Video Script -- Lesson 1

Letter a

Subject: English | Class: Playgroup | Series: Skillford

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Hello, little friends! Welcome to our English lesson. Today we are going to meet a new letter. It is the letter a!

Look at this big yellow letter. This is a. Can you say it with me? a!

The letter a makes a sound. It says a, a, a. Open your mouth wide and say it with me. a, a, a. Very good!

Now look at the picture. There is a big, red, shiny apple sitting in the green grass. Can you say apple? Apple! Apple starts with a. a, a, apple.

Who is sitting on top of the apple? It is a little ant! Say ant. Ant! Ant starts with a too. a, a, ant.

The ant is smiling. The ant has a happy face. Do you know why? Listen. The ant likes the tasty apple. Say it with me. The ant likes the tasty apple. Wonderful!

Yum, yum! The apple is tasty. The ant is happy.

Now let us look at some more pictures. These words also begin with the letter a.

Here is an alligator. It is green and it has a long mouth with lots of teeth. Snap, snap! Say alligator. Alligator!

Here is an apricot. It is a small orange fruit. Say apricot. Apricot!

And here is an anchor. A ship uses an anchor to stay still in the water. Say anchor. Anchor!

Let us say all our a words together. Ant. Apple. Alligator. Apricot. Anchor. Great job!

Now I have a question for you. How many a's can you find in the word ant? One! How many a's in apple? One! And how many a's in alligator? Two! You are so clever.

Now it is time to trace the letter a. Hold up your finger. Let us draw a in the air.

Start at the top. Curve round to the left, all the way round like a little ball. Go back up to the top. Now go straight down. That is the letter a!

Let us do it again. Start at the top. Round like a ball. Back up. Straight down. a!

One more time, nice and slow. Round, up, and down. Well done!

When you trace a in your book, always start at the red dot. Go slowly and carefully. Take your time.

After tracing, you can colour the big letter a in your book. And you can make the apple red with little pieces of red paper. That will look beautiful!

Let us remember what we learned today. The letter a says a, a, a.

Ant starts with a. Apple starts with a. Alligator, apricot and anchor start with a too.

The ant likes the tasty apple.

To make the letter a, we go round like a ball, back up, and straight down.

You did a super job today, little friends! Keep saying a, a, a. See you next time! Bye-bye!