Short A

Short A is a vowel sound. It appeared on Between the Lions for four seasons.

Word Families

• ab
• ack
• ad
• ag
• am
• amp
• an
• ance
• ant
• ap
• are
• arrot
• ash
• ast
• at
• atch
• attle

Appearances

Pre-Season 1

• Episode 05: Shooting Stars
• Episode 07: Touching the Moon
• Episode 08: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
• Episode 15: There's a Fly in My Soup
• Episode 17: Something Fishy
• Episode 18: Hug, Hug, Hug!
• Episode 26: The Roar That Makes Them Run
• Episode 29: Giants and Cubs
• Episode 37: Poetry Day
• Episode 47: The Spider and the Lie
• Episode 55: Stop That Chicken!
• Episode 56: Hay Day

Seasons 1-4

• Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers
• Episode 12: The Chap with Caps
• Episode 19: The Ram in the Pepper Patch
• Episode 24: The Old Man
• Episode 27: Piggyback, Piggyback
• Episode 31: The Sad Dad
• Episode 40: The Last Cliff Hanger
• Episode 42: Oh, Yes, It Can!
• Episode 51: Rats
• Episode 60: You Can't Catch Me!
• Episode 70: Dance in Smarty Pants!

Post-Season 4

• Episode 76: Click, Clack, Moo / The Little Red Hen
• Episode 85: Pete's a Pizza/Pygmalion
• Episode 117: The Popcorn Popper/Oh, Yes, It Can! (repeat)

Segments About Short A

The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Wish Upon a Star

Sea: meat, mat, at, pat, part, par, park, ark, shark (Version 1)

Sea: meat, mat, at, pat, part, par, park, ark, shark (Version 2)

Sea: shark, ark, park, par, part, pat, at, fat, fight, night (Version 1)

Sea: shark, ark, park, par, part, pat, at, fat, fight, night (Version 2)

The Monkey Pop-Up Theater: There is No Need to Light a Night-Light (Version 1)

Sky: night, fight, fat, at, cat (Version 1)

Sky: night, fight, fat, at, cat (Version 2)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Fat Cat (Version 1)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Fat Cat (Version 2)

Space: cat, pat, part, park, shark (Version 1)

Space: cat, pat, part, park, shark (Version 2)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: Raw Hamburger [Humbarger or Hamburger] (Version 1)

Fred Says: achoo

Stage: big, bag, bat, bit, it

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: man (Version 1)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: man (Version 2)

Arty Smartypants: An, Pan, Plan, Planet (Version 1)

Dr. Bertice Berry (with Heath): an

Rectangular Bugs: an, am, arm, ark, mark

Stage: part, pat, pant, ant, antlers

Gawain's Word: dance (Version 1)

Abstract: dance, damp, lamp, clamp, clam

Replaced Letter Songs: A Careless Young Clam (Version 1)

What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Slammed and Rammed Ham with No Yam or Clam (Version 1)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram (Version 1)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram (Version 2)

What's Your Name?: Short A (Season 1 Version 1)

What's Your Name?: Short A (Season 1 Version 2)

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: enchanting

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: tap

Fred Says: nap

Arty Smartypants: Lap, Clap, Flap, Flapjack (Version 1)

Seesaw: flap, lap, clap

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: thunderclap

Replaced Letter Songs: A Careless Young Clam (Version 2)

Sea: clam, cram, crash (Version 1)

Sea: clam, cram, crash (Version 2)

Sea: clam, cram, crash (Version 3)

Gawain's Word: crash

Sea: clam, cram, crack (unused)

Gawain's Word: crack (unused)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Real Ham and Her Name was Honey Glaze [Same Spud or Sam Spud]

Dr. Bertice Berry (with Announcer Bunny): cap

Silent E Word Maze: cap, cape (Version 1)

Silent E Word Maze: cap, cape (Version 2)

Silent E: cap/cape (Version 1)

The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Big Ape and the Banana Drop (Version 1)

The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Big Ape and the Banana Drop (Version 2)

Color Patterns: ape, cape, cap, sap, sad (Version 1)

Color Patterns: ape, cape, cap, sap, sad (Version 2)

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: sad, glad (Version 1)

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: sad, glad (Version 2)

Sometimes Y (Version 1)

Sometimes Y (Version 2)

Silent E: cap/cape (Version 2)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: jam

Fred Says: ram (Version 1)

What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Slammed and Rammed Ham with No Yam or Clam (Version 2)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: Raw Hamburger [Humbarger or Hamburger] (Version 2)

Sky: ham, harm, hark, ark, mark

Color Patterns: mark, park, part, pat, rat, ram

Fred Says: slam

Gawain's Word: slam

Robots: ram, ham, had, sad (Version 1)

Robots: ram, ham, had, sad (Version 2)

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: sad, glad (Version 3)

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: sad, glad (Version 4)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: Crazy Vowel A

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram (Version 3)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram (Version 4)

Dr. Bertice Berry (with Announcer Bunny): ham

Replaced Letter Songs: A Careless Young Clam (Version 3)

What's Your Name?: Short A (Season 1 Version 3)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: fan

Robots: fan, ran, ram (Version 1)

Robots: fan, ran, ram (Version 2)

Fred Says: ram (Version 2)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram (Version 5)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram (Version 6)

Johnny Consonanti and The Vowelles: an

Arty Smartypants: An, Pan, Plan, Planet (Version 2)

Heath the Thesaurus sings Ten Small Words

Gawain's Word: dance (Version 2)

On Broadway with Faith Prince and Walter Bobbie: ham

What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Slammed and Rammed Ham with No Yam or Clam (Version 3)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: Orange [Banana, not Binini] (Version 1)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: Orange [Banana, not Binini] (Version 2)

Sky: banana, ban, back, pack (Version 1)

Sky: banana, ban, back, pack (Version 2)

The Un-People vs. The Re-People: packed (Version 1)

Sometimes Y (Version 3)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: pack

The Un-People vs. The Re-People: packed (Version 2)

Color Patterns: pack, quack

Fred Says: quack

Sky: quack, pack, sack, smack

Gawain's Word: smack

What's Your Name?: Short A (Season 1 Version 4)

Stage: back, lack, lick, lit, light (Version 1)

Stage: back, lack, lick, lit, light (Version 2)

The Monkey Pop-Up Theater: There is No Need to Light a Night-Light (Version 2)

Rectangular Bugs: light, lip, lap

Arty Smartypants: Lap, Clap, Flap, Flapjack (Version 2)

Arty Smartypants: Lap, Clap, Flap, Flapjack (Version 3)

Fred Says: flap

Fred Says: flapjack

Tongue Twisters: Nat's Knapsack Strap Snapped

Johnny Consonanti and The Vowelles: at

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Fat Cat (Version 3)

Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Fat Cat (Version 4)

Ms. Denyce Graves: that (Version 1)

Ms. Denyce Graves: that (Version 2)

Space: that, than, then, hen, when (Version 1)

Space: that, than, then, hen, when (Version 2)

Silent E: cap/cape (Version 3)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: flag

Rectangular Bugs: flag, flat, at, bat, ban

Fred Says: an

Fred Says: ban

Fred Says: banjo

Albrecht Roser and the Dancer (with Leona)

If You Can Read: at (Version 1)

Dunderhead Lab with Dr. Nitwhite and Watson: Words with "at" (Version 1)

Roma Downey reading a poem about "This and That"

Replaced Letter Songs: The Madison Cats (Version 1)

Swami Marmy: A Monkey Will Catch A Pass

Tiger Words: A Train Trip to Spain [pant or paint] (Version 1)

The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: The Last Cliff Hanger

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: fast

Fred Says: fast

Fred Says: faster

Fred Says: fastest

What's Your Name?: Short A (Season 2 Version 1)

Sea: whale, tale, tack (Version 1)

Sea: whale, tale, tack (Version 2)

Tiger Words: A Stack of Flapjacks [stack, not stick] (Version 1)

Tiger Words: A Stack of Flapjacks [stack, not stick] (Version 2)

What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Tackled and Paddled Hamburger Patty (Version 1)

What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Tackled and Paddled Hamburger Patty (Version 2)

Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: French Fry [masher in the neighborhood, not neighbor in the masherhood]

The Adventures of Cliff Hanger all-new

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: pan (Version 1)

Vowel Boot Camp: Camp Nappy-Packy-Wacky-Lake - man, main (Version 1)

Vowel Boot Camp: Camp Nappy-Packy-Wacky-Lake - man, main (Version 2)

Sky with Spotlights: man, mat, at (Version 1)

Sky with Spotlights: man, mat, at (Version 2)

If You Can Read: at (Version 2)

Teatro Hugo & Ines: Hugo and the Hat

Gawain's Word: scratch (Version 1)

Gawain's Word: scratch (Version 2)

Dance in Smarty Pants! (Version 1)

Fred Says: clam

Color Patterns: clam, clan, an, pan, pant, paint (blue and green version)

Color Patterns: clam, clan, an, pan, pant, paint (orange and brown version)

Tiger Words: A Train Trip to Spain [pant or paint] (Version 2)

14 Karat Soul: Short A (rammalam) (Version 1)

Get Your Mouth Moving with Fred and the Freds (Version 1)

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: hat

Robots: hat, sat, cat

Replaced Letter Songs: The Madison Cats (Version 2)

Moby Duck: Flappy the fantastic white rabbit

What's Your Name?: Short A (Season 2 Version 2)

14 Karat Soul: Short A (rammalam) (Version 2)

If You Can Read: at (Version 3)

Fred Says: rat

Fred Says: rattle

Color Patterns: rattle, rat, rag, tag (Version 1)

Color Patterns: rattle, rat, rag, tag (Version 2)

Gawain's Word: tag

Rectangular Bugs: tag, tan, an, pan, pant, pants

Dance in Smarty Pants! (Version 2)

Get Your Mouth Moving with Fred and the Freds (Version 2)

Heath the Thesaurus and the monkeys sings Ten Little Words

Teatro Hugo & Ines: Hugo and the Knee Man

Replaced Letter Songs: The Madison Cats (Version 3)

Dunderhead Lab with Dr. Nitwhite and Watson: Words with "at" (Version 2)

Rectangular Bugs: scat, cat, catch

Fred Says: scratch

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: flabbergasted

Get Your Mouth Moving: Short A (Version 1)

Missing Letter: hands (Version 1)

Marmy's Poetry Corner: Hands

Dance in Smarty Pants! (Version 3)

Gawain's Word: fast

Arty Smartypants: Blast, Fantastic, Bombastic, Gymnastic

Martha Reader and The Vowelles: pan (Version 2)

Gawain's Word: fan

14 Karat Soul: Short A (rammalam) (Version 3)

Missing Letter: hands (Version 2)

Marmy's Poetry Corner: A Funny Word

Fred Says: slant

Sky: slant, plant, pant, pants

Get Your Mouth Moving: Short A (Version 2)

Vowel Preview: The Sad Dad

Backyard: sad, sack, tack, stack

Tiger Words: A Stack of Flapjacks [stack, not stick] (Version 3)

What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Tackled and Paddled Hamburger Patty (Version 2)

Dance in Smarty Pants! (Version 4)

Gawain's Word: nap (within cheerleaders)

Gawain's Word: nap

Replaced Letter Songs: A Careless Young Clam (Version 4)

Ms. Denyce Graves: that (Version 3)

Blending Bowl: flap

Real Kids: Kids Say Words That Begin with the Letter A

Get Your Mouth Moving: Short A (Version 3; Unused)

CGI Letters: A

What's Your Name?: Short A (Season 1 Version 5)

Blending Bowl: vanish