Mr. Dean's Den

Pre-primer Dolch List Sets A-D (1-40). These are the 40 words on the Pre-primer Dolch list.

Pre-primer Dolch List Set D (31-40). These are the next 10 words on the pre-primer dolch list.

Pre-primer Dolch List Set C (21-30). These are the next 10 words on the pre-primer dolch list.

Pre-primer Dolch List Set B (11-20). These are the next 10 words on the pre-primer dolch list.

Pre-primer Dolch List Set A (1-10). These are the first 10 words on the pre-primer dolch list.

Numbers tell you if you are good or evil.

A parody of safety songs for the classroom. Fans of potty humor will rejoice.

This is a horrible song about potty humor, but there is no foul language. The children have enjoyed it over the years.

Ten little monkeys jumping on the bed changed to five little monkeys jumping on my head. This is something silly I threw together during planning period for a refresher in counting backwards.

ABCs from our carpet. The alphabet with mustard.

This is a parody what my three year and I have been watching. Children's programs are all the same.

Jesus heals the blind man, brings the dead girl back to life, makes the boy walk, heals the sick, walks on water, and feeds his followers. These are Bible stories from the life of Jesus for children or kids and young adults.

Jesus calms the storm at sea when his followers worry about their safety.

This is the story of the birth of Jesus for children.

This is the story of Mary being visited by an Angel and learning that she would be the given the baby Jesus. These are children's bible stories.

Hickory Dickory Dock read by a child. Nursery Rhymes Series.

This is a video about simple ways to make 10. Add to 10, Subtract from 10. Geared toward Virginia Grade 1 or First Grade standards of learning and curriculum framework.

Crispus Attucks, Blanche K. Bruce, Shirley Chisholm, Elijah McCoy, and Dr. Charles Richard Drew get their due as the unsung heroes of black history.

Song: "Harlem Shake" by Baauer

Benjamin Franklin aligned to the Virginia Standards of Learning for First Grade and the curriculum framework that guides it.

This is a video of children reciting The Pledge of Allegience with word by word tracking for teaching purposes. It also has some info on the The Nation Anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner).

This is our week 2 project which was a working windmill. It was made from Lego Blocks and a some pieces from the lego machine kits. I designed the project for ages 5 to 8.

Simple fractions video for one-half and one-fourth as required by Virginia Mathematics standard of learning K.5. 1/2 and 1/4 one half and one fourth

Counting by fives (5s) to 100 while arguing a with a red rabbit angry Elmo thing the children and I drew in class one day. We named him Angry Wilber.

Here are the six basic rules of Kindergarten. This could be helpful for children of all elementary school ages.

Virginia Kindergarten Standards of Learning Science K.4 - This standard covers colors, opposites, speed, measurement, nonstandard units of measurement, and a few other lessons. This is a video that covers the entire stand...

Standardized testing for Kindergarteners. This is in no way meant to mean Mr. Dean approves of such things. I am only trying to help my school children with something that has been required of them. You keep that hate m...

This is a generic version of the Leap Frog Letter Factory featuring letters I drew myself. This teachers letter sounds and upper case letter recognition too.

This is a remediated approach to teaching multiplication. It is multiplication at the Kindergarten level if you will. We are bare bones and basic in this approach because we are trying to build a conceptual understanding...

I have set out to solve the mystery of what happened to school lunches in America. This shocking video details the decision making process that led to parents across the country striking against school lunch and brown bag...

A video about the vowels, vowel sounds, and simple three letter words.

Safety procedures for my classroom. This is for the children who actually attend my class, it may not be of great value to the public at large.

*WARNING* Animated Tom and Jerry style mistreatment of a kitty cat happens in this video! A science video aligned to Virginia science standards of learning K.2 for kindergarten, which is about the five senses. This video...

This is something goofy I built with the children during quiet time. It is an exact model though. We thought it was funny.

A science video aligned to Virginia science standards of learning K.3 for kindergarten, which is about magnets. This video will cover how magnets are attracted to one another, how they repel one another, what items are at...

This is a video of a lesson I taught to help the children differentiate between the four standard US coins: Quarter, Dime, Nickel, and Penny. Little emphasis is placed on the value of the individual coins in this lesson....

A video with letters built from lego blocks (legos, or legoes if you are fancy). This one is about word families and basically consists of three letter Consonant Vowel Consonant Words (CVC Words) ending with "T."

An ABC song with yelling! This is just something the kids in the room thought was funny.

The Kindergarten children of Wise Primary School in Wise, VA, voted for president in the 2012 election. The results are based on an electoral college type set up that predicted a win for President Obama in his re-election...

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses, and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty, together again. A traditional children's nursery rhyme with words for tracking.

A video game styled abc video with a Mario and Luigi type character from Super Mario Brothers. I made this for one particular kid in Ohio who really liked video games. It was a stretch, but it came out alright.

A modern Frosty the Snowman with a Chipmunk Voice, a fast beat, and new animations.

"Frosty the Snowman" Frosty "Christmas carols" "christmas songs" "christmas carol" "christmas song" "Frosty The Snowman (Composition)" Ch...

Calendar skills aligned for the Virginia Kindergarten Standards of Learning. This covers days of the week, months of the year, and how to read a calendar. children calendar kindergarten ESL calendar time SOLs Virginia

This is a handwriting tutorial for Kindergarteners about how to write uppercase letters (or capital letters). How to make letters, How to write letters, etc.

George Washington Carver in under 2 minutes. Peanuts, crop rotation, nitrogen, shampoo, and all kinds of good things are mentioned in this video.

The Alphabet Song Video by mrdeansden is a great way to teach and learn the alphabet and uppercase and lowercase letters. This is an abc song for teaching and learning the alphabet set to a beat that will engage children. ...

Legal US citizenship, where the person in question is not a natural born citizen, requires a test similar to the one presented in this video. Could you pass the US Citizenship test?