Do you still sing the ABC song when you're filing stuff?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (206811)
Walnut Creek, California
September 17, 2018 11:23am CST
You'd think by now I could remember the order of the letters in the alphabet. But the other day, when I was entering grades in my grade book, I found myself singing the ABC song in my head.
Some letters are obvious. I know that Bachman comes after Alvarez without having to sing anything. But when I got to names like Vasquez and Werner, I had to pause. "U V W X Y Z/now I know my ABCs..."
I also remember certain "rhymes" ("i" before "e," except after "c") that we learned in school to help us with spelling. Do you still use old songs and rhymes to remember things?
By the way, this post was inspired by @HazySue's recent (September 13) post on music and memory. The post has stimuIated several cool threads on music, memory and emotion--what fun!
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@Marilynda1225 (80023)
• United States
17 Sep 18
Occasionally I'll resort to singing the Alphabet song but mostly my go to is the "i" before "e" except after "c" and also 30 days have September, April, June and November all the rest have 31 save for February which is 28 (unless it's leap year then it has one more).
These songs we learned have come in handy all through the years. Wonder if kids still learn them in school?
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@TheHorse (206811)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Sep 18
@Marilynda1225 I hope the kids still lean those helpful songs in school.
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@sweetashoney (3594)
• United States
17 Sep 18
I do catch myself running though the alphabet in my head sometimes. I don't sing it, I just say the letters real fast.
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@sweetashoney (3594)
• United States
17 Sep 18
@TheHorse Yea, you might find your just whipping though them real fast like me sometimes! lol
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@TheHorse (206811)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Sep 18
@sweetashoney "lmnop" becomes one word, basically.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
17 Sep 18
Funny you should mention "i before e except after c" because I was using that rhyme in class the other day to help my students with some spelling errors they were making with words like "friends" and "neice." I also use the ABC Song often to help me put things in alphabetical order.
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@wolfgirl569 (95884)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Sep 18
Yes I do and I have to use the i before e thing a lot.
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@wolfgirl569 (95884)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Sep 18
@TheHorse Yes it is. I think 
The after c is the one I always mess up on.
The after c is the one I always mess up on.1 person likes this
@TheHorse (206811)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Sep 18
@wolfgirl569 I remember the rule. But I forget the exceptions. Sigh.
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@TheHorse (206811)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Sep 18
@MALUSE Sounds like you have a couple of letters (maybe four?) that we don't have. This IS the melody that American children use to learn the alphabet.
Learn the German alphabet, enjoy the animation video and sing with me! Ganz leicht das deutsche Alphabet lernen und mitsingen! Download this song here:/Hier ...
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
19 Sep 18
No, because in music the alphabet is ABCDEFG, ABCDEFG... 
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
26 Sep 18
@TheHorse Go to Germany, where they already have it. What we call B natural is H in German, and B flat is "B".
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
26 Sep 18
@TheHorse Having said that, now we have kids that call sharps "hashtags". As in, "F hashtag".
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@everwonderwhy (6697)
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18 Sep 18
:-D Funny. Yes, I do! And the "ie" and "ei" mnemonics. The 66 books of the Bible is a mouthful but I get there with some ease.
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@TheHorse (206811)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Sep 18
@everwonderwhy Math? I just meant good food. I struggle with spelling. I'll take banana cream!
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@arunima25 (85690)
• Bangalore, India
17 Sep 18
I do it many times. Being an educator with younger children, these rhymes keep popping in my head all the time.
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@TheHorse (206811)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Sep 18
@arunima25 I enjoy the younger kids.They keep me in a good mood. What kinds of deficits led to some kids falling behind (the older ones you worked with)? Here, it's often economic.
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@arunima25 (85690)
• Bangalore, India
18 Sep 18
@TheHorse I worked with preprimary 3_7 years in the morning and in afternoon I helped higher classes with their remedial and counseling.
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@GardenGerty (157691)
• United States
18 Sep 18
I do use these memory devices, but I before E is not as reliable as we thought it was, because I have friends and coffee cups that point out exceptions. How about math? Inch worm song, and then this week I taught my lead teacher about swaying to count by fives. i have known teachers that hated that, but I have seen classes here where they teach all kinds of movement math.
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@popciclecold (35500)
• United States
18 Sep 18
I don't it a lot. but yes I still do it.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
18 Sep 18
nope.my brain's too busy still singing schoolhouse rock.tho to be fair,the "constitution" song saved my butt in school..
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