Digital Kindergarten-Alphabet Songs Post:
The internet, with all of it's infinite
resources was a lifesaver last year when I had a BUSY class of 24 students and
no aide in the morning. I used Tumblebooks, and learning videos to steal a
moment to set up the next activity or clean up the last. As useful as they are
to keep the attention of wiggly boys and girls while freeing me up for a
moment, I only use videos and sites that 'teach' or reinforce skills in ways
that are fun, engaging, and 'worthy' of my students' precious learning time
I use the terrific learning videos created by Have Fun
Teaching frequently in my classroom.
There are currently more than 70 videos uploaded on YouTube by them,
with alphabet songs, sight word songs, and more.
There are 27 videos in the alphabet
song series- one alphabet song and then a song video for every letter. I
credit the songs with helping my students understand the difference between
consonants and vowels, not only from the practice of singing along, but I love
the visual in the ABC song, with the consonants separated from the vowels
With the individual letter songs, the letter
is shown among the whole alphabet, the letter sound is sung, words beginning
with the letter are displayed and spoken in a sentence, and the students
'write' the letter in the air. Here's an example...
Besides the great alphabet and letter songs,
Have Fun Teaching also has many
Sight
Word Song Videos on
YouTube, as well as other subjects. I
subscribed to their channel on Youtube so I get notified when they add new songs .
My Response:
Thank you for sharing this awesome resource
for online videos geared towards kindergarten.
Last year was the first year that I started using YouTube videos with my
kindergarteners. I use songs and videos
as transitions too. I checked out the
Have Fun Teaching website that you recommended.
I love that the videos are sorted by categories. I think I will have to subscribe to them
through YouTube as well. I really like
the sight word videos. It’s great that
the words are used in sentences in the videos to show the words in
context. I also like that the video
shows the kids where to find the letters of the word on the keyboard. The character videos looked pretty cool too. I can’t wait to try these videos next year
with my students! Thanks again for
sharing!
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