In this video lesson for the CH digraph, students practice writing CH while learning the sound that it makes. Then, they write a passage from a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson titled “Farewell to the Farm.” Take lesson 21 to learn to write and sound out CH Finished with the video lesson for the CH […]
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In this video lesson for the CK digraph, students practice writing CK while learning the sound that it makes. Then, they write a passage from the nursery rhyme “Hickory, Dickory, Dock.” Take lesson 20 to learn to write and sound out CK Finished with the video lesson for the CK digraph? At the end of […]
Phonics Video Lessons
If you’re a teacher and have wondered: “Is my school using a good phonics program?” “Do the incoming students know phonics?” “Am I giving students a full year of progress in phonics?” Or, if you’re a parent and have wondered: “Is my child getting a good foundation in phonics? This is the checklist for you. […]
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If you search for “phonics videos” on YouTube, you’ll get an endless supply of phonics videos of questionable value. Most of the phonics videos leave out the second, third, and fourth sounds that many letters in the English language make. This frustrates beginning readers because they constantly run into exceptions when they practice reading. To […]
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The consonant digraphs video lesson below kicks off the second section of Story Hour Academy’s free online video curriculum for beginning reading and writing. Students can take this lesson once they know the letter names and letter sounds for the 16 consonant letters in the English alphabet that make just one consonant sound. If a […]
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The following story introduces young readers to the classical Greek hero Hercules, who is also known as Herakles, and the Hydra that he fights. It’s an excerpt from the children’s book “Herakles the Hero of Thebes and Other Heroes of the Myth” by Mary E. Burt. The Second Labor – Hercules Kills the Water-Snake of […]
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Do your kids get energized when reading books at night? Mine do. That’s why I like to read to them from the glow of my smartphone. The darkness settles them down and lets them focus on listening. If you like to read to your kids from the glow of a phone, too, here are five […]
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In this lesson, beginning readers complete the first section of the Story Hour Academy curriculum with a review of the 16 single-sound consonants in the English alphabet, which are b, d, f, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, t, v, w, and z. Once all of these letter names and letter sounds […]
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In this letter Z video lesson, students practice writing the letter Z while learning the sound that it makes. Then, they write a quotation from the children’s novel, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” At the end of the lesson, students are encouraged to have someone read them the novel. This lesson belongs to section 1 of […]
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In this letter W video lesson, students practice writing the letter W while learning the sound that it makes. They also preview five phonograms that include the letter W, which are wr, wh, ow, aw, and ew. Then, they write two verses from the rhyme, “Wee Willie Winkie.” This lesson belongs to section 1 of the […]
Phonics Video Lessons