An updated version of the alphabet song that helps young children memorize letters is going viral on TikTok amid back-to-school season. Adults who are hearing the ...

An elementary school teacher has confirmed schools are teaching a different version of the "Alphabet Song" and why they are doing it. Alphabet knowledge and the understanding of letter forms, names ...

First they came for Pluto. Then math. Now it’s the alphabet! You might not know your ABCs — or be able to sing along anymore. The alphabet song of our youth has been updated, and confused parents are ...

As the new alphabet song is going viral on TikTok, Rachel Platt tells PEOPLE why the changes are helping young learners Getty; teacherrachelsorsel/TikTok Rachel Platt made a TikTok responding to ...

Growing older means confusion and resistance to change, especially to those familiar elements of childhood we hold near and dear. It’s bittersweet, but often, change is necessary for progress and for ...

Calling it a musical masterpiece is an understatement. The alphabet song — or the ABCs — is one of the fundamental building blocks of early childhood, a precursor to verbal abilities laid over a ...

Have your kids come home singing their ABCs to a familiar tune - but one that somehow sounds just a bit off? You're not imagining it: the alphabet song is changing. The original song most of us grew ...

The tune is recommended by experts to help kids "who are struggling readers." If you've heard kids coming home from school singing a slightly altered version of the alphabet song, you're not alone.

Human beings are mimetic. Meaning, we mimic each other. A child sees her parent eating an apple and instinctively both understands and wants to do it themselves. Or we see someone older doing ...

MATT: I just wanted to make a version that, when showing the letters and singing the song to the students, each letter would have equal visual time. GARCIA-NAVARRO: Matt says by slowing down L, M, N, ...