What's Inside?
The cast of The Big Reading Show is ready for you! Six amazing characters have been busy practicing their lines, painting the sets, and brushing feathers off of their costumes. From “Explorer Day” to “Magic Wish Day,” the scripts are ready, and the orchestra is tuned up. So get ready to download the app and enjoy an amazing installment of . . . Wait! Some of the letters are out of order. One of the words fell down. Lou sat on O, now it looks like a U. Denzel tipped over an M. Now it looks like a W. Mimi has a Z stuck to the bottom of her foot. The Big Reading Show needs help right now, and we are really glad YOU are here!

What Does it Teach?
Hooked on Phonics’ Big Reading Show is a Foundational Reading program disguised as a musical variety show. Created by reading experts working alongside award-winning entertainers, The Big Reading Show makes learning to read fun and exciting with a loveable cast of characters in 13 episodes. Each episode is based on a favorite preschool topic, playing out in 3 Acts, featuring two alphabet letters, and focusing on important curriculum goals. Read on to see what kids will learn in each episode.

In EXPLORER DAY features the letters B and D. Curriculum goals include recognizing names in print, identifying uppercase letters, exploring first letter sounds of words, and matching rhyming words.
In EXPLORER DAY, Ella’s plan to dig in the desert to search for buried treasure turns up with some bizarre results.

BOOK DAY features the letters L and Q. Curriculum goals include tracing letter shapes, pairing uppercase with lowercase letters, exploring rhyming and discerning letters from shapes and numbers.
Zweeble and Leonard visit the library and help Denzel learn an important lesson in BOOK DAY.

OCEAN DAY features the letters M and W. Curriculum goals include building words from letters, identifying uppercase letters, exploring letter shapes, and first letter sounds.
A giraffe and an alligator scuba diving? Why not? You’ll witness that and more in OCEAN DAY.

BACKWARDS DAY features the letters A and Z. Curriculum goals include matching rhyming words, tracing letter shapes, matching upper and lowercase letters, and exploring vocabulary through first letter sounds.
Denzel and Lou explore the strangeness of being upside down and backwards in BACKWARDS DAY. What could this mean to the alphabet . . . and to the fabric of reality?!

JUNGLE DAY features the letters C and J. Curriculum goals include exploring storytelling and poems, combining letters to make words, discerning letters from shapes and numbers, and identifying uppercase letters.
Ella and Lou encounter eerie noises when they visit a rainforest in JUNGLE DAY. Could it be that our heroes are in grave danger, or could something else be afoot?

CASTLE DAY features the letters K and P. Curriculum goals include exploring first letters sounds, matching rhyming words, tracing uppercase letters, and exploring vocabulary and the alphabet.
In CASTLE DAY, Princess Ella discover that kissing a frog is not all it’s croaked up to be.

MAGIC WISH DAY features the letters R and U. Curriculum goals include matching uppercase and lowercase letters, assembling letters into words, playing with letter shapes, and exploring the short vowel sound of the letter U.
Ella’s and Denzel’s experiments with magic lead them to a puzzling predicament in MAGIC WISH DAY.

FOOD DAY features the letters G and O. Curriculum goals include identifying uppercase letters, exploring first letter sounds of words, playing with letter shapes, and exploring the short vowel sound of the letter O.
The cast of The Big Reading Show take you on a delectable tour that is sure to whet the reading appetites of even the pickiest eaters in FOOD DAY.

SPORTS DAY features the letters F and H. Curriculum goals include tracing letter shapes, matching upper and lowercase letters, matching rhyming words, and exploring storytelling.
What better way to learn about reading than to get up and get moving in SPORTS DAY.

MUSIC DAY features the letters S and V. Curriculum goals include building words from letters, identifying uppercase letters, playing with letter shapes, and exploring the alphabet and vocabulary words through first letter sounds.
The cast of The Big Reading Show roll out the red carpet and show off their hidden musical talents on MUSIC DAY.

SURPRISE DAY features the letters I and N. Curriculum goals include matching rhyming words, tracing and playing with letter shapes, matching upper and lowercase letters, and exploring the short vowel sound of the letter I.
It’s SURPRISE DAY, and Ella has something planned for Lou. But what could it be? Lou isn’t sure whether he should be excited . . . or afraid.

PIRATE DAY features the letters T and X. Curriculum goals include discerning letters from shapes and numbers, assembling words from letters, exploring storytelling and vocabulary, and matching upper and lowercase letters.
It’s PIRATE DAY, me hearties! Everyone say, “Arrrrr!” and join Captain Lou and Ella sailing the seas searching for adventure.

MOUNTAIN DAY features the letters E and Y. Curriculum goals include matching letters sounds and rhyming words, tracing and playing with letter shapes, and exploring vocabulary and the alphabet.
Ella and Lou scale snow-covered peaks in search of a mysterious beast in MOUNTAIN DAY.
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