ABC song

Children's alphabet tune

The ABC song is a children's melody used to teach the alphabet, setting the 26 letters to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Nearly universal in English-speaking countries, it's typically among the first songs children learn: Let's sing the ABC song together.

Also called the alphabet song.

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learning · twinkle · melody · preschool · early education · circle time · reciting · toddler · little ones · memorization · jingle · elementary · teaching · childhood · phonics · musical · chanting · ABCs

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Opposites
educational content type

ABC songcounting rhyme

Verse for selecting randomly

This Old Man

song complexity/audience

ABC songsymphony

Extended composition for orchestra

jazz improvisation · progressive rock · Bohemian Rhapsody

pedagogical approach

ABC songfree play

Self-directed recreational time

Family

ABC, song, songs, sing, sang, sung, singer, singers, singing

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G