double with cheese...

okay. so skip this if you want...but it is kind of funny...AND for those who need to brush up on their multiplication facts, this may even help you!
it was driving me crazy that my kids can remember EVERY lyric to "where is the love" by the black eyed peas, but couldn't remember their times tables. sooooooooooo...
we are rapping them! : )
we started with our doubles. the kids were each assigned a problem and had to come up with a rhyme. we sang it this morning for the first time!
it goes like this:

0 times 0 is zero. superman is my HERO.
1 times 1 is one and i'm gonna eat myself a BUN!
2 times 2 is four, and i'm gonna mop that DIRTY FLOOR!
3 times 3 is nine, and i'm gonna eat a BIG FAT PRIME! (rib)
4 times 4 is sixteen. I like beans and COLLARD GREENS!
5 times 5 is twenty-five I just got poked by a PORCUPINE!
6 times 6 is thirty-six and i'm gonna eat them CHICKEN STRIPS!
7 times 7 is forty-nine bright yellow teeth surely DO SHINE!
8 times 8 is sixty-four. if a bullet comes flyin' i'm gonna HIT THE FLOOR! (yikes...jeez)
9 times 9 is eighty-one i like my sun with some money, 'mon!
10 times 10 is a HUN-dred, i like my chili with mus-TED (mustard)
11 times 11 is a hundred twenty one, i'm gonna eat my CHEWING GUM!
12 times 12 is a hundred forty-four, i'm gonna boogie on the DANCE FLOOR!

yeah third grade!

last year, my favorite was: 9 times 9 is 81, i like my fries with a honey-bun! hee!

adios. thank you for letting me share.