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Making Mistakes When You Read

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Ollo notices how sentences sound to see if the words make sense. If they don't make sense, he reads the sentence again until he gets the words correct.

Eggshell Geodes

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Discover how to make your own crystal eggshell geodes

Making Predictions

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Ollo makes predictions about what will happen next in the story. Pictures and text in the story can help inform these educated guesses.

Salt & Water Trick

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Try this salt and water science trick at home!

Identifying The Tone Of A Character's Dialogue

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Reya describes how the story's character sounds by reading clues in their dialog.

Fiction Versus Non-Fiction

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Reya talks about the difference between fiction and non-fiction books.

Visualizing While You Read

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In this video, see how we use words in a story to create pictures in our minds.

Flower Breathing

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A short and simple 1 minute breathing exercise - a mini mindfulness session or a calming brain break.

What To Do With An Unknown Word

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Ollo practices learning unknown words by reading a story, sounding out the words, and looking at the pictures and text for clues.

How To Learn About Characters

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Listen as Reya and Peck learn about the main characters in a story by noticing what the characters look like, say, and do.

Identifying The Setting Of A Story

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In this video, Sandy and Reya talk about the pictures and words that help identify the setting of a story.

All About Characters

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In this video, Reya talks about how characters in a story think, feel, act, and change.

Finding The Lesson Of A Story

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In this video, Ollo and Reya read a book together to find the lesson in the story. They use the problem in the story to find the hint about the lesson.

Bumble Bee Breathing

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By using gentle humming vibrations, this mindful technique helps both kids and adults relax, refocus, and promote emotional well-being.

Summarizing A Story

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In this video, listen as Reya retells the story of the Three Little Pigs by describing what the main characters wanted, what the problem was, and how it was solved.