Learning the alphabet occurs over time; a child must learn each letterâs name, shape (upper-and lowercase letters) and common sound. This typically occurs in stages, beginning with a toddler singing the alphabet song.
Rosemary Kennedy, the third child and first daughter of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy, was born in the middle of a virulent Spanish influenza sweeping the country in September 1918. Pregnant women had feared the influenza affecting their unborn children.
Along with her son John, Jr. who was born after his fatherâs November 1960 election to the presidency but before his January 1961 inauguration, Mrs. Kennedy gave birth to her son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy in August of 1963, while she was First Lady.