Summary
The origin of it all: when Martha eats a bowl of alphabet soup, the letters travel up to her brain instead of down to her stomach -- and suddenly she can talk. This is the perfect 90-second hook for introducing where words come from and why Martha loves language so much.
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Discussion questions
Meet Martha and the alphabet soup that started everything.
- What happened when Martha ate the alphabet soup?
- Where did the letters go instead of her stomach?
- Once Martha could talk, what did she do a lot of?
- If you could suddenly say any new word, what would it be?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: alphabet, letters, speak, brain
- Say the whole alphabet out loud with a partner.
- Name a new word you'd like to add to your own 'word soup' today.