Performance Story Time
3/16/2026 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Watching a story performed transforms text into an engaging multisensory experience.
Watching a story performed takes a child beyond passive listening, stimulating their senses and diverse learning styles. Hearing new words, songs, and dialogue strengthens vocabulary. Featured is 'Little Red's Most Unusual Day' by John Davies, presented by Nashville Opera's Mary Ragland Emerging Artist Program as part of their Education Tour, Opera on Tour.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Performance Story Time
3/16/2026 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Watching a story performed takes a child beyond passive listening, stimulating their senses and diverse learning styles. Hearing new words, songs, and dialogue strengthens vocabulary. Featured is 'Little Red's Most Unusual Day' by John Davies, presented by Nashville Opera's Mary Ragland Emerging Artist Program as part of their Education Tour, Opera on Tour.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ Why must I always be good ♪ ♪ And do just what my mother says that I should?
♪ - [Narrator] Watching a story performed takes a child beyond passive listening, stimulating their senses and diverse learning styles.
Music creates rhythm and mood, making the story engaging.
♪ I'm the wolf ♪ ♪ As you can see ♪ ♪ Oh, yes I am ♪ ♪ I'm the one and only me ♪ - Hearing new words, songs and dialogue strengthens vocabulary and the connection between oral and written language.
♪ And grandma ♪ - Yeah?
♪ What crooked teeth you have ♪ - Oh, these?
♪ They're enormous, I repeat ♪ - [Narrator] Seeing performers be expressive encourages children to find their own voice and try something new.
♪ I really am sorry that I cannot stay ♪ ♪ But we'll all get together on some other day ♪ - [Narrator] Special storytimes are accessible to families through local theaters, libraries, museums, and community centers.
- [Narrator] Sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, helping build literary skills and encouraging parents and children to spend 20 minutes a day reading together.
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