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Welcome to Toddler phonics. I'm so happy you're here.

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Hi, I'm Miss Pam, children's librarian, trained teacher, and founder of Baby Wordplay,

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Let's say hello.

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Let's say hello to our guest.

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Hello, b, so nice to hear you. Hello, b, so nice to hear you.

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Put your lips together and push out the air.

Let me hear you say.

Yes, b as in butterfly.

Butterfly. Your turn.

Let's clap it.

Butterfly. One, two, three.

Butterfly. ⁓ Listen. Butterfly.

butter.

Butterfly.

The

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A mama butterfly lays all her eggs. Out pops a caterpillar crawling on its legs. The caterpillar first is rather thin, but then it eats and eats till it bursts its skin. It grows nice and big. The caterpillar climbs on a leaf or

twig. It makes a shell where it hangs inside. The shell then cracks and the parts divide.

When the shell opens, what comes out? A beautiful butterfly.

Fluttering about.

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This poem is as easy as one, two, three. Let's try it. We say, one, two, three, cha. One, two, three, ko. One, two, three, la. One, two, three,

Have you ever had a cup of hot cocoa or hot chocolate?

Cocoa started in Mexico. And since this poem is originally from Mexico,

Say uno, dos, tres, cho.

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Your turn.

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Uno, dos, tres, co.

Uno, dos, tres, la.

Uno, dos, tres, te.

We are breaking down the word chocolate. Yes, chocolate in Spanish. Let's do that again.

uno, dos, tres, cho.

Uno, dos, tres, co.

Uno, dos, tres, la.

Uno, dos, tres, te.

Let's stir our chocolate drink.

Chocolate bate bate

Let's say some words that begin with the B sound.

as in ball. Your turn.

Big.

Your turn.

Let's clap.

Ball. Pig.

us.

as in banana, banana. Beautiful. One, two, three. Beautiful. Beautiful. Bubble. Bubble.

Baby. Baby. One, two.

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I hear a baby babbling.

B as in babble.

brown bear.

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