ABC
3:15
An educational song that teaches the alphabet in a fun and memorable way with The Amigurumis.
The Amigurumis alphabet song. It runs from A to Z with a melody built so the name of each letter comes across clearly, which is the detail that makes or breaks an alphabet song: too fast and the child sings one continuous sound without separating the letters. Here the tempo leaves air between them, and the letters come back more than once, so the song can be heard many times without always being the same journey.
What this piece works on
- Recognising the name of each letter, which is the step before recognising its sound.
- Sequence: the idea that letters have a fixed order and that the order can be remembered.
- Articulation, because singing a letter forces it to be pronounced fully.
Watching together
Pays off more from age three. One game that works: pause the song on a letter and look together for something in the room that starts with it.