CH 01 · LEARNING LAND · EPISODE L04
Murphy finds a fluffy dandelion in his garden and gets ready to make a wish, but whoosh! The wind blows the puff away. It drifts across the farm onto a sleeping dog's nose (ah-choo!), floats down to the duck pond, where a dandy duck flaps it back into the breeze, and lands on a donkey's long ear (hee-haw!). Then a darting dragonfly nudges it all the way home, and Murphy makes his wish: lots of friends!
Every one of them starts with the letter D. Can your Couch Buddy name them all?
D! D! D is delightful! D! D! Here we go! Murphy found a dandelion, fluffy and white He was going to make a wish, everything just right Whoosh went the wind and it floated away So hop up on the couch and come along and play! D, D, dandelion! (Dandelion!) D, D, dog! (Dog!) D, D, duck, a dandy duck! D, D, donkey, wish me luck! D, D, dragonfly, darting through the sky! D is delightful, way up high! It landed on a dog who was napping in the sun Ah-choo! went the dog, and away it spun! A duck flapped her wings by the pond so blue A donkey said hee-haw, and off it flew! D, D, dandelion! (Dandelion!) D, D, dog! (Dog!) D, D, duck, a dandy duck! D, D, donkey, wish me luck! D, D, dragonfly, darting through the sky! D is delightful, way up high! Back in the garden, a dragonfly came Carrying the dandelion home again Now Murphy makes a wish for lots of friends Delightful, delightful, the fun never ends! What starts with D? (Dandelion!) What starts with D? (Dog!) What starts with D? (Duck!) What starts with D? (Donkey!) What starts with D? (Dragonfly!) Five delightful things that start with D!
ORIGINAL SONG
More on Music Mania →Trace big D and little d, write them on your own, then circle the pictures that start with D. Page two is a coloring page with Murphy and his dandelion. Free to print.
Download free PDFMurphy follows his dandelion puff across one farm as the wind carries it from friend to friend, and every friend starts with the “d” sound in dog: dandelion, dog, duck, donkey and dragonfly. Each word pops up next to a big letter D, and Murphy says “D is for…” after each one, so kids see the letter and hear its sound together.
Put the tip of your tongue behind your top teeth and let it drop: “d,” short and quick, not “duh.” Kids can feel the tap if they say it slowly in front of a mirror.
They are mirror images, so flipping them is very common at this age. Tracing d with the round part first, then the tall line, helps it stick. The Trace It game shows that order with arrows.
