Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The alphabet song of our youth has been updated, and parents are having to learn a new rendition to keep up with their children.

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.

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 ...

Adult Americans have been left in tears after a first grade school teacher revealed the new version of the alphabet song - with a significant change. For decades ...

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 ...

In early childhood education, songs and fingerplays help promote literacy. In early childhood education, songs and fingerplays are not just fun activities for kids, they are also important tools for ...

Seven years after the alphabet song got a slowed-down remix from a children’s music channel on YouTube, the internet is declaring: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. One of the first songs most kids ...