{"id":20,"date":"2010-02-03T14:06:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T14:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowyouknowabout.com\/blog\/?p=20"},"modified":"2015-09-07T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T13:59:11","slug":"your-car-is-the-best-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowyouknowabout.com\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"Your car is the best classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

The car is my best learning tool.\u00a0 What\u2019s yours?<\/p>\n

If, like me, you spend the better part of your day in the car picking up and dropping off children, get that Cheryl Cole song OUT of your CD player now and get into some really hilarious and worthwhile listening.<\/p>\n

I used to do the school run twice a day for seven years and I swear my children picked up as much in that car time as they did at school.<\/p>\n

My sister got me on to ‘Beethoven’s Wig<\/em>‘, an album that plays you all the biggest classical tunes set to ridiculous lyrics.\u00a0So, strike up Beethoven’s Fifth in your head.\u00a0OK?\u00a0Now, add in these lyrics:<\/p>\n

\u2018Beethoven\u2019s wig! Beethoven\u2019s wig!\u00a0Beethoven\u2019s wig is very curly and it\u2019s white. Beethoven takes his wig off when he sleeps at night.<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

And so it goes on.<\/p>\n

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My favourite is \u2018Moonlight Sonata Beep Beep Beep\u2019<\/em> with Beethoven\u2019s greatest piano sonata reworked to tell a story about getting stuck at traffic lights. I wonder what the great man would make of that.\u00a0 Have a look at this clip<\/a>. It\u2019s totally absurd BUT my children, without noticing, now hum along to all the most famous bits of classical music.<\/p>\n

I am just worried that they think Beethoven wrote the words as well as the music.\u00a0 See more of this here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The car is my best learning tool.\u00a0 What\u2019s yours? If, like me, you spend the better part of your day in the car picking up and dropping off children, get that Cheryl Cole song OUT…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n