Diana Garcia-Mejia is a TVI (Teacher of the Visually Impaired) and has a Pre-K classroom for students with visual impairments. She created these motivating songs to help students learn their braille alphabet.
All of the videos were created with accessibility in mind. They feature Diana in a black shirt and have white closed captions shown on top. The Instagram reels of her songs include written descriptions of her movements in the captions
They have been helpful to students, staff members, and parents trying to learn braille. Music is a powerful learning tool, especially for students who have traumatic brain injury.
Lyrics to All Songs
A to the tune of Did You Ever See a Lassie?
Have you ever seen a letter A, a letter A, a letter A?
Have you ever seen a letter A?
Its dot is just one.
B to the tune of Ghostbusters
When there’s something strange in your neighborhood
WHO YOU GONNA CALL?
“B” BUSTER!
When a letter has dots 1 and 2
WHO YOU GONNA CALL?
“B” BUSTER!
C to the tune of If You’re Happy and You Know It
If you’re C and you know it clap your hands
If you’re C and you know it clap your hands
If you’re C and you know it, 1 and 4 will surely show it
If you’re C and you know it clap your hands
D to the tune of Jingle Bells
1 4 5, 1 4 5
Are the dots D
Oh what fun it is to write
This letter is a dream
E to the tune of This is the Way
This is the way we write an E,
write an E, write an E,
This is the way we write an E,
early in the morning
1 and 5 are dots for E, dots for E, dots for E,
1 and 5 are dots for E,
early in the morning
F to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little F
Of the letters you are the best
Your dots are just 1 2 4
The first letter I adore
Twinkle, twinkle, little F
Of the letters you are the best
G to the tune of Rubber Ducky
Letter G, you’re the one
You make braille time lots of fun
Letter G you’re the cutest letter I know
Boh doh doh e o
Letter G you’re so cool
You make braille time great in school
1245 is all of the dots that you need!
Boh doh doh e o
H to the tune of The Ants Go Marching
The H goes marching 1 2 5, hurrah, hurrah!
The H goes marching 1 2 5, hurrah, hurrah!
The H goes marching 1 2 5, and these few dots we must hold high
And the H goes marching down to the ground
I (original tune)
2 and a 4,
2 and a 4,
2 and a 4, it’s the dots for I!
J to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus
The dots on the J are 2, 4, 5
2, 4, 5
2, 4, 5
The dots on the J are 2, 4, 5
Jump high to say the dots!
2! 4! 5!
K to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Row row row your K
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Keep dots 1 and 3
L to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb
Lucy had a little “L”, little “L”, little “L”
Lucy had a little “L”
Its dots were 1, 2, 3
M to the tune of Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Do you know the dots for M?
The dots for M? The dots for M?
Do you know the dots for M?
Make dots 1 3 4.
N to the tune of Frozen’s Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Do you want to build a letter N?
You’ll need 1 3 4 5
I love to write the letter N
It’s my best friend
It’s in the big night sky
N is my best buddy
So here it is
What do we need to write?
Do you want to build a letter N?
You’ll need 1 3 4 5
O to the tune of This Old Man
This Old O, its are dots are here
It played knick-knack on my ear
With a 1 3 5
We are finished writing O
This Old O is all I know
P to the tune of Pat A Cake
Pat a P, Pat a P,
Baker’s pan
Bake me a P as fast as you can
Pat it, and roll it, and mark it 123
Don’t forget 4 it’s the last dot that ya need
Q to the tune of Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old MacDonald had a Q- 12345!
And on that Q he had a quick shoe- 12345!
With a stomp, stomp, here and a stomp, stomp, there
Here a stomp, there a stomp, everywhere a stomp stomp
Old MacDonald had a Q- 12345!
R to the tune of Are You Sleeping, Brother John?
Are you writing, are you writing,
letter R? Letter R?
The dots are 1235
The dots are 1235
These dots rock
These dots rock
S to the tune of The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy letter S went up the water spout (whisper and do motions of spider crawling up)
2 3 4 ARE THE DOTS THAT WE SHOULD SHOUT!
Out came the sun and it helped us write an S (whisper and hands over head to form a sun)
AND 2 3 4 ARE THE DOTS THAT WE SHOULD SHOUT!
T to the tune of Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Tell me how to write letter T,
Tell me what are the dots,
I heard the dots are 2 3 4 5
Let’s go race to the top!
U to the tune of You Are My Sunshine
You are my letter U, You are my letter U,
You make me happy, and cheer me up
You’ll never know U
How much I love U
Your dots are 1 3 and 6
V to the tune of Baby Shark
Very V
1236 oh yeah
Very V
1236 oh yeah
Very V
1236 oh yeah
Very V!
W to the tune of I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
I’ve been working on W,
All the live, long day.
I’ve been working on W,
Just to pass the time away
Can’t you hear the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn
Can’t you hear the captain shouting?
2, 4, 5, 6, horn!
CHOO-CHOO!
X to the tune of Hush Little Baby
Hush little X
Let’s whisper your dots
1 3 4 6
You look like a box
Y to the tune of BINGO
There was a letter with lots of dots
Yes Y was the letter
1,3,4,5,6 x 3
Yes Y was the letter!
Z to the tune of When You Wish Upon a Star
When you want to zap a Z
It will tell you what dots it needs
1 and 3 and 5 and 6
That’s all for Z
Here is another article about TVI, Diana and her work: Ideas to Use with our Young Students
