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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The "ABC Song" or alphabet song, as we know it, dates all the way back to 1835 when it was copyrighted by the Boston-based music publisher Charles Bradlee. Over the past 184 years, that tune has ...

This version of the “alphabet song” is getting a failing grade. TV writer Noah Garfinkel (“Abby’s,” “New Girl”) is trying to rile up parents and easily shaken adults about a tweaked version of the ...