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 Alphabet Song (Animated Music Video) will help students learn letter names and sounds by listening to the catchy lyrics and colorful video.
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.
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 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 F Song teaches the Letter F Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter F, vocabulary words with the Letter F sound, and Letter F handwriting practice.
The Letter B Song teaches the Letter B sound, uppercase and lowercase letter b, vocabulary words that start with b, and letter B handwriting practice.
The Letter P Song teaches the Letter P Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter P, vocabulary words with the Letter P sound, and Letter P handwriting practice.
The Letter C Song will help teach the Letter C Sound, Uppercase and Lowercase Letter C, Vocabulary words with the C sound, Letter C handwriting practice.
The Letter S Song teaches the Letter S Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter S, vocabulary words with the Letter S sound, and Letter S handwriting practice.
The Letter R Song teaches the Letter R Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter R, vocabulary words with the Letter R sound, and Letter R handwriting practice.
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 teaches the Letter M Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter M, vocabulary words with the Letter M sound, and Letter M handwriting practice.
The Letter T Song teaches the Letter T Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter T, vocabulary words with the Letter T sound, and Letter T handwriting practice.
The Letter L Song teaches the Letter L Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter L, vocabulary words with the Letter L sound, and Letter L handwriting practice.
The Letter O Song teaches the Letter O Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter O, vocabulary words with the Letter O sound, and Letter O handwriting practice.
The Letter G Song teaches the Letter G Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter G, vocabulary words with the Letter G sound, and Letter G handwriting practice.
The Letter J Song teaches the Letter J Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter J, vocabulary words with the Letter J sound, and Letter J handwriting practice.
The Letter K Song teaches the Letter K Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter K, vocabulary words with the Letter K sound, and Letter K handwriting practice.
The Letter I Song teaches the Letter I Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter I, vocabulary words with the Letter I sound, and Letter I handwriting practice.
From first letters to whole stories
Writing grows in layers. Little ones start by forming letters and drawing pictures they can label. In 1st and 2nd grade, kids write complete sentences with a capital and an end mark, then string them into short stories with a beginning, middle and end. By 3rd through 5th grade they write real paragraphs: a topic sentence, supporting details and a conclusion, plus opinion, informative and narrative pieces. Along the way they learn that good writers plan, draft, revise and edit. The magic moment is when a child reads their own story aloud and the class laughs in all the right places.
Kids become writers by watching us write and then writing a little every day. Here's how we do it.
Write your own short piece on the board and say every thought out loud: "I need a topic sentence. What's my big idea?" Cross things out and fix them. Kids learn that messy first drafts are normal and how real writers decide what to change.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withWriting Paragraphs WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Before drafting, kids fill a simple organizer: main idea in the middle, three details around it. Then each box becomes a sentence. Planning first is the cure for "I don't know what to write!"
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withWriting Graphic Organizer WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Show an interesting picture and ask, "What's happening? What happens next?" Kids talk it through with a partner, then write. Pictures give reluctant writers something to say.
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 withWriting Complete Sentences about an Image WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Writing feels like a treat when kids get to be silly, creative and share it.
WorksheetsA picture starts the tale and kids decide where it goes. Read the wildest endings aloud.
Open You Write the Story Helping Picture Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids grab a colored pen, become the editor, and hunt down every mistake in a short passage.
Open Proofreading Worksheet →
WorksheetsWrite a four-line poem about a pet, a food or the weather, then clap out the rhythm together.
Open Poetry Rhyme and Rhythm Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Alphabet Songs (Animated Video Collection), Alphabet Song (Animated Music Video) and Letter Z Song (Animated Music Video).
Teach the parts one at a time: a topic sentence that tells the big idea, two or three detail sentences, and a closing sentence. A simple graphic organizer helps kids plan each part before they write.
Many teachers use CUPS: Capitals, Usage, Punctuation and Spelling. Have kids read their writing aloud first, then check one thing at a time instead of everything at once.
Lower the stakes. Let them talk their idea out loud first, use a picture prompt, or give a sentence starter. Short, frequent writing and a real audience, like reading to a sibling, build confidence fast.
The three big types are narrative (telling a story), opinion (sharing a view with reasons) and informative (teaching about a topic). Kids also write letters, poems, summaries and simple research notes.
Even ten to fifteen minutes a day makes a big difference. Daily practice matters more than long sessions once a week.
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