Miss M.'s daycare class has been studying the solar system - learning the planets and some of their characteristics, making posters, building papier-mâché models, singing songs.
The Sun's a hot star,
And Mercury's hot, too.
Venus is the brightest planet,
And the Earth and the Moon are home to me and you.
Mars is the red one,
And Jupiter's most wide.
Saturn has those icy rings,
And Uranus spins on its side.
Neptune's cold and windy,
And Pluto's cold and small.
We wanted to name the planets,
And now we've named them all.*
But what I want to know is when they decided to change the pronunciation of Uranus. I learned it as Yer Anus. Now it's Urine Us? Either way, school children everywhere are going to giggle.
Luckily, I found a petition to change its name altogether - but who do we send it to?
*The song is from Blue's Clues, but she learned it at school, not from the TV.
16 comments:
Heh heh. You said "uranus". I always pronounce it the old school way. After all, "anus" is right there in the word! Who named the planet in the first place? Fire that guy?
Is there something wrong with watching TV? Crap.
Just so long as they don't rename it Paris or Brittney...
BTW, absolutely adorable. That was the main point.
What a cutie Miss M is!!
Uranus is definitely the funniest planet, although probably the one most often picked on in the schoolyard. And I thought Pluto was downgraded?
What? Pluto is a planet again?> And they change dhow to say Uranus?
I clearly need to go back to school.
I had no idea.
And? I get my daughter in trouble for making letters and numbers wrong.
HOW CAN YOU WRITE THESE WRONG???
We changed how to make letters and numbers? WTF?!?!
She's a cute little junior astronomer.
I'm old school: it was always be Yer Anus.
Yay! Indeed! I love the hand gestures-- "and Jupiter is wide..."
This is from Blues Clues!!!
I wrote about it when I first started blogging and got HATE MAIL!!!
http://www.magnetoboldtoo.com/2007/10/01/songs-to-wipe-your-sons-arse-to-volume-1/
Cause Pluto is no longer a planet.
Miss M is adorable. I just want to smootch her!
Oh, she is too precious! Sean and I watched this together and then just grinned at each other in the gooiest way ever.
Tell her Pluto is my new favorite planet.
yeranus. always makes me laugh. but that's because i'm still 12 years old.
Oh, teh cute, teh cute. adorable.
I thought we learned it as Yer Anus b/c of ET.
This is so cute!!! I'm so glad you posted this!
My big son (Ben) is on the autistic spectrum, and when he was about 1 (seriously) he became obsessed with the planets in a way I've never seen anyone obsess before. He'd memorized all the planets, their location, AND ALL OF THE NAMES OF THEIR MOONS. He had this encyclopedia designed for older kids that he coveted and insisted upon reading each night. The kid could pick each of the pictures of those moons out of a lineup. He's an interesting person, that's for sure.
So whenever anyone mentions the solar system I have to tell them about Ben.
It is Your Anus. Surely it is.
That is a very cute video. I can't believe how grown-up Miss M looks. (I'm just getting used to almost 2.)
By the way, do you know the song Planet X by Christine Lavin? That's a fun planet song, though I can't boast knowing all the lyrics by heart.
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