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Elmo's World: Kids Talk Animal Instructional VideoElmo's World: Kids Talk Animal Instructional Video
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Pre-K - K
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Elmo's World: Kids Talk Animal

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Kids love making animal sounds, and they love Elmo! Dorothy the fish and Elmo talk to several children about wild animals. Each child tells Dorothy about a wild animal and then shows her what that animal does. They depict a lion, an elephant, and a monkey.

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Concepts

animal sounds, animals, wildlife

Additional Tags

animal sounds, wild animals, kids, talk, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • See if learners can come up with different animal sounds after watching the video
  • Connect to a unit on different animals and their habitats

Classroom Considerations

  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Video is fun and engaging
  • A great warm-up activity

Cons

  • None

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