Your child hears the A sound — a! — again and again, sees the capital letter A, and watches a line of marching ants make the shape of an A: up, down and across. Then meets twelve A words right on the beat — six animals and six things: alligator, anteater, antelope, apple, anchor, arrow, alpaca, albatross, axolotl, acrobat, astronaut and ambulance.
What your child learns
- The letter A and its short sound – a, as in ant
- A animals: alligator, anteater, antelope, alpaca, albatross, axolotl
- More A words: apple, anchor, arrow, acrobat, astronaut, ambulance
- The shape of a capital A
- Joining in with a call-and-response chorus
How it goes
- Welcome to Animal School
- A is for Ant
- Alligator, anteater, antelope
- Apple, anchor, arrow
- Ants march — look, we made an A!
- Alpaca, albatross, axolotl
- Say it with me: a!
- Acrobat, astronaut, ambulance
- Left, right — march and make an A again
- All twelve A words
The words
A is for Ant! A, a, a!
A is for Ant, Ant, Ant! A is for Ant — a, a, A!
A-a-alligator, snap, snap, snap, a-a-anteater, sniff and tap, a-a-antelope, run, run, run, A is for Ant — marching in the sun!
A-a-apple, red and round, a-a-anchor, down, down, down, a-a-arrow, whoosh, so high, A is for Ant — waving hi, hi, hi!
Ants march up and ants march down, ants march across, all through the town — up, down, across, hooray, hooray — look, we made an A!
A-a-alpaca, fluffy and white, a-a-albatross, flying in flight, a-a-axolotl, smile and see, A is for Ant — tiny as can be!
Say it with me: a! (a!) Say it again: a! (a!) Tiny little ant: a! (a!) Marching, marching: a! (a!) A, a, a, a — A! A! Ant!
A-a-acrobat, flip, flip, flip, a-a-astronaut, zoom on a ship, a-a-ambulance, nee-naw, nee, A is for Ant — sing along with me!
Left, right! Left, right! A!
A is for Ant, Ant, Ant! A is for Ant — a, a, A!
Alligator, anteater, antelope, apple, anchor, arrow, alpaca, albatross, axolotl, acrobat, astronaut, ambulance — A is for Ant... A!
About the song
Great for letter of the day A, preschool phonics, animal-themed alphabet lessons, toddler learning at home and nursery circle time.
Animals for the letter A
Every animal that sings along for A, from the ABC Animals A to Z, where the ant is the star.
More for the letter A
This is a daytime song. When the day is done, the same friends are waiting in Tardy’s bedtime stories for kids.