Backwards ABCs



Can you recite the alphabet backwards? Can your children?
What sounds like a simply activity is rather challenging. From a young age, we have been repeating the alphabet over and over. The letters are ingrained in our memory in an A to Z format, not Z to A.
According to the website Braingle, the reason this is so difficult is that the alphabet is taught using serial-learning. This means that each letter is a cue for the next letter. Therefore when you hear, “D” you automatically think “E” not “C”.
My kids and I have been working on learning the alphabet backwards after we found a fun website of songs, one of them being the backwards alphabet.
It is much easier to learn the letters to a song and/or rhythm than it is to simply say the letters.
Idea of the Day:
Learn the alphabet backwards with your children.
Here is a fun song by SongDrops.com, to help you with the activity:



