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Kindergarten DVD Starter Kit includes:
Kindergarten DVD Starter Kit includes:
• Sing & Spell 1-3 Multipack DVD
• Sing & Spell Vols. 1-3 Sight Word Worksheets
• Sing & Spell Vols. 1-3 Sight Word Puzzles
• Singable Songs for Letters & Sounds DVD
• Letters & Sounds Songbook, Flashcards & Bingo Worksheets
• Jumpin' Numbers and Shakin' Shapes DVD
• Jumpin' Numbers 11-30 DVD
• Jumpin' Numbers Songbook & Classic Flashcards
• Musical Math DVD
• Musical Math Resource CD

This kit includes all of the "classics" from Heidi's collection that Kindergarten teachers always request.  The skills covered in this set include: alphabet, letter sounds, sight words, shapes, numbers 0-30, early math concepts from counting skills to addition and subtraction.  The first three volumes of the Sing and Spell the Sight Word DVD's are included here, which totals 80 words to give your kids a great jump start on reading and writing. Plus, the "cloze" activity worksheets and songbooks for each song on all 3 volumes. You also get the fun Sight Word Puzzle manipulatives, which the kids always love and is a perfect parent helper project to put together when you have a little extra time. Also included are the printable downloads for the alphabet DVD, so that you get the visual aids, sing-along songbooks and bingo games that the kids love to play!  We've thrown in the Musical Math Resource CD with the Addition and Subtraction Book masters, the More, Less, and Equal Game, instructions and spinner, the Coin Trading Games (easy, medium, and hard versions), the Estimation Chart and the 3-D Shapes Graph, plus more!  This is a great deal and the best buy you'll find anywhere to get you started teaching with music and movement at the Kindergarten level!

Sample from Sing & Spell Vols. 1-3
Sight Word Worksheets.

"Cloze" activity that allows the child to practice writing the target word several times, but within the context of the song.

Sample from Sing & Spell Vols. 1-3
Sight Word Puzzles.

Simple manipulative to fit the pieces of the word together to form grade-level high-frequency sight words.

Sample from Letters & Sounds Songbook, Flashcards & Bingo Worksheets.

Upper & lower case letter flashcards can provide reinforcement while singing the songs, learning drills, or games in the classroom.
 

Sample from Jumpin' Numbers Songbook & Classic Flashcards.

Supports all the Jumpin' Numbers & Shakin' Shape songs from 0-10 and 7 shapes, plus songsheets for 0-30, in a fun sing-along format.

Sample from Musical Math Resource CD.

Includes Addition and Subtraction Games, Book masters, More, Less, and Equal Game, Coin Trading Games, Estimation Chart and more.

The Importance of Sight Words
“Sight word” is the term that many teachers use to describe a word in written English that cannot be sounded out, and therefore must be memorized on sight. The reason that most sight words cannot be sounded out is because they do not follow the regular spelling and phonics patterns that are often taught to children when they are beginning to read.

For example, in the word, “the,” the reader must first recognize that the “th” together forms one sound /th/, and the “e” makes neither the short or long /e/ sound, but a short /u/ sound. Likewise, the word, “said” may start and end phonetically, but the middle of the word has short /e/ sound spelled with two letters (“ai”) that are not sounded at all.

These types of words are quite common in written English and typically torture the beginning reader until that learner becomes fluent and begins to develop some automaticity in reading.

Therefore, the purpose of sight word songs is to help the child focus on the letters in the word, and repeat the word and its spelling, in a fun and engaging way. The purpose of the accompanying melodies and movements is to take full advantage of the fact that young children learn quite naturally through movement, rhythm, rhyme, and song. When we add in the visual component of the word on the screen (as in the DVD) or on a flashcard (as in a teacher’s or parent's hand), then we have combined all of the major learning styles into one quick and efficient lesson, including the kinesthetic, visual, and auditory modalities. This is the essence of simultaneous multi-sensory teaching: all of the senses/learning styles are used simultaneously to maximize learning.

In addition, when the children find the words or movements amusing, they are also more likely to remember that song/word, since it touched their emotional side as well. (See http://heidisongs.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-use-music-and-movement-to-teach.html for further explanation.) All of this adds up to a learning tool that can reach even special needs children in a regular classroom setting, while at the same time keeping the faster learners happy and challenged as well- because ALL kids learn best when learning is FUN and ACTIVE! (See http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/01/learning_should_be_f.html)