Elements of 6th grade at 3 years

[twilight33]

A long time ago in a universe far away (or so it seems), I was a nerdy almost-12 girl with Coke bottle glasses, braces & puppy fat singing in the city's honor choir on a hot day in May at the centennial celebration of the Crocker Art Museum. I still remember every word to the stupid song written to commemorate this event (All Roads Lead the Way to Crocker) and included in our performance that day was another stupid song called Fifty Nifty United States.

The plus side of the latter song is I know all the states in alphabetical order. Kieran has been fascinated by the United States lately and knows 8 Western states in addition to Madagascar, Australia & various oceans, but that's a different story. We've been talking about states for a few weeks now, but it never occurred to me to sing the states in alphabetical order before this morning.

That was a mistake.

200 states later, I then had the bright idea to point at each state as I sang its name.

That was an even bigger one.

Try sitting with a map of the USA, a list of the states in alphabetical order, and quickly point each one out while singing its name at a moderate tempo before 8:30 when your tea hasn't kicked in yet & you'll see what I mean.

And no, I am not singing the song for any of you people who know me in real life.

Comments

[miss-becki.livejournal.com]

I LOVE that song- and utilize it often! I always teach it to my students around 3rd grade or so!

[twilight33]

It would have been helpful to learn it earlier, by 6th grade it was just annoying ;)