If you were in preschool or kindergarten any time in the last fifteen years, there’s a good chance the Alphabet Song from Have Fun Teaching was part of your morning. Big bright letters on the classroom screen, everybody on the rug, and that line you still know by heart: “Now I know my ABC’s, next time won’t you sing with me.”
The original video went up on YouTube on August 6, 2010. Today it has more than 396 million views, and the 26 Letter Songs that came out alongside it have passed 1.1 billion more. The kids who sang along on the carpet are now in high school, in college, starting first jobs… and some of them are probably teaching kindergarten themselves.
So consider this your invitation back. Below you’ll find the original ABC song, a quick quiz to see how many lyrics you still remember, and every single Letter Song from A to Z, one tap away on YouTube. If you’re a teacher or a parent now, we’ll show you how to pass them on.
- The Have Fun Teaching Alphabet Song was uploaded on August 6, 2010 and now has 396 million+ views, our most-watched video ever.
- It teaches letter names, uppercase and lowercase letters, and then the sound every letter makes.
- There’s a Letter Song for every letter, A to Z, released in 2010 and 2011. Together they have more than 1.1 billion views.
- Every one of them is still on our YouTube channel, and teachers can play ad-free classroom versions from Have Fun Teaching’s alphabet songs.
Remember the Alphabet Song? Here’s Why It Stuck
Most ABC songs stop at the letter names. Ours keeps going. The Alphabet Song opens with “The alphabet is filled with consonants and vowels. We write them, we read them, each letter makes a sound,” runs through the uppercase and lowercase alphabet, and then hits the part every kid waited for: “Let’s sound them out now.” From /a/ to /z/, every letter gets its sound.
That mix of names, shapes and sounds is why the ABC song worked so well in real classrooms, and why so many grown-up kids can still sing it start to finish.
Names, then sounds
Kids sing A to Z, then sound out every letter. It’s phonics hiding inside a singalong.
Big and little letters
The song runs the uppercase alphabet, then the lowercase one, so kids see both shapes.
A chorus built to repeat
“Now I know my ABC’s, next time won’t you sing with me.” Fifteen years later, it’s still stuck.
Made for the rug
Bright, simple letters that read from the back row, so a whole class can sing along at once.
Watch the Original Alphabet Song Again
Here it is, the one that started it all, plus the full collection so many classrooms left playing during centers. Hit play, and if it brings back memories, give the videos a like on the Have Fun Teaching YouTube channel. Prefer cartoons? There’s also an animated Alphabet Song from 2017.
Can You Still Finish the Lyrics?
Every Letter Song tells a tiny rhyming story packed with words that use its sound. Here are five lines straight from the songs. Tap the letter you think each one comes from, and see how much of your preschool brain is still in there.
Every Letter Song, A to Z
The Letter Songs went up on YouTube between July 2010 and February 2011, and each one does the same four things kids loved: says whether the letter is a vowel or a consonant, sings its sound, tells a rhyming story, and finishes with “Write an uppercase A in the air.” The Letter A Song alone has more than 129 million views. Find your letter (or your kid’s initial) and tap to play it on YouTube.
Letter A SongPlay on YouTube
Letter B SongPlay on YouTube
Letter C SongPlay on YouTube
Letter D SongPlay on YouTube
Letter E SongPlay on YouTube
Letter F SongPlay on YouTube
Letter G SongPlay on YouTube
Letter H SongPlay on YouTube
Letter I SongPlay on YouTube
Letter J SongPlay on YouTube
Letter K SongPlay on YouTube
Letter L SongPlay on YouTube
Letter M SongPlay on YouTube
Letter N SongPlay on YouTube
Letter O SongPlay on YouTube
Letter P SongPlay on YouTube
Letter Q SongPlay on YouTube
Letter R SongPlay on YouTube
Letter S SongPlay on YouTube
Letter T SongPlay on YouTube
Letter U SongPlay on YouTube
Letter V SongPlay on YouTube
Letter W SongPlay on YouTube
Letter X SongPlay on YouTube
Letter Y SongPlay on YouTube
Letter Z SongPlay on YouTube
The Alphabet SongPlay on YouTube
All in One VideoPlay on YouTube
Why Do Kids Love the Alphabet Song So Much?
Ask the teachers and parents who have played them for fifteen years and you’ll hear the same answer. The Alphabet Song and the Letter Songs don’t just entertain kids, they give them a job to do while they sing.
It sings the sounds
“Let’s sound them out now” moves kids from letter names to the sounds they’ll use to read.
Every letter has a story
A cat in a hat, a zebra in a blizzard, a giraffe in the gym. Silly pictures make sounds stick.
Kids write in the air
“Write an uppercase B in the air” gets wiggly bodies moving and practicing letter shapes.
Vowels get both sounds
The A, E, I, O and U songs sing the short vowel sound and the long one, side by side.
Tricky letters get help
C sings its hard /k/ and soft /s/, and G sings /g/ and /j/, so kids aren’t surprised later.
Repetition that isn’t boring
The same pattern in every song means kids know what’s coming and jump right in.
There’s real reading science behind the fun, too. Reading Rockets explains that knowing the letters of the alphabet is one of the strongest early predictors of later reading success. Songs that pair each letter with its sound give kids that head start while they think they’re just having fun.
How to Use the Letter Songs With Kids Today
Grew up on these and now you’ve got a class (or a kiddo) of your own? Here’s how teachers still use the ABC song and the Letter Songs, ten minutes at a time.
Letter of the week
Play that letter’s song on Monday and again each morning. By Friday, kids are singing the story without the screen.
Write it in the air
Pause on “write an uppercase A in the air” and have everyone trace it big. Then do it again with a finger on the rug.
Go on a sound hunt
After the song, kids find three things in the room that start with that sound. Bonus points for anything from the lyrics.
Print the matching page
Follow up with a letter page from our alphabet worksheets so the sound moves from voice to pencil.
The official “I grew up on these” check
Tap every one that’s true for you. Then send this post to the friend who sat next to you on the rug.
Bring the Alphabet Songs Into Your Classroom
YouTube is perfect for a trip down memory lane. In the classroom, though, nobody wants an ad popping up mid-song. Have Fun Teaching members can download the classroom versions and play them without ads or YouTube, alongside our 83 alphabet songs and alphabet videos.
PreK–1st · VideoAlphabet Song (Original Music Video)The 2010 classic, ready to play in class without ads or YouTube.
PreK–1st · VideoAlphabet Songs Classic Video CollectionThe Alphabet Song and all 26 Letter Songs in one download.
PreK–1st · VideoAlphabet Song (Animated Music Video)The same song, redrawn as a bright cartoon for today’s kids.
PreK–1st · VideoAlphabet Songs Animated Video CollectionAnimated versions of every Letter Song, back to back.
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Alphabet Song FAQ
When did the Have Fun Teaching Alphabet Song come out?
The original Alphabet Song video was uploaded to the Have Fun Teaching YouTube channel on August 6, 2010. The 26 Letter Songs followed between July 2010 and February 2011, which is why so many of today’s teenagers and twenty-somethings remember singing them in preschool and kindergarten.
How many views does the Alphabet Song have?
As of October 2026, the original Alphabet Song has more than 396 million views on YouTube, making it the most-watched video Have Fun Teaching has ever made. The 26 Letter Songs add more than 1.1 billion views between them, led by the Letter A Song with over 129 million.
What are the words to the Have Fun Teaching Alphabet Song?
It opens with “The alphabet is filled with consonants and vowels. We write them, we read them, each letter makes a sound.” Kids sing the letter names in uppercase and lowercase, then “Let’s sound them out now” walks through every letter sound from /a/ to /z/.
Is there a song for every letter of the alphabet?
Yes. Have Fun Teaching has a Letter Song for every letter from A to Z. Each one says whether the letter is a vowel or a consonant, sings its sounds, tells a short rhyming story full of words with that sound, and ends with writing the uppercase and lowercase letter in the air.
Can I play the Alphabet Song in my classroom without ads?
Yes. Have Fun Teaching members can download classroom versions of the Alphabet Song and all 26 Letter Songs and play them without ads or YouTube. Membership also includes alphabet worksheets, activities and thousands more songs and videos for Preschool through 6th grade.
Go on, sing it one more time
Press play on the Alphabet Song, then pick your favorite Letter Song and share it with someone who sang it with you. We think you still know every word.
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