Short Vowels Friendship

While Elliot, Lisa, Cowy and Billy are deciding whether they cross the river by building a bridge or digging a tunnel, they learn about short vowels. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, parents, did you know we also have an app?
The Lingo Kids app helps kids ages too and up
have fun while learning through fun and educational games and songs.
Try it today. Welcome to Music to our Ears, where
we share some interesting tidbits and stories related to our
favorite Lingo Kids songs. Today we're talking about friendship and

(00:23):
learning about short vowel sounds.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Vowels like a E, I, oh and you yes?

Speaker 3 (00:33):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Why are they short? They seem like the same size
to me.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Short vowels refer to how vowels can sometimes sound Sometimes
they sound like aeio you, but sometimes when they're next
to other letters, they can sound different.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Oh.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
For example, the word son has a U in it,
but it doesn't sound like you. It's sounds shorter like uh.
The same goes with words like cat or pop or skip.
They have short sounds. How fine, good one, Cowie. Fun

(01:13):
is a great example. I have a story to tell you.
It's a story of friendship. While I tell the story,
let's see how many words with short vowels you can find. Yeah, okay,
here goes. Once upon a time there was a cat
and a dog.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
Cat and dog had short owls.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Great job, Cowie, the cat and dog were best friends.
Every day, the dog would run across the fields to
play with the cat. Ah, that's a good one. Run, yes, Lisa.
One day, running across the field to play with the cat,

(02:03):
the dog came across a stream. The cat was on
the other side of the stream, and they didn't know
how to cross it so they could play.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
Oh no, what would they do?

Speaker 1 (02:14):
The cat said, Let's build something that will help us
cross like engineers. Great idea, said the dog. Let's build
a tunnel. Yes, Billy, the ton in tunnel is short.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
Nice.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
The dog and the cat had to dig.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Dig dig, Oh, dig is a good one.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
But no matter how much they tried, they couldn't dig
a hole big enough to go across the stream. What
will we do now, said the cat. Should we give up? No,
said the dog.

Speaker 4 (02:56):
You're my best friend and I won't give up on
my best friend. And let's build something else like good engineers.
What do you think they'll build?

Speaker 2 (03:16):
How about a bridge?

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yes, a bridge could help them cross the stream, and
it is also a great example of a short vowel word.
Great job, Cowie. So they built a bridge and played
together all day long.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
The end, that's a great story.

Speaker 3 (03:39):
I would build a bridge for all of you because
you're my friends.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
That's music to.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Speaking of friendship. Let's sing a wonderful song about friendship. Ready,
here we go.

Speaker 3 (03:56):
My friend bear can't cross the lake. Me build a
bridge so we can totally eat cake. My friend's fox
needs to build a home. Let's dig a hole to
keep him safe from the stocks. Let's build new friendships
with this song. Let's build no friendships with this song.
Let's build new friendships with this song. Let's build no

(04:19):
friendships with this build no.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
Friendships with this song. You cho colcla song. Let's build
the road ju meet our friends and plan all day along.

Speaker 3 (04:33):
Let's build no friendship with this song. You joke, come along,
Let's build the road to meet our friends and plan
all belong all day long. My friend's store is to
lay her eggs. Let's build a tower to make her nest.

(04:55):
My friend the full is let to the sarty the
dig stan. Also you can read your family. Let's build
new friendships with this song. Let's build no friendships with
this song. Let's build new friendships with this song. Let's
build no friendships with this build.

Speaker 2 (05:14):
No friendships with this song. You joke a comasong.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
Let's build the road jo meet our friends and plan
all belong. No, let's build no friendships with this song.

Speaker 2 (05:40):
You joke gone along. Let's build the.

Speaker 3 (05:44):
Road to meet our friends and let all belong.

Speaker 2 (05:50):
All day long.

Speaker 1 (05:58):
Now that was music to our ears. We hope you
liked the song. It was so much fun practicing our
short vowels while talking about friendship. Just like the bridge,
all friendships are built through trust and kindness. If you
are ready for interactive play learning time, explore our Lingo
Kids Out. It offers fun and educational songs and games

(06:22):
to help kids ages two and older learn and develop
important skills such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity.
That's the power of play learning. See you in our
next episode. Goodbye until next time.