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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!
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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.]
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3.
Learning Letter SoundsHave 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
If you’re teaching letter sounds, you’ll probably be interested in this FREE “Help Your Child Learn to Read” brochure for your students’ parents!
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It is obvious to everyone that children need to be prepared for school in advance, and therefore almost every first grader, going to school, already knows how to read or at least knows the letters.
Education can be safely started from the age of 5, but learning the letters of the alphabet for children of primary preschool age (2-4 years) is not at all necessary due to certain age-related characteristics of the child's psyche.
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Tips for learning letters with preschoolers
Learn letters - games for learning letters
Learn letters - video
There are many methods of teaching reading, but, as you know, the leading activity at preschool age is a game, so we study letters with preschool children in a playful way.
Tips for learning letters with preschoolers
Regardless of the method by which we learn letters while playing, it is necessary to follow certain principles of learning: Instead of the phrase "Let's go, read!" better say: "Let's go play!". Important: do not learn letters, but the sounds they represent. To familiarize children with letters and help them remember them, you should systematically conduct small lessons in the form of a game. Games for learning letters can be different: subject, role-playing, creative, mobile, didactic, computer. In addition to these, there are many other games and toys with which it is easy to learn the alphabet. So, a colorful poster-alphabet, cubes with letters, a learning tablet and other items will not be superfluous in the house. You can come up with a lot of games with letters, you just need to connect your imagination. activities unobtrusively introduces the baby to the Russian alphabet. 08 Nov 2020 Sooner or later every child will have to learn the alphabet. And, as a rule, this is the first thing mothers want to teach their children. And this makes sense! Why? The sequence is simple: Knows the alphabet - easier to learn to read. Can read - can easily comprehend other subjects. Everything is simple, when studying any other subject, the child will have to deal with the text that explains the task. And not knowing how to read thoughtfully and consciously, it will be very difficult for him to comprehend science. But back to basics. Here we have a wonderful three-year-old. And you know that at this age in all children's centers they are already beginning to quietly teach letters. Remember that at the age of 3 years your first goal is not to teach the letters , but to make the process FUN and INTERESTING, to instill a love of reading and not to allow to form negative associations with reading in the child. The easiest and most effective option is to turn learning the alphabet into a game! And here are some of the very first rules: 1. You should not learn the entire alphabet at once, it is enough to get acquainted with the basic letters (A, O, U, M, P ..), gradually adding other letters. 2. Keep in mind that this is the age of sensitive - it is important for a child to touch and try everything, so offer three-dimensional letters that can be touched, traced, pasted, sprinkled, etc. 3. Increase the time of playing with letters gradually, starting from 5 minutes and increase as long as the kid is interested and he keeps concentration. 4. Do not try to teach your child letters by drawing them on paper or a board, for the baby they will remain incomprehensible lines. Give him a visual, figurative association in his hands - offer three-dimensional letters - hard, soft, cubes with images of letters, use special games to study letters (puzzles, pictures with images of letters and objects) You can play a wide variety of games this way. For example, lay out pictures with different objects or animals and ask them to place a cube with the corresponding letter that the picture begins with. Or give the child a three-dimensional letter and ask them to bring it to the object that begins with this letter. Try syllables later. Thus, by the age of 4, the child will perfectly understand what a letter is, why it is needed and where it occurs.
This means that after sitting for a long time in front of the primer, it is advisable to organize a physical education session and move around. Alternate the study of letters with drawing, modeling, designing or other activities.
For example, the letter B [be], but the sound [b]; the letter R [er], but the sound [r]. With improper learning, the child reads [peo] instead of [on].
Learning letters - games for learning letters
Most often, when teaching reading, didactic (educational) games with letters are used. Here are some examples of possible games with children to learn letters.
Laying out letters from various materials. After getting acquainted with a particular letter, children can try to lay it out using pebbles, mosaics, counting sticks and other items. When several analyzers are involved (in this case, not only visual, but also tactile), memorization occurs faster. Therefore, you need to give the child the opportunity to "play" with the letter.
Modeling a letter from plasticine with its subsequent naming.
Draw the given letters on the sand screen (draw the letter C).
Inventing words for a given sound. For example, words with the letter A for children.
The child must come up with as many words as possible starting with the letter A (stork, bus, acrobat, machine gun, car). Such tasks teach to listen to words and sounds and develop phonemic hearing, which is necessary for the perception and discrimination of speech sounds. To diversify the game, you can play with the ball. An adult throws the ball to the child and calls a letter, the child comes up with a word and throws the ball back.
The game "What a letter looks like" uses the child's imagination. Children are offered to come up with an "image" for the letter. For example, the letter Zh is for a beetle, the letter D is for a house. For variety, you can add creativity to the game: make a beetle that looks like the letter J, or draw a house that looks like the letter D. Children love this game. There are letters in the bag, the child must take one of them and, without removing his hand from the bag, determine by touch which letter he has come across.
Game “Fold the cut letter”. Such letter games for preschool children not only help to learn the alphabet, but also develop mental operations and attention. The picture should be cut into 2-4 parts.
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