What the song is about
A child shows us their home. In the yellow light of the kitchen they drink juice, show their cup and ball, and say their little house is the best of all. They walk with Mommy, play with Daddy, throw a red ball high, wave at the blue sky, jump and look for toys. At the end they say goodbye: Bye-bye! I'll see you soon!
Useful words
- Home: kitchen, house, floor, light
- Things: juice, cup, ball, toys
- Family: Mommy, Daddy (words children use for mother and father)
- Colors: yellow, red, blue
- Actions: look, drink, walk, play, find, throw, wave, jump, sit, search
- Feelings: happy, smiling, warm, bright
Useful expressions
- This is my cup. Showing what belongs to you.
- the best house of all: the best of all things in a group.
- Wave a big wave: move your hand to say hello or goodbye.
- Bye-bye! / See you soon! Friendly ways to say goodbye.
Grammar
- Imperatives give instructions: Look at the kitchen. Find the red ball. Throw it so high.
- -ing forms describe what is happening now: Drinking my juice, walking with Mommy, looking for toys. In the song they stand alone without I am; in a full sentence you say I am drinking my juice.
- Superlative: best is the top form of good: good – better – best.
- Future with will: I'll see you soon = I will see you soon.
Watch out: words chosen for the rhyme
- "feeling like a fellow" is there only to rhyme with yellow. It is not a usual expression and does not mean much, so don't use it.
- "never feeling crummy": crummy is informal and means bad or unhappy (I feel crummy = I feel bad). It was chosen to sound a little like Daddy. Simpler is never feeling sad.
- "Everything is feeling right" is said for the rhyme and the rhythm. In normal English we say Everything feels right.