21 Absolute Best Alphabet Songs for Kindergarten

Even though most people think of kindergarten songs as an entertaining brain break, they are so much more than that. 

Singing helps kids learn vocabulary, listening skills, letter sounds, letter recognition, and so much more. When you add in some dance and hand movements, a motor skills connection is formed. When this connection happens, the information in these catchy tunes stays locked in the memory of your little learners, simply by dancing and singing together! 

Another appeal of songs as learning tools is that they appeal to the various learning styles of your kindergarten students. Songs have the magical ability to reach every learner. Research also tells us that they are amazingly effective tools for cultural education and language learning, too. 

The data from learning from songs also shows that they help kids develop a love of learning at an early age. Songs are also highly effective in helping with vocabulary retention in young learners. Singing educational songs with your class is one of the best things you can do to motivate your reluctant learners, too. After all, who can resist a catchy beat!? Not me!

A word of caution.  You will want to pay attention to the mouth position and sound that is sung.   The consonant stop sounds (b,p, k, g, t,d)  can often be problematic as well as affricates (ch, j).   For example, instead of saying, /b/,the video may show the sound pronounced as “buh” which can be confusing for students.  Additionally, you may also see some confusion around r controlled vowels (at, or, er-ir-ur.)  Here is a video to illustrate what I mean.