SING OUT LOUD!
Melodies may vary, yet the process of chanting letter names in alphabetical order remains a predictable landmark for preschoolers.
Letter units have other names besides ayeee, beee, sea, etc.
Have you tried reading Braille symbols for the blind?
Do you recognize the flags used to signal ships at sea?
Morse Code uses “dah-di-dah” lines and dashes.
In 1957, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) introduced its now-popular Phonetic Alphabet. Soldiers and pilots know these by heart:
V01/Aa/ Alpha
C17/Bb/ Bravo
C20/CHch/ Charlie
C19/Dd/ Delta
V05/Ee/ Echo
C24/Ff/ Foxtrot
C23/Gg/ Golf
C32/Hh/ Hotel
V02/Ii/ India
C21/Jj/ Juliett
C22/Kk/ Kilo
C37/Ll/ Lima
C33/Mm/ Mike
C34/Nn/ November
V03/Oo/ Oscar
C16/Pp/ Papa
C22/Qq/ Quebec
C38/Rr/ Romeo
C28/Ss/ Sierra
C18/Tt/ Tango
C39+V09/Uu/ Uniform
C25/Vv/ Victor
C32/Ww/ Whiskey
V05/Xx/ X-ray
C39/Yy/ Yankee
C29/Zz/ Zulu
Does NATO know how many speech sounds are ignored? Try these:
V04/Uu/ Umbrella
V06/AIai/ Aircraft
V07/Ii/ Icicle
V08/OAoa/ Oatmeal
V09/OOoo/ Ooops!
V10/EAea/ Eagle
V11/AUau/ Author
V12/Uu/ Bush-whacked
V13/OUou/ Ouch
V14/OYoy/ Oyster
V15/EARear/ Earth
C26/THth/ Thumbnail
C27/THth/ Therefore
C30/SHsh/ Shadow
C31/Ss/ Vision
C35/NGng/ Bling
For the traditional ABC chant, WordsAhead also created a smarter version by reorganizing lyrics to portray the actual role letters play in representing consonant sounds and vowel sounds.
Certain /letters/ represent both consonant sounds and vowel sounds:
/Ff/, /Jj/, /Mm/, /Vv/…
/Zz/, /Qq/… /Kk/ & /Bb/…
/Dd/… /Nn/… /Xx/ & /Pp/…
/Cc/, /Ll/… /Ss/ & /Tt/…
/Ww/, /Rr/, /Yy/… /Ii/ & /Gg/…
/Aa/, /Oo/, /Uu/… /Hh/ & /Ee/…
Our alphabet goes from /Aa/ to /Zz/,
but can you sing from /Ff/ to /Ee/?
