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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" is a classic children's book written by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle. The story follows a repeating pattern where each animal asks the next what they see. For example, Brown Bear sees a red bird, the red bird sees a yellow duck, and so on. The colorful illustrations by Eric Carle and the rhythmic text make it a beloved choice for young readers. It's a great book for teaching colors, animals, and patterns, all while engaging children in a fun and interactive way. It's one of those timeless stories that continue to be enjoyed by generations of children.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" is a classic children's book written by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle. The story follows a repeating pattern where each animal asks the next what they see. For example, Brown Bear sees a red bird, the red bird sees a yellow duck, and so on. The colorful illustrations by Eric Carle and the rhythmic text make it a beloved choice for young readers. It's a great book for teaching colors, animals, and patterns, all while engaging children in a fun and interactive way. It's one of those timeless stories that continue to be enjoyed by generations of children.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm” is ubiquitous. Largely because of the diversity it offers. Anything could be found on the old farm, from a duck to a donkey to a carrot to a cow. But what is the history, origin story, and meaning of the rhyme? That’s what we’re going to dive into here today! Old MacDonald Had a Farm” is a traditional children’s song about a farmer and a myriad of animals he keeps on his land, his farm. As each verse is sung, the principal names change and include the noise the animal makes. “…And on his farm he had a cow…. with a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there…”

The lyrics of Despacito are about a sensuous rendezvous. The title of the song translates to ‘Slowly' and Ender says that the song is, ultimately about taking one's time, slowly. “[It's] about taking it slow, at first. We live in this rush all the time with technology and everything, sex goes really fast too. You have to treat women the way they want to be treated and I would like to be loved ‘despacito' as a woman,” she explains. Too many of us love the song, groove to it even without knowing the meaning behind it. And in a day and age that is obsessed with instant gratification of everything, Despacito is refreshing in that sense because it makes taking it slow hip again. “I mean sensual or sexual should not be a taboo,” she further adds. “The problem is not the sex. The problem is how you give that message. So I think we did a great job with that on ‘Despacito,' because it's all full of poetry. It's all full of metaphors. It's very respectful even though there are things going on.” © Billboard The song has been courting controversy since the beginning and moreso, after the Justin Bieber fiasco on one of his tours. But, if you hark back to the original song and the meaning behind the lyrics, there is more to it than the typical Spanish number to groove to. Ender is of the view that Justin Bieber's association to the song only helped skyrocket the track to newer heights. “It's not only a matter of who wrote [the song] or who is singing it, it's a matter of putting the Spanish language and our flavor out there around the world,” she reasons. “So I think this is a great victory for all of us, as Latin people.” Does that make you listen to the song in a whole new light?

Today, the song is popular amongst children in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Italy, and Denmark. As one would expect, the song is often sung by school kids while on bus trips or while heading to school. It’s an amusing song with parts that change and parts that stay the same (see lyrics below). The rhythm is repetitive, making it easy for people to both sing and remember. Another song that follows a similar format is “99 Bottles of Beer.” Though the song of course has a much different meaning. The Contemporary Lyrics Each stanza in the song begins with a different part of the bus, from the wheels to the windshield wipers to the driver, the people on the bus, and more. The meaning, obviously, is to highlight all the fun, noise-making elements of the vehicle. Another fun aspect is for children (and parents or teachers) to act out the parts. The wipers go swish, swish, swish, and singers can move their extended arms, pointed up, back and forth like actual wipers. Or the horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep, and the singers can extend their arm as if honking a real horn on the steering wheel. Then each stanza continues with how each of those elements on the bus moves or behaves, with each verse concluding with all through the town, before another stanza begins.