The following is a color presentation of the instructional television Center of
Broward County, Florida.
Far, far away in an enchanted forest lives a
fair maiden named Evergreen. She is a friend
to everyone who enters the forest, and she teaches them all
about letters and the sounds they make. She even shows them how to
make words. If you watch and listen, you may
learn something too.
There that ought to do it. I didn't think I'd ever get this birthday
banner up. Oh hi, I guess you can tell it's about to
happen, can't you? See, today is my magic book's
birthday. He's my helper and he knows all about
letters and the sounds they make. Well, all the balloons
are up and the cake, isn't it beautiful? It looks
like a big book. I just noticed something.
All those words you were hearing and seeing all began
with the same letter. What letter is it?
That's right. The letter B. Listen as I say the words.
Birthday Balloons.
Beautiful Big
Look Now you say the words with
me birthday
balloons, beautiful,
big book. Let's see if you can think
of some more words that begin with the same sound as balloon.
Come on, I know you can say them out loud.
Good, I heard you say bus
boy, ball, bike.
How about some more Evergreen Evergreen, how about Bunny?
Oh, that's my magic book The Birthday Boy. I think he wants to help
me. I better get him before he bounces off the shelf.
Hi Magic Book. Happy birthday. Thank you. I know some
words that have the same sound you hear at the beginning of balloon. Why
don't you turn my page? OK, let's see what he has to show
us. What do you see?
I see a baby.
Bear Bug
That Belle
Thanks Magic Book. Did you like those pictures?
Oh, that's the mailman. I wonder what he
brought today. Oh my goodness, look at
all this mail. Oh, I sure hope
he brought the present I ordered for Magic Book. Look at all
these packages. I wonder which one it is.
I think this is it, you know, he really needs this.
I ordered him something because see people keep bending
the corner of his pages and he just hates that so
I bought him something that they can mark their pages the way they're supposed to.
Can you guess what it is? That's right.
A marker.
Oh, I wonder what's in here.
00, an envelope. Hm.
Money? I wonder who sent it? Did
you, did you ever get a birthday present in the mail?
You know, the words mail,
marker, and money all begin with the same letter.
What letter is it? That's right, the
letter M. Did you hear the sound the letter M
makes? Listen again as I say the words.
Male Marker
Money. Now you say the
words with me mail marker
money. This magazine I got today also
has the same sound as mail and begins with the letter M.
This is my favorite magazine. I'm glad it finally arrived.
I just love reading it, reading it, reading what? What did you
say? What's the matter? You don't love reading me anymore. You have to
resort to reading magazines. Well, I thought you were
busy, but I guess if you have something else you want me to read, I
could. I can't imagine what you want me to read. Can you boys and
girls? Well, I could barely hear you before, but
I thought I heard you mention magazine begins with the letter M and has
the same sound as male. I myself have many other words and
pictures on my pages that begin with that same sound. I could
show them to you, that is if you can tear yourself away from your favorite
magazine. What do you think, boys and girls? Should I see
what magic book has to show me? OK,
we'll take a look. Why
don't you look at the pictures and say the words with me?
Are you ready? What do you see?
I see a man
Milk Mouse
Moon And music.
Music, I sure hope my friend remembers to bring happy
birthday music to the party. Another word
that begins like male is magic. Would
you like to see some magic? I'll make some things up
here and you tell me if they begin like male.
Ready? Listen carefully
marshmallows, does marshmallows begin like male?
Yes, marshmallows does begin like male.
How about Mask does
mask begin like male? Yes, math
does begin like male. How about
Mouse, does mouse begin like male?
Yes, mouse does begin like male. How
about a couple more? Apple, does
apple begin like male? No, Apple
does not begin like male. One more,
what about mustache? Does mustache
begin like maleo? Yes, mustache does begin
like male. I'd better quit fooling around. I
still have to pick out some games for the party. You can't have a party without
games now, can you? Now I wonder where
I put all those games. hmm,
I suggest you look in the mystery box. The mystery
box, maybe he's right. I can always find things
in there. Isn't this a neat box?
Oh, here's some games. Do you know
what letter stands for the sound you hear at the beginning of the word games?
That's right. The letter G. say games with me.
Games, one more time,
games, can you think of any other words that begin
like games? Come on, say some out loud.
Good. I heard you say girl,
gift, gum. Let's see what else
is in here. Oh, you're gonna like this.
Hm, you've heard of pin the tail on the
donkey? Well, we're going to play
pin the tail on the goat. Goat has the same sound
we hear at the beginning of the word games.
Games games. Did I hear someone say
games? I just love playing games. As a matter of fact,
I have a guessing game for you. Oh, you do? Well, how do you
play? Well, I'll say a word, and you have to tell me if it
has the same sound you hear at the beginning of the word games. Are
you ready? Do you think you boys and girls could help me? Some of
Magic Book's guessing games are very hard. All
right, we're ready. Here's the
first one goose. Goose
Goose, goose, what do you think?
Does goose begin like games? Yes.
Did you guess correctly? Very good.
What about Gates? Gate
Gate Gate Does
Gate begin like games?
Yes, Gate does begin like games.
Good. What about gas
gas. Gas
gas does gas begin like games?
Yes, gas begins like games. Did you
guess correctly? Excuse me, I, I'm not finished yet.
Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were done. I have one more.
How about hammer? Hammer,
hammer does hammer begin like games?
What do you think? No magic book. Hammer
does not begin like games. I think you tried to trick me.
Hammer begins with the letter H, not the letter G as in
games. Say hammer. Hammer,
very good. Hand begins with the same sound as
hammer. So does happy
house, hide, and hat.
Hats. I almost forgot. I better hurry and get the hats out for the
party. Hats begin with the same sound as hammer.
Can you think of anything else that has that sound? How
about if I show you some words and put pictures on the
hats and you say yes if they begin like hammer
and if they don't say no.
Watch
Listen carefully here.
Hair Did you say yes?
Good horse. Horse.
What do you think? Yes, horse
begins like hammer. Were you correct?
Man, Man, does
man begin like hammer?
No, I bet your classroom is really quiet
now. What about helicopter
helicopter. Yes,
helicopter begins like hammer. Heart
Heart well.
Yes, heart begins like hammer. We
heard lots of sounds today getting ready for Magic Book's birthday party,
didn't we? We heard that the letter B
stands for the sound we hear at the beginning of balloon.
We heard that the letter M stands for the sound we
hear at the beginning of male.
We heard the letter G stands for the sound we
hear at the beginning of games.
And we heard the letter H stands for the sound
we hear at the beginning of hammer.
You were really good listeners today. Well, I think my guests are on their way up,
so I better let Magic Book know his party is about to begin.
Come on birthday boy, the fun is about to start. Bye