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Word Recognition
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Finger Stretching with Monique Ealey

In this video, Monique Ealey, director of education and experiences at Mississippi Children's Museum in Jackson, demonstrates the "finger stretching" technique — using her fingers to isolate and identify each sound in a word.

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