Hi girls and boys, teachers and parents
I'd like you to meet a very special friend of mine
A wonderful educator and the creator of Secret Stories Katie Garner, here she is
Hi everybody
The Secret Stories explain the sounds letter make when they get together
With posters to help you remember for reading and writing
At the end of this video I’ll be sharing some special teaching secrets with you about these and about some of the sounds that you’re going to hear us sing
So stay tuned
I’m learning the letters, learning their sounds
Having fun and feeling proud
I use my mouth muscles to say the sounds right
With my eyes glued on each letter to know what they look like
My eyes glued on each letter, to know what they look like
Whoa, whoa, whoa I love to sing along
With the Secret Stories Better Alphabet Song
I'm learning the letters, learning their sounds
Having fun and feeling proud
I use my mouth muscles to say the sounds right
With my eyes glued on each letter to know what they look like
My eyes glued on each letter to know what they look like
Whoa, whoa, whoa I love to sing along
With the Secret Stories Better Alphabet Song
I love to sing along, with the Secret Stories Better Alphabet Song
Thank you so much for sticking around so that I could share a couple of special secrets with you
Remember when I said that the secret stories were the secret sounds that letters make when they get together in words?
And don't always do what they should
Well I'm gonna tell you a secret right now and it helps to explain why some of the sounds you heard
Jack and I make were a little bit different than the ones you're used to hearing when you sing an alphabet song
Like for example the letter r
Usually you hear r says /r/
And when we sang the r sounds we said r
The reason for that is that when kids know the secret stories they know the secret about er, ir and ur
They know that they're terrible, awful, horrible, no good drivers
And that they always have to slam on the brakes and say rrrrrrr
And that's the sound they make
So we have to have to have a way to differentiate that sound from the sound of r by itself
That's why r say /r/ and er, ir, ur say rrrrrr
And when kids are learning the individual letter sounds and the secrets at the same time
They are empowered to read or write anything!
So I want to thank you for letting me join you
And I want to especially thank Jack for letting me meet all of his friends
I hope to see you and share more secrets at www.thesecret stories.com
Bye