Between the Lions Early Reading Collection was produced by WGBH Education and WGBH Digital in collaboration with Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Funding for this project was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Here are segments selected from Between the Lions, the series that helps kids "Get Wild About Reading!" This special collection provides a set of early Reading/Language Arts resources on Teachers' Domain. To see more from Between the Lions, pounce on...pbskids.org/lions.
In this video segment from Between the Lions, Cleo Lion reads aloud Cheesybreadville, a rhyming, lyrical story set in Puerto Rico about how the love of a husband and wife created cheesy bread.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions places emphasis on "c" words as it retells an original version of Aesop’s fable. A city mouse and a country mouse trade living spaces only to discover there’s no place like home.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions is a song about how you never see the letter “q” without the letter “u.”
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions emphasizes the "s" throughout this original, animated version of the popular folktale "Stone Soup."
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions is a table top puppetry song that illustrates synonyms for the word “good” using a stage setting and opera-type singers.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated and edited version of the trade-book Night Shift that explores the world of people who work through the night.
Grades: PreK-1
In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated superhero bunny saves the day through the use of opposites. In this segment he helps a hippo who is hot to cool down and then warm up again.
Grades: PreK-1
In this video segment from Between the Lions, Sloppy Pop and his band sing to passersby in the street about the letters "o" and "p."
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions is a live action, non-fiction piece about spider crabs and contains relevant vocabulary words.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated poem about a baby chick hatching from an egg.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated version of the published book Pigs in Hiding in which pigs play a game of hide-and-seek. It features relational vocabulary and food words.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions features the group Fonix singing about the letters double "o" (oo), words that contain double "o," and where double "o" can be found in the world.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions features Aesop's fable, The Lion and the Mouse, and illustrates how children can learn by talking about a book as it is read aloud.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions features the group Fonix singing about the letters double "e" (ee) and words that contain double "e."
Grades: PreK-1
In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated superhero bunny uses his special power of opposites to change something yucky into something yummy.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated poem about painting techniques with a paintbrush. These techniques are the featured vocabulary.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated poem about gardens by Lilian Moore that is rich with vocabulary. All text appears on screen.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions is a live action, non-fiction piece about boa constrictors and contains relevant vocabulary words.
Grades: PreK-1
This video segment from Between the Lions is a mixed media song about using the internet to find out information.
Grades: PreK-1
In this video segment from Between the Lions stars Theo the Lion reading aloud the story of Abiyoyo, a South African tale packed with suspense, heroic characters, and new words.
Grades: PreK-1