I always loved this video — along with many other Schoolhouse Rock selections — so I thought it would be appropriate to share today. Not only does it have to do with grammar — which, as you probably know, I’m all about! — but it also fits because today is our kids’ first day back at school!
I really wanted to post “Billy Joe McGuffrey” from the VeggieTales Jonah movie. If you have kids who’ve watched it over and over, you’ll remember how each verse starts out:
“Oh, Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid. On the first day of first grade I’ll tell ya what he did…”
“Oh, Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid. On the seventh day of seventh grade I’ll tell ya what he did…”
It goes all the way from first to twelfth day/grade of school, but our two boys are in first and seventh. In each of the verses something ridiculous happens and Billy Joe McGuffrey ends up in the hospital:
“You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid!”
It’s all sung super-fast so you can hardly understand all the words, and it’s done by the awesome Christian rock/pop singer Chris Rice.
Anyway, of course the main thing is that we hope no accidents or mishaps befall our two kids — or any of the kiddos heading back to school these days — because no one I know has the money to buy a zoo, and our lives are probably zoo-ish enough as it is! Better to stick with learning about conjunctions and all that fun stuff!
(And if you need any help with it, I’m just an email away!)
Hey, while you’re still here, do you have any first-day-of-school memories you’d like to share? Leave a comment below. Thanks!
