Planets



Dana learned a song in Kindergarten last year. She sang it almost every day:

I know the planets, how about you?
I know the planets, how about you?
I know the planets, how about you?
Let's sing them all together.

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
Jupiter and Saturn around the stars
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto too
All spin around the sun, it's true.

I picked up the kids early today to go register for First Grade. We caught the end of an NPR report on the demise of Pluto. It would be no exaggeration to say that tears were shed in the back row of my mini-van this afternoon. "But Mama, Pluto is my FAVORITE planet!"

and then, "But, Mama, my teacher is going to have to change the song. And it won't work without Pluto."

I'm just mad because I made it through my whole life not knowing the exact order of the planets (except for that one test in 6th grade). Thanks to the song, (sung over and over and over again), I finally learned them last year. And what do they do? Change it. Darn.

Posted: Thu - August 24, 2006 at 09:41 PM          

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