The Letter A Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
The Baby Shark Alphabet Song (Animated Music Video) will help students learn letter names and sounds by listening to the catchy lyrics and colorful video.
The Alphabet Songs Collection - Classic will help your kids gain a better understanding of letter names and sounds by listening to these ABC Songs.
The Alphabet Songs Pack - Animated will help support your visual learners gain a better understanding of letter names and sounds by listening to this song.
The Letter B Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
The Letter G Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
The Alphabet Song (Animated Music Video) will help students learn letter names and sounds by listening to the catchy lyrics and colorful video.
The Letter M Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
The Letter E Song teaches the short E and long E sounds, uppercase and lowercase letter e, vocabulary words with e, and letter E handwriting practice.
The Letter D Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
The Letter F Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
The Letter C Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
The Letter L Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
The Letter S Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
The Letter A Song teaches the Letter A Sound, Uppercase and lowercase letter a, vocabulary words with the letter a sound, and letter A handwriting practice.
The Letter Z Song teaches the Letter Z Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter Z, vocabulary words with the Letter Z sound, and Letter Z handwriting practice.
This Alphabet Song A will help your students learn all about the Letter A. This Letter A song teaches the Letter A sounds, including the short A sound and long A sound, as well as uppercase and lowercase letter A recognition.
The Letter E Song teaches the Letter E Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter E, vocabulary words with the letter e sound, and Letter E handwriting practice.
The Letter W Song (Original Music Video) will help students learn all about the letter by watching a video about letter sounds, vocabulary words, and letter formation.
A to Z and beyond
By second grade, most kids know their letters, so alphabet work turns into using the alphabet as a tool. Kids put words in ABC order, first by the first letter and then by the second or third letter when first letters match: bat, bee, bus. That skill lets them find words in a dictionary or glossary. Kids still learning English or needing extra support review letter names, sounds and formation. Neat, consistent handwriting with correct letter sizes matters too. The click moment comes when a child flips straight to the right page of a dictionary without starting at A.
Second graders are ready to put the alphabet to work. These moves keep it quick and useful.
Sing the alphabet song once, then ask "What comes after M? Before T?" Kids who can jump into the middle of the alphabet are ready for ABC order. It's a 2-minute warm-up that pays off in dictionary work.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withAlphabet Song (Original Music Video)VideosOpen it →Hand out mixed-up colorful alphabet cards and have small groups put them in order as fast as they can. Then switch to word cards that start with the same letter so they have to look at the second letter.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withColor Alphabet Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →For kids who need extra support, do a quick flash card round matching uppercase and lowercase letters. It shows exactly which letters, like b and d, still cause trouble.
Why it works: a big review of study methods ranked quick self-quizzing among the most powerful ways to remember (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withAlphabet Uppercase and Lowercase Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Alphabet fun isn't just for little ones. These get second graders moving and laughing.
VideosThe Baby Shark alphabet song is a quick brain break kids beg for. Then name one word for each letter as a class.
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VideosPlay the alphabet song while kids line up by the first letter of their name, then by the second letter.
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VideosKids take turns picking a letter song and leading the class in a word hunt for that letter.
Open Alphabet Songs (Classic Video Collection) →Teacher favorites right now: Letter A Song (Original Music Video), Baby Shark Alphabet Song (Animated Music Video) and Alphabet Songs (Classic Video Collection).
Second graders use alphabetical order to the first, second and sometimes third letter. They use it to find words in a dictionary or glossary. They also write letters neatly with correct size and spacing.
Start with words that have different first letters, then give words that start the same, like "cat, car, cup." Show kids to cover the first letter and look at the next one to decide the order.
Yes, b and d reversals are common through about age 7 or 8. Practice with a simple trick, like "bed" made with both hands, and lots of reading and writing. Ask a teacher if it continues past 2nd grade.
Songs make the order automatic, which helps with dictionary skills and ABC order. They're also great support for English learners and quick brain breaks.
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