- alphabet
- letters
- librarian
- library
MA Standards:
Language/L.PK.MA.4: Ask and answer questions about the meanings of new words and phrases introduced through books, activities, and play.
Language/L.PK.MA.5.c: Apply words learned in classroom activities to real-life examples.
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1b: Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.2: Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video.
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.6: Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas.
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Literacy Knowledge/Print Concepts & Conventions: Recognizes that the letters of the alphabet are a special category of visual graphics that can be individually named.
Literacy Knowledge/Print Concepts & Conventions: Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Language 2: Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7: Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Watch Together: “At the Library (A–Z)” (BTL clip)
Before You Watch
Tell children they are going to watch the video clip Between the Lions “At the Library (A–Z).”
Explain that the video takes place in the library and is about things in the library that start with different letters of the alphabet. Give children a viewing focus by having them look for things in the video library that they see in the Library Center or at their neighborhood library.
As You Watch
For the first viewing, focus on words that are familiar to children. Pause on words and images that children have discussed (librarian, library, fiction, etc.) Point to the word and have children repeat it.
After You Watch
Ask children to name some things they saw in the video that they see in their own libraries.
Take It Further: Play the video a second time and have children focus on the letters of the alphabet. Have children repeat each letter as it appears on the screen.
