CH 01 · LEARNING LAND · EPISODE L10
Murphy is having a picnic at the beach with toast and a jar of strawberry jam, until a blue jay swoops down and flies off with the shiny jar. The jay drops it, plop, into a tide pool, where a friendly jellyfish floats up and bounces it out. The jar lands in the back of the lifeguard's jeep, and a big bump pops it high into the air. Back at the picnic, a juggler on the boardwalk catches it, juggles it with his balls and tosses it right back to Murphy.
Every one of them starts with the letter J. Can your Couch Buddy name them all?
J! J! J is jolly! J! J! Here we go! Murphy had a picnic on the sunny sandy beach With toast and jam, the jar was right in reach! Then down came a jay and it flew the jar away So hop up on the couch and let's chase it today! J, J, jam! (Jam!) J, J, jay! (Jay!) J, J, jellyfish, bouncing in the sea! J, J, jeep, bumping by so happily! J, J, juggler, tossing way up high! J is jolly, wave hi, hi, hi! The jay dropped the jar in a tide pool, plop! The jellyfish bounced it up and out, boing, pop! It landed in a jeep that went bumpity-bump And up flew the jar with a jolly jump! J, J, jam! (Jam!) J, J, jay! (Jay!) J, J, jellyfish, bouncing in the sea! J, J, jeep, bumping by so happily! J, J, juggler, tossing way up high! J is jolly, wave hi, hi, hi! Here comes a juggler, on the boardwalk by the sand He caught the jar of jam with a juggle in his hand! He tossed it back to Murphy, right where it should be Jolly, jolly, jolly, jolly as can be! What starts with J? (Jam!) What starts with J? (Jay!) What starts with J? (Jellyfish!) What starts with J? (Jeep!) What starts with J? (Juggler!) Five jolly things that start with J!
ORIGINAL SONG
More on Music Mania →Trace big J and little j, write them on your own, then circle the pictures that start with J. Page two is a coloring page with Murphy and his jar of jam. Free to print.
Download free PDFMurphy chases his jar of jam all along the beach, and every friend and thing he finds starts with the “j” sound in jam: jam, jay, jellyfish, jeep and juggler. Each word pops up next to a big letter J, and Murphy says “J is for…” after each one, so kids see the letter and hear its sound together.
Push your lips forward a little and make a quick “j,” like the start of jump or jam. Kids can feel their tongue push up and let go.
Start in the middle with a line straight down, below the line, then curve to the left like a little hook. Lift the pencil and add a dot on top. The Trace It game shows that order with arrows.
