Learning The Alphabet Mugs

I see we have the same summer reading list. ABC.

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

Pirate boy reciting the alphabet

Teacher pointing to P,Q, on board: "OK class, which letter comes next? Redbeard, you should know this."

Frank & Ernie's Diner. Special: Scrabbled Eggs. No, sir, it's not a misprint -- Ernie adds alphabet soup.

I'm Bored With Educational Toys

"Finally, the alphabet is paying off."

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

"Letters would be all right if they'd just let us leave them in alphabetical order."

"I'm still pre-literate."

"You can use the alphabet to text. You can use the alphabet to tweet. Why can't you use the alphabet to spell?"

Piano Keyboard

"This is a test. This is only a test. IF this had been the real world it'd be your job you'd be fighting for, not a letter of the alphabet."

Alphabet soup gets cold for slow readers.

'A is for Arse.'

'After we learn the alphabet, are we going to learn how to text?'

'Second grade. When did you discover 'LMNOP' wasn't one letter?'

Frank and Ernie's Country Diner. Special Alphabet Soup. Come in and sit for a spell.

'Why is it taking so long to eat your soup?'

'I did it all from memory.'

'We had to discontinue the alphabet soup, sir - Too many censorship problems.'

"...L...uh, M...uh Q...how come there are so many darn letters in the alphabet anyway?"

'All I wanted to know is if that word was naughty.'

"The trouble with spelling rules is that they impede creativity."

Letterman Show: 'He's always been at my side...the one consonant in my life...'

Wildlife A-Z: 'Where the heck are zebras?'

Child lifting alphabet blocks.

"As you can see, I've learned the alphabet."

Frank and Ernie's Diner. Today: Alphabet Soup. The little green pieces? --- That's Ernie's idea. It's Q-cumber.

Reading: Phonics. Using phonics, you learn to read by the sounds of letters. Any questions? Yes. Why does "phonics" begin with "p-h" and not with "f"?

"Queen begins with Q, it should be precisely here."

"But this book is just the alphabet all jumbled up..."

It's a picture book. The words aren't called "subtitles."

'I'm suing my way alphabetically through the phone book.'

Alphabet Soup: Ingredients - consonants and vowels.