I have seen in my own class how videos can help students to understand and retain concepts better. We have been using United Streaming videos from Discovery Education for science, math, and social studies and the students just loved it. Not only can children be interested in the videos, but can better understand the topic through visual memorization.
The first video that I found is from YouTube and it is about counting the numbers. The title is:
Counting to 10 for young children.
This song presents the numbers 1-10 as words, numerals, counting frame, and cuisiniere rods. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPfPyYp84E&feature=related
The second video is a cute interactive quiz about shapes. The video goes on and explains the shapes characteristics. Not only will my students learn the name of the shapes, they will also know their characteristics and the vocabulary used to identify each shape.
Interactive Video. Educational Shape Quiz for Children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u747CFl8HuM&feature=related
I'm happy to report that United Streaming survived the District's cuts in funding, so we'll be able to continue using it next year. But YouTube has so many wonderful videos too. I liked the one you found about shapes. It was even more engaging because it had interactive components. Good find!
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