This spring in the University Settlement Adult Literacy Program we learned how to read books to children – and not just read, but how to ask interesting questions and make reading fun. Several of our students got the chance to read to actual children in the University Settlement Early Childhood Day Care classes. Watch the video above to see how it went!
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Bug Someone Revisited
Here’s an advertisement using last week’s Idiom of the Week. Do you understand why this company has this name?
Tuff Enuff
Here’s a song for you from the Eighties using the most recent Awesome Adjective. As you listen, fill in the blanks in the lyrics below and click on “Continue reading” to check your answers.
Tuff Enuff
by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
I would walk ten miles on my hands and _____1_____
Ain’t no doubt about it, baby, it’s you I aim to please
I’d wrestle with a lion and a grizzly bear
It’s my life, baby, but I don’t _____2_____Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?For you, baby, I would swim the _____3_____
Nothin’ I’d do for you that’s too tough for me
I’d put out a burning building with a shovel and dirt
And not even worry about getting _____4_____Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?I’d work twenty-four hours, seven days a week
Just so I could come home and kiss your _____5_____
I’ll love you in the morning and I’ll love you at noon
I’ll love you in the night and take you to the _____6_____Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?I’d lay in a pile of burnin’ money that I’ve earned
And not even worry about getting _____7_____
I’d _____8_____ the Empire State, fight Muhammad Ali
Just to have you, baby, close to meAin’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?
Ain’t that tough enough?
Chicken Revisited
Here’s a scene from a famous movie called Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean. In it you will find a nice example of people using our latest Idiom of the Week, “chicken.”
A Familiar Voice and Some Familiar Faces
Curious Revisited
One of our commenters last week mentioned Curious George. Curious George is a popular series of children’s books about a little monkey who’s curious. Here’s a short video about one of Curious George’s adventures. When you’re finished, take the quiz to test your understanding!
Once in a Blue Moon Revisited
Here’s an Elvis song for you that doesn’t quite use the complete idiom from last week, but it does use the phrase “blue moon.” Listen, try to guess the words you hear in the blanks, then check your answers at the end!
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Written by Bill Monroe
Performed by Elvis Presley
Blue moon, blue moon, blue moon,
Keep shining bright.
Blue moon, keep on shining bright,
You’re gonna bring me back my ___1____ tonight,
Blue moon, keep shining bright.I said blue moon of Kentucky
Keep on shining,
Shine on the one that’s gone and ___2____ me blue.
I said blue moon of Kentucky
Keep on shining,
Shine on the one that’s gone and ____3___ me blue.Well, it was on one moonlight night,
Stars shining bright,
Wish blown high
Love said ____4____.Blue moon of Kentucky
Keep on shining.
Shine on the one that’s gone and ____5____ me blue.Well, I said blue moon of Kentucky
Just keep on shining.
Shine on the one that’s gone and ___6____ me blue.
I said blue moon of Kentucky
Keep on shining.
Shine on the one that’s gone and ___7____ me blue.Well, it was on one moonlight night,
Stars shining bright,
Wish blown high
Love said ___8___.Blue moon of Kentucky
Keep on shining.
Shine on the one that’s gone and ___9___ me blue.