May 24, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - 6 Comments
Make your FACS classroom rock in 2012! Use music to kick up your lessons and shake up the image of your program. FACS rocks!
I’ve spent the last few days carefully selecting just the right articles of clothing to pack for a trip to San Antonio, Texas. We’ll be attending a family wedding and visiting friends so I can’t quite explain why the clothing I pack is so important, but it is. I’m certain that each of you reading this blog have been through this same selection process many times. Am I right?
Well, it reminded me of the song What To Wear by Taylor Swift so that’s today’s addition to the FACS Soundtrack. If you teach wardrobe planning, you might find these resources helpful.
http://www.styleclarity.com/free-planner-forms.html
http://www.styleclarity.com/free-fillable-planner-forms.html
She’s looking in the mirror
The moments getting nearer
She thinks about it as she walks her walk
Up and down the staircase
Makeup fresh on her face
She thinks about it as she talks her talk
School dance, first chance, always been a dreamer
There’s one guy, she’s shy, sees him through the mirror
And everybody looks at her,
She thinks about it
Blue dress angel face, looking in the mirror,
Shoes,purse, hair tied back and you should see her,
Shes got her magic, floating through the air,
Peace,Love,One thing leads into another
Dream big,Aim small
Man you gotta love her
She’s got her hopes up
Got ‘em up to there
Wonderin’ what to wear
She’s standing in her bedroom
He’ll be pullin’ up soon
She thinks about it as she sees headlights
Looking out the window she’s got her diary to show
That she’s been waiting for this all her life
First date,can’t wait
Lookin’ in the mirror
Heart all wrapped up
Wait until he sees her
He’s lookin’ right at her
She thinks about it
Sixteen blue jeans Abercrombie t-shirt
Shoes purse hair tied back and you should see her
She’s got her magic floating through the air
Peace, Love,One thing leads into another
Dream big, Aim small
Man you gotta love her
She’s got her hopes up
Got ‘em up to there
Wonderin’ what to wear
The years went by
The mirror saw her cry
She got up again
She got up again
The wind blew by the small town lights
She got up again
Move out
Find out where the world can take her
Bright lights late nights livin’ for the greater
Move to Paris livin’ on a prayer
Peace, Love,One thing leads into another
Dream big, Aim small
Man you gotta love her
She’s got her hopes up
Got ‘em up to there
She’s got her hopes up
Got ‘em up to there
Wonderin’ what to wear
Ooo Ooo
Wonderin’ what to wear
The video for this song is not available on You Tube, but you can buy it from Amazon.com for a small fee.
I’ll be signing off until after the Memorial Day holiday! Hope you have a great weekend.
Ramona
May 23, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - 3 Comments
Make your FACS classroom rock in 2012! Use music to kick up your lessons and shake up the image of your program. FACS rocks!
On the surface this song seems like it’s just a fun little tune. However, if you listen closely to the lyrics you learn that it’s really the story of a proud parent and a baby being reared under unusual circumstances. Could stimulate some classroom discussion in a parenting class. Hope you find it useful.
Good parents aren’t found only in traditional home settings.
Tootsie roll soul and doodle-white shoes
Papa’s sure proud of his little bitty rockin’ roll baby
Singin’ at the age of two
He can hardly talk but he sure knows how to sing the blues
Little Joe never sings out of tune
Always in key, he’s a soulful little rockin’ roll baby
Papa loves the way you do
Never heard a boy sing the way my little Joey do
He was born in a theater in Bluefield, West Virginia
His ma and I were travelin’ on the road
I worked hard all that summer as a fill-in for the drummer
One-night stands weren’t easy for little Joe
Bought a new house in Beverly Hills
Papa made it big and he did it for his rockin’ roll baby
A little bit of rhythm and blues
Got a funky walk in his little orthopedic shoes
He was born in a theater in Bluefield, West Virginia
His ma and I were travelin’ on the road
I worked hard all that summer as a fill-in for the drummer
One-night stands weren’t easy for little Joe
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Ramona
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May 21, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - 0 Comments
Make your FACS classroom rock in 2012! Use music to kick up your lessons and shake up the image of your program. FACS rocks!
Each time we pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV news, we’re reminded of our challenging economic times. A sluggish economy gives more credibility to the need for the money management lessons that students get in FACS classes.
Today’s addition to the FACS Soundtrack, Low Budget by the Kinks, reminds students musically of the need to make every dollar go as far as possible.
You’ll find some excellent budget lesson resources at this website. http://www.moneyinstructor.com/budgeting.asp
Long introduction you might want to skip through for use in the classroom. Good music though!
Cheap is small and not too steep
But best of all cheap is cheap
Circumstance has forced my hand
To be a cut price person in a low budget land
Times are hard but we’ll all survive
I just got to learn to economize
I’m on a low budget
I’m on a low budget
I’m not cheap, you understand
I’m just a cut price person in a low budget land
Excuse my shoes they don’t quite fit
They’re a special offer and they hurt me a bit
Even my trousers are giving me pain
They were reduced in a sale so I shouldn’t complain
They squeeze me so tight so I can’t take no more
They’re size 28 but I take 34
I’m on a low budget
What did you say
I’m on a low budget
I thought you said that
I’m on a low budget
I’m a cut price person in a low budget land
I’m shopping at Woolworth and low discount stores
I’m dropping my standards so that I can buy more
Quality costs, but quality wastes,
So I’m giving up all of my expensive tastes.
Caviar and champagne are definite no’s,
I’m acquiring a taste for brown ale and cod roes
Low budget sure keeps me on my toes
I count every penny and I watch where it goes
We’re all on our uppers we’re all going skint
I used to smoke cigars but now I suck polo mints
I’m on a low budget
What did you say
Yea I’m on a low budget
I thought you said that
I’m on a low budget
I’m a cut price person in a low budget land
I’m on a low budget
Low budget
Low budget
Art takes time, time is money
Money’s scarce and that ain’t funny
Millionaires are things of the past
We’re in a low budget film where nothing can last
Money’s rare there’s none to be found
So don’t think I’m tight if I don’t buy a round
I’m on a low budget
What did you say
Yes I’m on a low budget
I thought you said that
I’m on a low budget
I’m a cut price person in a low budget land
I’m on a low budget
Say it again
Low budget
One more time
Low budget
I look like a tramp, but don’t write me off,
I’ll have you all know, I was once a tuff
At least my hair is all mine, my teeth are my own,
But everything else is on permanent loan.
Once all my clothes were made by hand,
Now I’m a cut price person in a low budget land.
I’m on a low budget
I’ll have you all know
We’re on a low budget
I’m on a low budget
Have a great week!
Ramona
May 18, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - 3 Comments
Make your FACS classroom rock in 2012! Use music to kick up your lessons and shake up the image of your program. FACS rocks!
I know that summer vacation may not have started for all of you, but most schools in Southern Illinois are wrapping up the 2011-2012 school year today. So I decided it was time to celebrate summer today.
I hope you’re ending the school year with a feeling of accomplishment and fond memories. Don’t forget to join us all summer for the continuing FACS Soundtrack project, as well as our FACS Summer School postings on Facebook. We’ll do our best to add some fun to your summer vacation! Come join us!
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This is so eighties! What a hoot!
Can’t seem to get my mind off of you
Back here at home there’s nothin’ to do
Now that I’m away
I wish I’d stayed
Tomorrow’s a day of mine that you won’t be in
When you looked at me I should’ve run
But I thought it was just for fun
I see I was wrong
And I’m not so strong
I should’ve known all along that time would tell
A week without you
Thought I’d forget
Two weeks without you and I
Still haven’t gotten over you yet
CHORUS
Vacation
All I ever wanted
Vacation
Had to get away
Vacation
Meant to be spent alone
A week without you
Thought I’d forget
Two weeks without you and I
Still haven’t gotten over you yet
Enjoy your weekend!
Ramona
May 17, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - 5 Comments
Make your FACS classroom rock in 2012! Use music to kick up your lessons and shake up the image of your program. FACS rocks!
Today is another delicious food holiday! May 17th is National Cherry Cobbler Day! Oh happy day!
Cherry Cobbler is one of my very favorite desserts, but it shouldn’t be confused with cherry pie (also super yummy!). Webster’s New World Dictionary of Culinary Arts defines cobbler as a deep-dish fruit tart with a rich, sweet, biscuit-type dough covering the fruit. That’s very different from the flaky pastry typical of pies and tarts. I think it’s important that FACS teachers know the difference.
Anyway, today’s FACS Soundtrack selection celebrates this delicious dessert. The song Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries was first recorded in the 1930’s, so it was a little difficult to find a rendition of the song that wasn’t too dated. I think the one I chose is amusing enough to work in the classroom.
Don’t know who is actually singing this song, but obviously it’s not this trio.
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Don’t take it serious,
Life’s too mysterious
You work,
You save,
You worry so
But you can’t take your dough
When you go, go, go
So keep repeating "It’s the berries."
The strongest oak must fall
The sweet things in life
To you were just loaned
So how can you lose
What you’ve never owned
Life is just a bowl of cherries
So live and laugh,
Laugh and love
Live and laugh at it all!
So keep repeating "It’s the berries."
The strongest oak must fall
The sweet things in life
To you were just loaned
So how can you lose
What you’ve never owned
Life is just a bowl of cherries
So live and laugh, aha!
Laugh and love
Live and laugh,
Laugh and love,
Live and laugh at it all
If this post has made you hungry for cherry cobbler, you’ll find a good recipe here: http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/cherry-cobbler/dce5d7b3-079a-47b3-ae96-4ee3fccb732c
More tomorrow!
Ramona
May 16, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - 3 Comments
Make your FACS classroom rock in 2012! Use music to kick up your lessons and shake up the image of your program. FACS rocks!
White Castle is the original American fast food restaurant chain. The company was formed in Wichita, Kansas in 1921. The staple of the White Castle menu was the hamburger, served on a bun with grilled onions.
White Castle created a model for the chain restaurant, creating a standard of uniformity among its locations. White Castle Restaurants built their success on having clean, sanitary restaurants and a friendly staff.
Considering the important role of White Castle in hamburger history, it seems appropriate that we add the song White Castle Blues by the Smithereens in celebration of National Hamburger Month.
http://www.whitecastle.com/company
This one makes me hungry for a slider!
Saturday night and it’s gettin’ late
I’m gettin’ hungry, I just can’t wait
Not just any kind of burger will do
I’m being hit by those
White Castle blues
White Castle blues
I think I’ll get some crisp onion rings
To compliment 10 of those little square things
An orange soda or a milkshake will do
I’m being hit by those
White Castle blues
White Castle blues
I was first introduced to those bastards by Duke
On a hot summer night when we went out to cruise
But memories such as Bobbo and puke
Are just part of the saga of
White Castle blues
White Castle blues
Hey!
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Have a great Wednesday!
Ramona
May 15, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - 3 Comments
“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” Leo Tolstoy
May is National Egg Month. This is the time of year that the egg industry reminds everyone about the many benefits of eating eggs. Here are a few nutritional facts about eggs>
- For as little as 75 calories, an egg provides 12% of the Daily Value of protein and a wide variety of other nutrients such as vitamin A, B6, B12, D, folate, iron, phosphorus, and zinc in varying amounts.
- Recent studies show that eggs have less cholesterol than previously thought. USDA research shows that the average amount of cholesterol in a Grade A, large egg is 185 mg, 14% lower than previously recorded.
For more information on National Egg Month, check out these two useful websites: http://www.incredibleegg.org/
http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/national_egg_month.html
Celebrate National Egg Month with this catchy tune.
Dean Martin is one of my all-time favorites!
Check out our FACS Summer School on Facebook and Pinterest to sharpen your FACS skills while having fun this summer.
Ramona
May 14, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - 1 Comment
Summer vacation has either started or will soon start for most of you! So here’s a song to celebrate the successful completion of another school year!
Follow me on Facebook and Pinterest this summer for FACS Summer School. I’ll be sharing projects, recipes, books, crafts and more that will help you make the most of your time outside the classroom. You’ll develop new skills and have fun at the same time, I promise!
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FYI—The FACS Soundtrack continues all summer. See you tomorrow.
Ramona
May 11, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - Comments Off
“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. a mother is something absolutely new.” Rajneesh
Preparing your young female students to be good parents is one of the most important and underappreciated aspects of the work that FACS teachers do. So today, whether or not you are a mother or helping to train the mothers of the future, happy Mother’s Day to you.
Here are three songs that celebrate or at least musically refer to mothers to add to the FACS Soundtrack.
Bet you didn’t see this one coming! Love the photographic snapshot of 1961.
Enjoy your weekend! Be back on Monday!
Ramona
May 8, 2012 - Posted by Ramona Hatch - Comments Off
“Make the mistakes of yesterday your lessons for today.”
On the occasion of National Teacher’s Day, I’d like to say that I’m proud to be a FACS teacher and I hope each of you can say the same. All teachers have an important job to do and make a difference in the lives of their students each day. Effective teachers deserve to be celebrated each day.
FACS teachers have a special impact on their students because the things they learn from you will be used the rest of their lives. So I hope that you take pride in the work that you do every single day. Take time to celebrate today!
This one’s very quirky, but hey it talks about measuring cups. Does it get more FACS than that?
Get out your measuring cups and we’ll play a new game
Come to the front of the class and we’ll measure your brain
We’ll give you a complex and we’ll give it a name
Get out your measuring cups and we’ll play a new game
Can’t have the cream when the crop and the cream are the same
Liquid or gas no more than the glass will contain
When you talk about the hand of glory
A tale that’s rather grim and gory
Is it just another children’s story that’s been de-clawed?
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gorey have been outlawed
I think they’re gonna make you start over
You don’t want to start over
Put your backpack on your shoulder
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/andrew-bird-lyrics/measuring-cups-lyrics.html ]
Be the good little soldier
Take your places now
‘Cause we’re all predisposed
Measuring cups, play a new game
Front of the class, measure your brain
Give you a complex and we’ll give it a name
When you talk about the hand of glory
A tale that’s rather grim and gory
Is it just another children’s story that’s been de-clawed?
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gorey have been outlawed
Put your backpack on your shoulder
Be the good little soldier
It’s no different when your older
You’re predisposed
That’s all for questions now
The case is closed!
Happy National Teacher’s Day!
Ramona
