Letter video for kindergarten
18 Amazing Alphabet Videos to Help Kids Learn Their ABCs
Is there anything more important in a young student’s life than learning their ABCs? This fundamental skill opens up the world of reading and writing, which can take kids just about anywhere! These alphabet videos help teach and reinforce the letters and their sounds in fun and engaging ways. Kids will beg to watch them again and again!
1. Take a trip to Sesame Street
When it comes to alphabet videos, no one does it better than Sesame Street. This compilation of songs includes famous musical guest stars like Usher and India.Arie, plus familiar characters like Elmo and Kermit the Frog.
2. Rap the alphabet
It’s the ABC song, but with a hip-hop twist. This video also covers the sounds each letter makes, making the alphabet more meaningful.
3. Watch the Alphablocks
This video episode of the popular show opens with the Alphablocks trying to sing the familiar ABC song—but some letters want more than their fair share! You can watch just this part alone, or play the entire video to see the Alphablocks on their various adventures.
4. Workout to the letter sounds
Popular kids’ entertainer Jack Hartmann gets little ones up and moving as they work out and learn their letters at the same time. This one is perfect for a movement break!
5. Canta la alphabeto en Español
Why limit yourself to English? Gina Rodriguez and Elmo are here to help you learn to sing the ABCs in Spanish too!
6. Learn the yoga alphabet
Learn the alphabet and basic yoga poses, all at the same time! Watch the video through once, then go back and play it slowly letter-by-letter, doing the yoga poses along the way.
This is such a fun way to do the ABCs!
7. Transform the letters of the alphabet
Kids who love to play with cars and trucks will get a kick out of this alphabet video. Each letter drives onto the screen in pieces, then transforms itself into position.
8. Do the alphabet dance
We love alphabet videos that get kids up and moving! In this one, little learners make the shapes of the letters with their bodies as they dance along to the upbeat music.
9. Meet the dinosaur alphabet
Dino-obsessed kids will love this video! It features a dinosaur for every letter of the alphabet, plus fun facts about each species.
10. Sing a new alphabet song
Ready for a new alphabet tune? This video features a competitor on “Alphabet Idol” crooning the ABCs to a new melody and rhythm.
11. Listen to
Chicka Chicka Boom BoomWhether they’re new to the book or already know it by heart, kids will enjoy this syncopated performance accompanied by colorful visuals. For another fun version, watch Ray Charles reading this beloved favorite!
12. Come to the alphabet party
What happens when you invite all the letters to a party at your house? Find out in this sweet song! (B is blowing bubbles and K is fascinated with her kite, for starters.)
13. Visit the Alphabet Lost and Found
Oh no! So many words have lost their letters! What will they do? Visit the Alphabet Lost and Found, of course! (Love They Might Be Giants? Watch the whole Here Comes The ABCs album here.)
14. Join the StoryBots to learn the alphabet
The StoryBots take you through the alphabet from A to Z in this longer musical video, giving examples along the way. Kids will have fun pretending to be robots as they sing along.
15. Dine on alphabet veggies
Learn the ABCs and a whole lot of healthy vegetables too! From arugula to zucchini, they’re all here, and they’re all nutritious.
16. Dance to the Boogie Woogie Piggies Alphabet
Sesame Street has done so many alphabet videos over the years, but this barnyard classic remains a favorite. Sing and dance (and oink) along with the Boogie Woogie Piggies as they perform the ABCs. (For more throwback fun, check out the time Big Bird thought the alphabet was one long word!)
17. Try the alphabet backwards
Look at the alphabet in a whole new way when you try to sing it backwards. Learning their “CBAs” is new for most kids, and it’s a terrific way to get them to think outside the box.
18. See it, say it, sign it
We love the idea of teaching all kids the sign language alphabet. Even if they never learn another sign, they’ll have the basic skills to communicate with those who are deaf/hard of hearing .
Enjoying these alphabet videos? Keep the learning going with 26 Fun Easy Ways For Kids to Practice Their ABCs.
Plus, 26 Awesome Ways To Use Alphabet Beads For Learning.
Videos for Learning Letter Sounds
Last updated on January 5, 2022
Don’t waste time searching for videos on YouTube! I’ve compiled a list of my five favorite tried-and-true videos for teaching and learning letter sounds.
It’s the 21st century, and we know that videos are highly engaging for kids and adults alike. So why not use videos for teaching and learning?
I love using videos with my kindergarten students, especially my English language learners (ESL/ELL students). There’s just something about songs that helps learning “stick.”
You can use educational videos to open a lesson, as a warm up, to fill in the small time gaps during the day, or as a review at the end of the day.
I’ve scoured YouTube for videos for learning letter sounds. Here are the top five videos that I recommend!
Learning Videos for the Classroom
While I personally believe these videos are appropriate for preschool, kindergarten and first grade classrooms, remember that there can often be inappropriate ads before and after YouTube videos.
Also, I always recommend previewing the full video before showing it to your class.
If you plan to show YouTube videos in your classroom, I highly recommend that you read this blog post by Catherine, the Brown Bag Teacher. She shares three ways to eliminate YouTube video ads so that you can safely play these learning videos in your classroom.
Without further ado, here are five fabulous videos for teaching and learning letter sounds in the classroom!
Videos for Learning Letter Sounds
1. Have Fun Teaching’s Alphabet Song
This video is perfect for practicing letter names and sounds. It says the names of the letters clearly as they appear, which provides great visual repetition. It also a catchy song and is well-loved by students.
2. The Letter Factory Letter Sounds
This video is a kindergarten teacher favorite! It has all of the clips and songs from the Letter Factory video.
Each sound is sung many times. The letters are shown so students can connect the sounds to the letters. There are also many word/sound connections. For example, “l” is sung by licking lollipops.
[Note: Every time I start open the link to this video, it begins the video at 50 seconds in, which is the letter E. To start at the letter A, just click on the beginning of the video so it starts at 0:01.]
If you like this video, you can purchase the whole thing as a DVD or even stream it from Amazon! [affiliate]
3. Learning Letter Sounds
Have you heard of Jack Hartmann? He has some amazing educational videos on YouTube. In this video, Jack is “on the beach.” He reviews all the letter names and sounds in order. He also acts out each beginning sound as the word/object is displayed on the screen. I love that he focuses on building brain and body connections!
4. Act Out the Alphabet
This is great for English language learners! In this video, Jack acts out the alphabet (in order). It’s kinesthetic, so there’s a movement for every letter sound. For each letter, he says the letter name, letter sound, a word that starts with the letter and acts it out in a way for students to mimic.
5. Letter Sound Automaticity
This video is more “advanced” because it practices the letter sounds out-of-order (just like Move & Master Fluency Tables – Alphabet Edition)! It mixes lowercase and uppercase letters and it includes long vowel sounds, too! As it shows each letter, it gives 4 seconds of wait time for students to say the letter sound before Jack reinforces it by saying it in the video. Each letter sound is reviewed twice.
Do you know of any videos for teaching letter sounds?
What do you think? Do you have any videos you could add to the list? If so, please let me know in the comments below! I would love to update this post with more videos. 🥳
FREE Phonics Resource
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Rules for Parents
RULES FOR OUR PARENTS
Dear parents!
In our kindergarten, we care about your children, their safety and development.
Therefore, we also ask you to follow some rules that will help make attending kindergarten a pleasant experience for your child.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
*** Do not forget that in the pre-school there is a monthly payment for the maintenance of a child in kindergarten. We ask you to pay the receipt on time, , by the 20th day of of each month, according to the contract.
Read about payment here
*** In our preschool institution, it is customary to treat each other politely , therefore, regardless of their age, it is necessary to address the teachers of the group with you, by name and patronymic, and teach this to your children.
Their "aunts" do not work in our kindergarten!
*** Reception of children is carried out from 7.
30 to 8.45 daily, except weekends and holidays.
Timely arrival in kindergarten is a necessary condition for the correct organization of the educational process.
*** If you bring your child after the start of any regimen or activity, please undress him and wait with him in the locker room until the next break.
*** In the morning, parents must hand over the child personally to the teacher , and in the evening, be sure to go to the teacher and say that you are picking up the child from the kindergarten.
*** If you need to bring or pick up a child outside school hours , please notify the teacher in advance. If your child is taken from the kindergarten by relatives or acquaintances, then you must write an application and sign it with the head.
*** If the child is unable to come to the kindergarten due to illness or other good reason, please inform the teacher by 9 am by contact phone, and in case of coming to the kindergarten after illness or vacation - the day before by 12 pm .
*** A child not attending kindergarten for more than 3 days must have a doctor's note.
Parents, remember! You must bring a healthy child!
An untreated child will not only get sick himself, but will also infect healthy children!
And if "snot" and coughing do not frighten you as a mother, then another mother may have her own opinion, different from yours.
*** Before you take your child to kindergarten, check whether he is dressed correctly , whether his suit corresponds to the season and air temperature. In properly selected clothes, the child moves freely, gets tired less. Make sure that the child's clothing is not too large and at the same time does not hinder the child's movements. Pay special attention to shoes . It should be light, warm and fit exactly to the size of the foot.
Check buckles and laces. They must be such that the child can use them independently. In the group room it is not allowed to wear shoes without backs (flip-flops).
Dear parents! Slippers leave for the house. Children, of course, feel at home here, but let shoes be “not slippers” .
Requirements for the appearance of children
- Neat appearance, fully buttoned clothing and shoes;
- Washed face;
- Clean nose, hands, trimmed nails;
- Hair trimmed and carefully combed; for girls, the hairstyle is fixed with elastic bands, bows, etc.
- Clean underwear;
- Availability of sufficient handkerchiefs. The handkerchief is necessary for the child both indoors and on a walk. Make convenient pockets on your clothes for storing it.
To create comfortable conditions for a child to stay in kindergarten, you need:
- In closet there should be T-shirts, panties, spare tights, socks, a change of clothes in case of an "accident" while eating. Children ... are an independent people. Be sure to check the neatness of things, do not forget to take your pajamas and sportswear to the laundry, well, we don’t even mention the daily change of clothes. Clothing for staying in a group. It is not allowed to wear the same pair of jeans, trousers both for a walk and in the premises of a kindergarten.
- Two bags for storing clean and used linen.
- Comb (regardless of hair length).
- Sportswear and shoes with rubber soles for physical education.
- Linen, clothes and other things can be marked.
- It is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN to bring sharp, piercing, cutting objects to the preschool (scissors, knives, knitting needles, pins, nails, wire, mirror, glass bottles, bubbles, metal toys, swords, sabers, lighters, etc.
) .
The presence of such items is dangerous not only for your child, but also for other children attending the group. Therefore, be sure to check your child's pockets before leaving for kindergarten.
It is strongly recommended not to put on a child gold and silver jewelry.
We also ask not to give chewing gum, sweets, cookies and any food, vitamins, pills and other medicines, cosmetics and computer games and any valuable toy that you feel sorry for.
If you consider it necessary to give your child some treats with you, then please limit yourself to a few caramels in candy wrappers and warn the teacher about this.
- In a group, children are not allowed to beat and offend each other; take things from the teacher's table without permission, even your own, take personal things without permission, including toys of other children brought from home; spoil and break the results of the work of other children.
Children are not allowed to "strike back", as well as to attack each other. This requirement is dictated by the safety of the child. - Do not forget to pay attention to the child's man-made work (drawings, crafts), praise the child.
Parents can attend classes at any time , informing the teacher conducting it a day in advance. Replacement shoes are not required, but remember about shoe covers!
General issues are discussed at parent meetings, not because there is nothing to say about everyone, but only because of ethical considerations.
- Disputes and conflict situations must be resolved in the absence of children. If you could not resolve any issue with the teacher of the group, contact the head.
In the presence of a child one should not discuss preschool teachers with relatives or acquaintances.
Dear parents!
The administration is responsible for the life of the child from 7.30 to 17.30, and after…
If you came at 17.20, and you want to take a walk and talk with the teacher, that way until 18.00, try to restrain your desires, since the educators have a working day until 17.30 .
REMEMBER : as soon as you come for the child, the caregiver relieves himself of responsibility for him!
Synopsis of the open complex lesson "Video letter from Dunno" | Outline of the lesson (senior group):
Synopsis of an open complex lesson in the senior group
"Video letter from Dunno"
Purpose: To continue to form elementary mathematical representations, the basics of initial literacy, logical thinking.
Objectives:
Educational:
Improve the skills of classifying objects. Improve knowledge of the basics of the initial letter.
To form the ability to navigate on a sheet of paper. To consolidate knowledge about sports games. To form the skills of cooperation in the classroom, to form the skills of self-esteem.
Developing:
To develop children's attention, logical thinking, imagination, curiosity, mutual assistance.
Educational:
Raise cognitive interest in learning to read and write, mathematical games.
Preliminary work with children:
Reading fiction, guessing riddles, individual lessons, game exercise “What is superfluous here?”.
Demonstration material: interactive game and class presentation, ball, coloring box.
Handout: graphic dictation cards, pencils, red, blue, green cubes.
Progress NOD
Children enter the group, greet the guests and approach the blackboard.
Slide 1. Letter.
Teacher: Guys, today I received a strange e-mail.
It is not signed
If you guess the riddle,
From whom you will learn it.
This boy is short
Dreamer and braggart
He takes on a lot of things
But he doesn't really succeed in anything.
Children: This is Dunno!
Slide 2. Dunno on the moon.
Educator: Let's open the letter and see what he wrote to us.
Slide 3. Video letter.
Dunno: “Dear guys, I am now traveling on the moon. And my dog Pulka stayed at home. My friends kids told me that you are smart, brave, just like me. And you can take on any challenge. Please take a walk with my dog while I'm here"
Educator: Guys, can we manage?
Children: Yes!
Educator: Here is the task - the dog Pulka loves to walk very much. She is very obedient, runs only where the owner allows.
Slide 4. Checkered sheet.
Obedient dog game
A sheet of paper is lined into squares. At the command of the teacher, the children put the image of the dog in the lower right cell.
1. Two cells up.
2.
Three spaces to the left
3. Five spaces down.
4. Four squares to the right.
5. Six cells up.
6. Three cells to the right.
7. Four cage down.
8. Two cells to the left.
9. One cell down.
10. Three cells to the right.
A child performs on the board.
— Well done, the guys coped with the first task!
Slide 5.
Dunno: “Guys, thank you very much! And you know, I really like to play ball, I can do nothing all day, but only drive the ball around the moon.
Educator: Our children know a lot of ball games.
Children name: Volleyball, basketball, football.
Educator: And we love to play a ball game called - "Everything in two." Leave the tables, stand in a circle.
The teacher throws the ball to the child with the words:
“Name three trees…
Name three flowers…
Three pieces of furniture…
Three fairy tale characters…
Three vegetables…
Three pieces of fruit… 9002 Three pieces of fruit…
Three items of clothing…
Three items of shoes…
Three toys…
Three wild animals…
Three domestic animals…
Three types of transport…
Three toys…
0020…
Three fish…
— We rested, played, and were not tired at all!
- Sit down in your seats, let's listen to what else Dunno will tell us.
Slide 6.
Dunno: “My friend Tube was drawing a flower, but I distracted him and he didn’t finish the drawing, I don’t know what kind of flower Tube was drawing. Please help to finish the flower, connect the numbers by dots starting from one in order”
Educator: Guys, let's help Dunno find out what flower Tube painted?
Slide 7. Flower
One child completes the task on the board.
Slide 8.
Dunno: “Guys, I knew that you would cope with the task, well done, thank you very much. And I have prepared a surprise for you. But it won't be easy to find it. To do this, you need to build an "audio track".
Educator: Well, we can easily cope with this task. I remind you: The red cube denotes vowel sounds: A, O, U, I, Y, E. Blue cube solid consonants: for example, which ones? (children's answers) Green soft consonants: what do you know? (children's answers)
So, get to work!
Children line up one after another, take turns approaching the box with blocks, take one.
