is another example of the questionable pedagogy that stifles our youth. Drilled into generations of preschoolers, its wimpiness has surely accelerated our cultural disdain of musicality. Perhaps worse, its tendency to trail off towards the end of the alphabet may actually make learning the whole alphabet more difficult. Around letter "Q" the "song" simply falls apart.

Our version emphasizes playfulness, as when it highlights the "HI" hiding within the alphabet. Our version underscores the importance of duality by emphasizing both the male "A" and female "B" equally. Yes, the alphabet is patriarchical, the upright male principle comes first; but it also recognizes the equal need for the feminine, after all the word itself is the concrescence of alpha and beta into one "alphabet." Most importantly, our version is fun and easy to learn.

Try it now! Teach others!