(Disclaimer: my kids are used to listening to somewhat diverse music, i.e., they don’t have a steady diet of pop music. In fact, they have a rain game they’ve invented to one of Vivalvdi’s Four Seasons tracks.)
 

I thought back to my Saturday mornings in front of the TV and thought of all those School House Rock songs that I still remember today.  I wondered if my kiddos would like those? Would my beloved local library have Schoolhouse Rock on DVD?

I jumped onto to the net to find that the RRPL did indeed have it. It was in cataloging. (I get a kick out of being the first one to check stuff out...like I'm ahead of the trends or something.  Those would be the only trends I'm ahead of. Fashion forward I am not.)

ANYWAY, turns out the kids absolutely love it. We watched it a couple of nights in a row. One night Ninja Boy and I were in tears laughing at the "Interjection" song. A few days later, I used the “Unpack My Adjectives” song during school.

My recommendation: buy it. The two CD set with all the original songs plus other stuff is a great buy for $13.99 right now at Amazon.

So, what that has to do with the Statue of Liberty is this. The "Great American Melting Pot" song refers to "lovely Lady Liberty and her book of recipes". Fifi and Spunky want to know if it's really a cookbook. I told them I didn’t think so, but since I couldn’t tell them what it is, they insisted it is a cookbook. I tried to look it up in the hardcopy encyclopedia to no avail. Online again. (I'm so dependent on the net. Thanks, Al.) Now I know the answer to that burning question and shall be able to educate my darlings in the morning.

As a reward for reading through all that*, here's the answer to the question, "What is Statue of Liberty holding in her left hand?"  Drum roll please. It's a tablet that reads, in Roman Numerals, "July 4th, 1776". 

There. Now you know. If you ever win a trivia contest with that knowledge, a small gratuity (after tithing) would be most welcome.

*Yikes...that was 460 words. Oy Vey!

Posted by MySmokyMtnHomeschool

I loved the comments you left about the Spagehtti and Wafffles. I was ROTFLOL!

Have you seen the Grammar Rocks Computer game? My girls are playing it right now. Once a week I let them play that for 'grammar' class. It has games that go along with all the old SHR shows. (The shows are also on the CD.)

BTW, they also have Math Rock. The girls love that, too.

~Amy Beth <><

Posted by MySmokyMtnHomeschool

Unpack your adj. is my favorite! I just LOVE that groovy music!

LOL

~amy beth <><

Posted by Anonymous

I'll have to look for those products.

He was a scary bear....

Posted by texlex

That was me, posting anon. on my own blog. Brilliant!

Posted by HeatherRose11

thank you for posting a comment on my blog!!! I was in a production called "Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr," and we performed all the songs and had a little acting in between as well! It was fun! And now I know most of my math facts and can say the preamble too!
Heather

Posted by texlex

That sounds fun. What parts did you play?