The tune is recommended by experts to help kids "who are struggling readers." If you've heard kids coming home from school singing a slightly altered version of the alphabet song, you're not alone.

Human beings are mimetic. Meaning, we mimic each other. A child sees her parent eating an apple and instinctively both understands and wants to do it themselves. Or we see someone older doing ...

Many of us are likely aware that the alphabet song we learned has stirred confusion over the years, with kids slurring the letters L, M, N, O, and P into one word. A ...