Science lessons in the car

We've been listening to the They Might be Giants Science album in the car lately.  The songs are great and the kids have many of the words memorized.  Now they've been asking a lot of questions about the songs which I absolutely love.  Yesterday in the car Nathan asks, what is a tree made of?  I said wood.  Then he said, what is wood made of.  I said, " Carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen"  just like the song.  They thought that was pretty cool.  The discussion then evolved into how just about everything you see is made of those four elements, even rocks.  And Nathan says "But not just four of them, a whole lot of carbon of them."  Yes Nathan a WHOLE lot of carbon oxygen nitrogen and hydrogen. 

They love singing the Sun songs and ROY G BIV.  Frequently these songs are the soundtrack that they sing on our way to the bus stop.  I'm amazed at how many of the words they have memorized.  Makes me proud.  :)  Nathan says his favorite subject at school is Science.  That's my boy.