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 ...

Social media users appear to be divided as educators are revealing online how they are altering the way in which they teach young students the "ABCs." Different from the classic "Alphabet Song," the ...

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 ...

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 ...

MATT: I recently received an email from a mother of a child with autism who said her son listened to the song and, for the first time, recognized that the letters were separate. GARCIA-NAVARRO: Now, ...

One of the most widely known songs of all time is getting a remix, and it's no less than terrible. The "Alphabet Song," otherwise known as the "ABC Song," is a classic dating back to the 1830s. It's ...

Lecturer in Music Education and Teaching, University of the Sunshine Coast But the history of this famous song goes back a little further than that. Nobody knows exactly who invented this tune, but we ...

It was an earworm before the phrase was coined, and chances are it was the first song you ever learned. But, apparently, some things aren’t sacred. Most of us know it as “the alphabet song,” or the ...

Reboots, revivals and remixes may be all the rage these days, but some things are sacred and just don’t require a do-over. That’s the overwhelming message ...