New alphabet song has internet in uproar after major change to its verses: 'This is life ruining'

Adult Americans person been near successful tears aft a first people schoolhouse coach revealed nan caller type of nan alphabet opus - pinch a important change. 

For decades, children person been taught nan opus arsenic 'A-B-C-D-E-F-G, H-I-J-K, L-M-N-O-P, Q-R-S, T-U-V, W-X, Y and Z, Now I cognize my ABCs, Next clip won't you singing pinch me?'

But now, Rachel Sorsel, an pedagogue specializing successful system literacy, literacy involution and dyslexia who has taught hundreds of students successful nan past 5 years, reveals that location is simply a caller measurement to singing the chant - and for bully reason. 

Young kids are now singing: 'A-B-C-D-E-F-G, H-I-J-K-L-M-N, O-P-Q, R-S-T, U-V-W, X-Y-Z, Now I ne'er will forget, really to opportunity nan alphabet.'

In a now viral video, Sorsel explained that instructors person changed nan classical 'LMNOP' and 'Y and Z' groups aft children kept signing nan erstwhile arsenic 'ellemenopee' successful 1 activity and would presume that nan 'and' successful 'Y and Z' was an existent letter. 

'I'm a coach and I don't thatch nan alphabet for illustration nan measurement I grew up singing it.

'And this is 1 of nan reasons because kids perceive "LMNOP" and they don't opportunity nan individual missive names. Some moreover deliberation this is 1 letter. 

'Another logic is because astatine nan extremity of nan accepted alphabet song, we singing Y "N" Z and immoderate kids deliberation that YN is simply a missive aliases NZ is simply a letter.'

But while nan alteration is for bully reason, galore person been near wondering why a caller era of children are incapable to understand nan classical type of nan song. 

'I work together pinch you but didn’t each of america move retired good knowing really to publication and specified pinch nan original measurement of singing nan alphabet,' 1 TikToker commented. 

While different quipped: 'I’ve ne'er ever successful my life met personification who thought lmnop aliases yn aliases nz were individual letters.'

'do they not person nan alphabet supra nan chalk committee anymore? we knew LMNOP were individual letters cuz we could spot them,' a spectator questioned. 

While different besides added: 'Do they not spell done nan alphabet and really thatch each missive anymore? Just propulsion nan opus astatine 'em and fto 'em fig it out, huh?'

Some TikTokers besides lamented nan nonaccomplishment of nan 'LMNOP' group successful nan song. 

'Ellemenohpee was my favourite missive tho,' 1 personification reminisced.  

While different added: 'LMNOP sewage maine done a lot. We will ne'er hide you. RIP.'

Sorsel further explained really learning nan alphabets successful nan caller measurement could really amended nan country's literacy rate. 

'When kids struggle pinch thing arsenic 'simple' arsenic nan alphabet song, we cognize that these [reading] skills are going to beryllium reliable for them and those are foundational to beryllium capable to decode and read,' she told USA Today. 

She besides explained why enunciating does not activity for specified young children.

'A batch of group connected my videos comment, "Oh, why don't you conscionable enunciate?" And of course, we enunciated to make judge nan kids understand what we're saying pinch our mouths. 

'But it doesn't make a quality because their encephalon is not developed capable to announcement nan quality arsenic overmuch arsenic we do arsenic fluent, literate adults.'

Sorsel added that while educators do want to link visuals to sounds, those aged astir betwixt 3 and 5 who are learning nan opus do not person nan neural networks to lucifer nan written letters to nan sounds. 

'To kids, those conscionable look for illustration squiggles. You person to create that a batch much slow than conscionable showing 26 squiggles and saying sounds.'

The revised type of nan opus is not Sorsel's ain creation but acquisition website Dream English primitively switched up nan classical backmost successful 2012.