abc123 Video Podcasts

Help your children with their abc123s using new online videos

Every day at school, your children learn important skills. As a parent, you can help develop and strengthen those skills by encouraging your children to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to regular activities at home and in the community.

• Pointing out words on signs or buildings helps children practise their reading and learn new words.
• A trip to the grocery store provides a great opportunity for a math and vocabulary lesson.
• Your refrigerator can act as a central learning zone where you post puzzles or games.

To complement these activities, a new series of video podcasts is now available online. These videos will help you identify lots of ways to support and develop your child’s reading, writing and math skills. They are aimed at parents of children from preschool through Grade 6, and feature real families just like yours, learning together through everyday activities.

New videos will be posted every month and are available in English and in French.

All you need to watch the video podcasts is a computer with a media player, such as Windows Media. You can watch the videos online on the abc123 website, or download them to your computer for future viewing. You can even put them on a mobile device, like an iPod, with video capabilities and watch them on the go!

Complete instructions about how to download the videos are available.

View the podcasts.

abc123 Web site

Besides the video podcasts, the abc123 Web site offers tip sheets and guides for parents who want to help their children improve their skills in reading, writing and math. These tips and guides are available in English and French, as well as:

Visit the abc123 Web site.