I Flippin' Love The Beatles

My kiddies have an end of the school year concert coming up at the end of February and I have to teach them an English song to sing. I was listening to Yellow Submarine as I was prepping my work for next week when a lightening bolt struck...All Together Now! It's cute, the lyrics are simple, and who doesn't love the Beatles?

(Sidenote: how much do I love All You Need Is Love? Especially the line "Nowhere you could be but where you're meant to be.")

It's been really fun introducing the kids to the collected works. They love how silly some of the songs sound and how easy it is for them to sing along, like Hello Goodbye. I myself didn't grow up with the Beatles because my parents didn't really like them (they're more Motown/soul kind of people and as I result, I can sing you every Earth, Wind & Fire song from memory). I started listening to them as a result of my friendship with Julia but when I have kids, trust me. They'll be listening to them while in the womb!

I will be videotaping the kiddies singing, stay tuned!

The art classes with the kids are going fairly well. The five year olds are easy-peasy and they love everything we do. They went to town this week. I traced their bodies on butcher paper then they colored in their faces and clothes. I also had paper for them to work with and pastels, etc. and they had a great time. The six year olds have been more of a challenge (they're a challenging class in general) but the last class was great. They did still lifes and then we ate the prop food (bread, fruit) and chatted about the famous still lifes I had printed out for them to see. It actually clicked for some of them, very rewarding.

And on a less "Ooh, aren't I a great teacher" note, I got really drunk off of happy hour beer and came home at 2 am to eat turkey chili and pass out. Ha.