inquiry process.

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Super Why

Explore interactive literacy videos and games featuring favorite fairy tale adventures from Super Why’s Storybrook Village. Join the Super Reader Team to help famous fictional characters solve problems and work together.

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Xavier Riddle Story Creator

Choose a book from writers like Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, or Charles Dickens. Then, design a story just like theirs with help from Xavier Riddle and his friends.