Even if you’re not from the USA, and as long as you’re not a turkey, this is one of the best lessons we have if you are into the whole “Success Education” side of Genki English.
After all the “I can!“s and “Try agains“, this one is basically teaching kids how to be happy.
Yep, just be happy.
Just like a 5 minute meditation in the morning (show me an ultra successful person who doesn’t do this now!) just this one simple thing can make such a huge difference in someone’s life.
And just like we changed the “I have to …” into “I can” in the hip hop songs, here we now just change from thinking about what we’d like to have, and instead just look at what we are thankful for.
It is amazing what this one simple change can do to a set of kids.
Give it a try and let me know how it transforms your class. (Particularly those toughest to reach hard core ones.)
Be genki,
Richard
P.S. I stand by the transformative power of this song so much that I put it free on Youtube. Even if you only do one Genki English song this year, this will be worth it.
P. P.S. The parents will also thank you for it as the lesson also tends to reduce the amount of Christmas presents kids ask for! 🙂
THANK YOU!