Video Script -- Lesson 15

Letter o

Subject: English | Class: Playgroup | Series: Skillford

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Hello, little friends! It is so nice to see you. Today we are going to meet a round and happy letter. It is the letter o!

Look at the letter o. It is round, just like a ball. It is round like an orange. Can you say its name with me? o. Very good!

Now let us learn the sound that o makes. Make your mouth big and round, like you are surprised. The letter o says /o/. /o/, /o/, /o/. Well done!

Let us say it together again. o says /o/. Wonderful!

Now let us look at a beautiful picture. There is a big tree full of orange fruits. What are they? They are oranges! Say it with me. Oranges. Oranges start with the letter o.

Look down at the water. Who is splashing there? It is an octopus! Say it with me. Octopus. O-o-octopus. Octopus starts with the /o/ sound.

The octopus has lots of wiggly legs. Let us count them together. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. The octopus has eight legs! You have two legs. The octopus has lots more legs than you!

Let us listen to the words in the picture. The happy octopus playing with all the yummy oranges in the water! Can you say it with me? The happy octopus playing with all the yummy oranges in the water! Well done!

Let us be happy octopuses. Wiggle your arms. Now catch an orange. Splash, splash in the water!

Now we have more o words to learn. Are you ready?

Here is an owl. It has big round eyes. Hoot, hoot! Say owl. Owl starts with the letter o.

Here is an onion. It is purple and round. Say onion. O-o-onion. Onion starts with /o/.

And here is an ostrich. An ostrich is a very big bird with long legs. It can run very fast! Say ostrich. O-o-ostrich. Ostrich starts with /o/.

Let us say all our o words together. Oranges. Octopus. Owl. Onion. Ostrich. Great job!

Now let us learn how to write the letter o. Hold up your pointing finger. We are going to draw o in the air.

Start at the top. Curve round to the left. Go all the way down, round the bottom, and back up to the top where you started. Close it up. That is o!

Let us do it again, nice and slowly. Start at the top. Round to the left. Down. Round the bottom. Back up to the top. Beautiful!

Can you draw o on your hand? Start at the top, go round, round, round, and close. You are so clever!

In your book, you will see little red dots. Always start your o at the red dot at the top. Then go round and close the circle.

Let us remember what we learned today. This is the letter o. The letter o says /o/.

Our o words are oranges, octopus, owl, onion, and ostrich.

The happy octopus playing with all the yummy oranges in the water!

To write o, we start at the top, go round to the left, and close the circle.

You did a fantastic job today! Look for round things and o words at home. Bye-bye, little friends!