MzTeachuh: Education Links of the Day 1/24/15

MzTeachuh: Education Links of the Day 1/24/15:   The Almost Best Collection of Apps and Extensions for Special Education  http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/01/the-almost-best-...

Education Links of the Day 1/24/15

 

The Almost Best Collection of Apps and Extensions for Special Education 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/01/the-almost-best-collection-of-apps-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

Super Bowl Classroom Activities  

http://www.teachhub.com/super-bowl-classroom-activities

5 App and Mobile Use Guides for Parents

 http://www.edutopia.org//blog/5-parent-resources-using-apps-matt-davis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

Teaching Digital Students Non-Digital Things

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/10-strategies-reach-21st-century-reader/ 

Social And Emotional Benefits Of Video Games: Metacognition and Relationships

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/social-and-emotional-benefits-of-video-games-metacognition-and-relationships/ 

What We’re Watching: Condi Rice on Education As National Security Challenge

http://educationnext.org/what-were-watching-education-could-be-greatest-national-security-challenge/ 

Study: Suspensions Harm ‘Well-Behaved’ Kids 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/01/study-suspensions-harm-well-behaved-kids.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Yum--Reading Tastes Good (BookIt) And Other Free R...

MzTeachuh: Yum--Reading Tastes Good (BookIt) And Other Free R...: http://www.bookitprogram.com/ I recall taking my elementary-aged kids to Pizza Hut in Mililani, Hawaii, the first year BookIt began--t...

Yum--Reading Tastes Good (BookIt) And Other Free Reading Incentive Programs

http://www.bookitprogram.com/

I recall taking my elementary-aged kids to Pizza Hut in Mililani, Hawaii, the first year BookIt began--they are now avid readers as adults. Grazie mille, Pizza Hut!

Pizza Hut BookIt Program
http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx




Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

Soar with Reading
 http://www.soarwithreading.com/


 

  Ticket To Read
 http://www.tickettoreadingrewards.org/


Reading Rewards

http://www.reading-rewards.com/reading-program/


 


America's Battle of the Books

http://www.battleofthebooks.org/

Need to Read Book Club http://www.needtoreadbookclub.org/index.html

MzTeachuh: Principal's Suggestion Box Letters #10 and #11

MzTeachuh: Principal's Suggestion Box Letters #10 and #11: These letters are absolutely fictional (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent.) But, with the hint of truth, maybe we can make so...

Principal's Suggestion Box Letters #10 and #11

These letters are absolutely fictional (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent.) But, with the hint of truth, maybe we can make some adjustments. Principals have the best chance to do that.

Letter # 10
Dear Principal,

I have a concern about collaborating with Special Education. Mr. W is requiring too much input and time on behalf of just one student, who seems to be doing fine without much outside help. I know it is just two weeks into the school year, but with 34 fourth graders (and several more 'active'  ones than usual), it seems an inappropriate use of my time to be focusing on one student. His mother is just as bad, wanting daily updates and 'documentation' of his progress. And Mr.W doesn't just pull Jordan over to the table to finish his work, like Mrs. T did before she retired, but helps any student that requests it. Is he supposed to do that? Is he qualified to do that? It seems disruptive to the flow of the class. He makes suggestions about all the students.This year just isn't like other years, like its supposed to be. Can you speak to Mr. W?

Thanks,
Mrs. M, Concerned and Somewhat Overwhelmed Teacher

Letter #11
Dear Principal,

I have a concern about collaborating in the General Education room of Mrs. M. She has experience working with Special Education with Mrs. T, but now the model has changed, per District instruction. The individualized education plan that Jordan has includes Common Core goals of working with other students. Mrs. M is resisting this, and prefers he has pull-out, either to the Resource Room or to a corner of the class. When Jordan does join my Reading Intervention in the Resource Room, he misses Math instruction in Mrs. M's room, which he isn't supposed to. She says 'it is just so much more quiet when he's gone.' I know there are several 'active' students in her class this year, which I can help with, but Jordan really needs his math. Jordan's parent feels that Mrs. M is cutting her off, and won't communicate. Can you help us?

Thanks,
Mr.W,  Concerned and Somewhat Overwhelmed Teacher

 IEP Collaboration Techniques http://www.understandingspecialeducation.com/iep-collaboration.html

Collaboration - the heart of the matter

http://seonline.tki.org.nz/IEP/IEP-guidelines/Collaboration 

Collaboration Between General and Special Education Teachers

https://www.teachervision.com/teaching-methods/resource/2941.html 

Communicate With Special Education Parents

Some Strategies for Keeping Parents Happy and Informed

http://specialed.about.com/od/classroommanagement/a/communicationparents.htm 

Educational Leadership Philosophy
Special Needs Education

http://teaching.about.com/od/admin/ss/Educational-Leadership-Philosophy_7.htm 

My suggestion: Collaboration can be a sensitive issue. Principals need to be up-to-date on District expectations as well as school personalities (not that, as professionals, we let personality get in the way. Ha!) In this scenario, there is more at play than only collaboration. Mrs. M's class may have been the 'dumping ground' for the active kids plus the Special Ed. kids. That sometimes happens, unfortunately. If the school at large just has lots of active kids, then there needs to be a schoolwide behavior management plan developed by the school staff that is generally implemented by all staff all day--at recess, lunch, before and after school programs--so the kids know what to expect, and the limitations.The classrooms will be more calm.

As far as two teachers collaborating with a new model--have a training for all teachers involved led by a District Special Education leader. Clarify expectations in the IEP for each other and the parents,  and what the District needs from the team. You might even invite the parents. Don't let them loose on each other the first day of school cold turkey. A teacher's classroom is her/his castle--don't make it so the SpecEd teacher sets off an intruder alert. Principals have great influence on their staff and can create a positive, calm climate of camaradie. 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Kids Choices

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Kids Choices: 1.The value of choice in student engagement http://www.thepolliwogjournal.com/?p=470   2 . The Classroom of Choice: Mana...

Teaching Is Giving Kids Choices

1.The value of choice in student engagement

http://www.thepolliwogjournal.com/?p=470 

2. The Classroom of Choice: Managing the Learning Environment 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVsTXUS52IA 

3. Offering Students Choices from Day One

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods/classroom-management/6710.html 

4. The Classroom of Choice: Giving Students What They Need and Getting What You Want

http://www.questia.com/library/119453308/the-classroom-of-choice-giving-students-what-they 

5. Choice Is a Matter of Degree

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept10/vol68/num01/Choice-Is-a-Matter-of-Degree.aspx 

6.  Personalised Learning - Engaging Students by Providing Choice in the Classroom

http://kidspeak.wikispaces.com/Personalised+Learning+-+Engaging+Students+by+Providing+Choice+in+the+Classroom 

7. How to Put Choice Theory in the Classroom

http://www.ehow.com/how_7913359_put-choice-theory-classroom.html 

8.  Liven Up Your Lessons by Giving Students Choices

http://www.edutopia.org/lesson-engagement-student-choice 

 

MzTeachuh: Awww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #5

MzTeachuh: Awww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #5:   Dean Martin - On The Street Where You Live (Nelson Riddle arrangement)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZYbzy3j78

Awww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #5

For a swinging time.

Dean Martin - On The Street Where You Live (Nelson Riddle arrangement)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs65pSEA-VE

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 1/23/15

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 1/23/15: Best Articles for Educators Week of 1/18/15  http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2015/01/best-articles-for-educators-11815.html    Educati...

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 1/23/15

Best Articles for Educators Week of 1/18/15 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2015/01/best-articles-for-educators-11815.html 

 Educational Links 1/17/15 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2015/01/educational-links-11715.html 

Hmmm, That's Interesting 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2015/01/hmmm-thats-interesting.html 

Educational Links 1/20/15 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2015/01/educational-links-12015.html

Ed Tech and STEM Monday Update 1/19/15 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2015/01/ed-tech-and-stem-monday-update-11915.html

Teaching Is Being Organized (Within Reason) 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2015/01/teaching-is-being-organized-within.html 

Educational Links of the Day 1/21/15 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2015/01/educational-links-of-day-12115.html 

MLK Quotes: #2 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/01/mlk-quote-2.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Thanks, благодаря, Merci, Dank, Gracias, завдяки, ...

MzTeachuh: Thanks, благодаря, Merci, Dank, Gracias, завдяки, ...: Since 2012! It is a great privilege to serve the worldwide educational community by putting together the MzTeachuh blog. What an amazeme...

Thanks, благодаря, Merci, Dank, Gracias, завдяки, 谢谢, teşekkürler, शुक्रिया

One million pageviews since 2012!

It is a great privilege to serve the worldwide educational community by putting together the MzTeachuh blog. What an amazement to reach around the world everyday from my humble home in SoCal. This brings me such joy and honor. One million views.

Google Blogster provides statistics, and here are the top readers from the last three years, almost to the day. MzTeachuh began January 2012. USA, Russia, France, Germany, Canada, UK, Ukraine, China, Turkey, and India.

The internet brings outstanding educational news to me everyday--Edutopia, MindShift KQED, TeachThought, Edudemic, Education Week, Special Needs Digest, UnderstoodOrg, eSchool News. Professional development par excellence.

Appreciation also to social media for providing free distribution. Twitter, Facebook, eGoogle, Pinterest, eBlogger, LinkedIn, and StumbleUpon sends out MzTeachuh on one gargantuan paper route, and I get to make new colleagues and friends.

Teach100 has provided incentive for me to improve by ranking MzTeachuh--it is a little like being graded on a curve a couple times a week, competing in a class of 800 edublogs and educational sites. Once I got to 156! But, usually at about 290 something. And I'm just competitive enough to keep at it.

Wish y'all were here last night to have pizza--stuffed crust, extra cheese, black olives, sausage--to celebrate with us. But here's Kool & the Gang to at least include you in the celebration with music.

Kool & the Gang - Celebration 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeTgx_pj6m8 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Lifelong Reading

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Lifelong Reading:  These links are not for Reading Specialists, nor those educators involved exclusively with reading instruction. These links are inte...

Teaching Is Giving Lifelong Reading

 These links are not for Reading Specialists, nor those educators involved exclusively with reading instruction. These links are intended for parents, and since all teachers are reading teachers, too, for those in classroom situations where some practical techniques in the midst of the core curriculum may help. I'm a big fan of taking secondary vocabulary and syllabicating, decoding the syllable, then reading the whole word in context for meaning. 

We are so honored to teach young people to read.

That book is a real page turner.

1. Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension 

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3479/  

2. 14 Best Reading Practices   

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/jblanton/read/14bestreadingpractices.htm 

3. ABCs of Teaching Reading

http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/ 

4. Reading Strategies

Reading Efficiently by Reading Intelligently

http://www.mindtools.com/rdstratg.html 

5.  Reading and Word-Attack Strategies

http://www.readinga-z.com/more/reading_strat.html 

6. 7 CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES

http://www.salisbury.edu/counseling/new/7_critical_reading_strategies.html 

7. No Single Strategy Is Best for Teaching Reading

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/news/department/news/?id=194 

8.  First Books: Access to books for children in need.

http://www.firstbook.org/

Bob. a volunteer, read to the kids at a Reading Party sponsored by First Books

 

9. Ten Books Every Child Should Own

http://blog.firstbook.org/2012/10/30/ten-books-every-child-should-own/ 

 

10. The Best Ways to Teach Kids to Read

http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/The-Best-Ways-to-Teach-Kids-to-Read 

11. Pizza Hut BOOK IT program (so kids know reading tastes good.)

http://www.bookitprogram.com/ 

http://bookitprogram.com/bookitalumni/

 

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #4

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #4: Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgw3zl9GeFQ   La la la la la la, La la la la la la My cherie...

Aww Garsh--Love Songs for Valentine's Day #4

Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgw3zl9GeFQ

 La la la la la la, La la la la la la
My cherie amour, lovely as a summer day
My cherie amour, distant as the milky way
My cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
In a cafe or sometimes on a crowded street
I've been near you, but you never noticed me
My cherie amour, won't you tell me how could you ignore
That behind that little smile I wore
How I wish that you were mine
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
Maybe someday, you'll see my face among the crowd
Maybe someday, I'll share your little distant cloud
Oh, cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
La la la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la la, La la la la la la

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 1/23/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 1/23/15:   7 Super Bowl Lesson Plans and Resources for the Classroom http://www.edutopia.org/blog/super-bowl-lesson-plans-matthew-davis?utm_so...

Educational Links 1/23/15

 

7 Super Bowl Lesson Plans and Resources for the Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/super-bowl-lesson-plans-matthew-davis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29 

Unexpected Tools That are Influencing the Future of Education 

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/01/unexpected-tools-that-are-influencing-the-future-of-education/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Schools Help Close Racial Gaps in Arts Education, Study Suggests

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2015/01/schools_help_close_racial_gaps.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InsideSchoolResearch+%28Education+Week%3A+Inside+School+Research%29 

How to Help Your Depressed Teenager 

http://www.nesca-news.com/2015/01/how-to-help-your-depressed-teenager.html 

Are You A Whole Teacher? A Self-Assessment To Understand

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/whole-teaching-whole-teacher-self-assessment-educator-assessment/ 

Parent-Led Intervention May Lower Kids’ Autism Risk

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/01/22/parent-lower-autism-risk/19982/ 

The Heart of Teaching: What It Means to be a Great Teacher

http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/heart-teaching-what-it-means-be-great-teacher?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=community-heart-teaching-great-teacher-link

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 1/22/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 1/22/15: STEM vs. STEAM: Why The “A” Makes All The Difference http://www.edudemic.com/stem-vs-steam-why-the-a-makes-all-the-difference/   Thin...

Educational Links 1/22/15

STEM vs. STEAM: Why The “A” Makes All The Difference

http://www.edudemic.com/stem-vs-steam-why-the-a-makes-all-the-difference/ 

Think Garden: The History of Food

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/thnkgard.sci.ess.foodhist/think-garden-the-history-of-food/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mktg2015 

ADHD and Clutter: Is It Organized Chaos or Just a Mess?

http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/6224.html 

#TchLIVE Book Chat Quick Notes: Leaders of Their Own Learning

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2015/01/21/quick-notes-leaders-of-their-own-learning/ 

Defeating Debbie-Downerism: 7 Tips for a More Positive Mind-Set 

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/01/20/defeating-debbie-downerism-7-tips-for-a-more-positive-mindset 

Four Ways to Improve Student Mental-Health Support 

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/21/four-ways-to-improve-student-mental-health-support.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

The Right & Wrong Way To Use Technology For Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-use-technology-for-learning/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=dwtFy1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook#!dwtFy1 

 

MzTeachuh: Music for the Soundtrack of Your Classroom

MzTeachuh: Music for the Soundtrack of Your Classroom: You are working to the easy listening music of Johann Sebastien Bach.   Using Music in the Elementary Classroo...

Music for the Soundtrack of Your Classroom

You are working to the easy listening music of Johann Sebastien Bach.

 

Using Music in the Elementary Classroom (Warning: It May Get Loud)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/music-recommendations-elementary-gaetan-pappalardo 

I like classical quite a bit for background.

Here are some of my choices.:

Antonio Vivaldi

Four Seasons ~ Vivaldi 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA 

Beethoven's 5th Symphony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

TEOC - Symphony No. 06 - Beethoven | Full Length 45 Minutes 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1D1zuvWic 

Symphony No. 9 ~ Beethoven 

Ludwig Van Beethoven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3217H8JppI 

Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 [complete] 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTc1mDieQI8 

 

Wolfgang Mozart

 

Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto C major K 299 Neville Marriner RTSI 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIzC9CzVUQ 

Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, 'Elvira Madigan' K.467

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1bMPi2aw1A 

It is my opinion that listening to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos  is truly 'busy bee' motivation, but the students generally like Beethoven the best.

Johann Sebastian Bach

 

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ejVor497wQ

 

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having A Sense of Humor

MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Having A Sense of Humor: 1. What's So Funny About Teaching http://www.edutopia.org/blog/educator-sense-of-humor-mark-phillip...

Teaching Is Having A Sense of Humor

1. What's So Funny About Teaching

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/educator-sense-of-humor-mark-phillips 

2. Why a sense of humor is key to surviving as a teacher

http://www.helium.com/items/700442-why-a-sense-of-humor-is-key-to-surviving-as-a-teacher 

Just keepin' it real.

3. A Teacher's Sense of Humor

http://brainconnection.positscience.com/content/11_1 

4. Why is having a sense of humor important when it comes to teaching?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120213035501AALZ6B2 

 5. Sense of humour 

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/sense-humour 

6. Why Use Humor in the Classroom?

http://www.celt.iastate.edu/newsletter/v11n2/humor.html 

7. Using Humor in the Classroom

http://www.nea.org/tools/52165.htm 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Principal's Suggestion Box Letter #5

MzTeachuh: Principal's Suggestion Box Letter #5: These letters are absolutely fictional (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent.) But, with the hint of truth, maybe we c...

Principal's Suggestion Box Letter #5

These letters are absolutely fictional (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent.) But, with the hint of truth, maybe we can make some adjustments. Principals have the best chance to do that.

Dear Principal,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this school year. My daughter Yolanda had the best year ever. Mr. --- ran such a fun, interesting class, her Fifth Grade couldn't be better. Her grades were up and her IEP goals met. We are so grateful.

Yolanda loves to help, and Mr. --'s style of classroom management gave her lots of chances to be busy, up and about, not just in her desk. She loved the projects in class and activities outside. The school garden was heaven to her. And she was so excited to meet the PE goal in the fifth grade mile.

Her previous teacher (in another district)  felt that the active kids needed to learn to be quiet and controlled, and Yolanda's desk was lined up facing out the window with about six other students. When she told me, I wasn't sure if that was really happening until I brought treats for the holiday party, and there there they were, segregated from the class, and couldn't even see the board. It wasn't just the Resource kids, or the bad kids, either. Just the talkative ones who had trouble focusing on the workbooks. I am so relieved to have found your school.

I hear great things about the Sixth grade teachers--projects, PE, afterschool clubs. Yolanda is interested in computers (her older brother has a computer business.) I understand the kids learn to code.

Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart. I will volunteer as I can. Yolanda's brother, Angel--the computer guy--is interested in helping also.

Your Truly,
Yolanda's Mom

Why Is Project-Based Learning Important?

http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-guide-importance 

Teaching Techniques for Inattentive and Overactive Children 

http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Teaching_Techniques/ 

Physical activity may help kids do better in school, studies say 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/physical-activity-may-help-kids-do-better-in-school-studies-say/2013/10/21/e7f86306-2b87-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html 

My suggestion: Creating a well-balanced class is crucial for kids, they are like Renaissance learners and need daily experience in STEM, ELA, the Arts, PE, and throw in a school garden while you're at it. All learners (IEP or not) deserve a well-rounded, healthy experience. A sedentary, punitive classroom does them harm.

If a teacher has active kids, diagnosed ADHD or not, the classroom management needs to match the need. The very opposite of what active kids needs is isolation--it makes matters worse as their brains crave activity. Teachers can collaborate by grade level or subject to provide resources for the classroom all kids need. Special education teachers have important strategic input for kids with ADHD as well.

Principals must be aware of the functioning of all classrooms. That is surely part of  leadership. I have observed both classroom scenarios described above. The brilliant classroom outcome was a direct result of staff working hard together under the leadership of a good principal. The other was the isolation not only of the kids, but the teacher from schoolwide and district resources to aid in the design of a better schedule of activities for this specific group of kids. The principal didn't have a clue what was happening.

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #3

MzTeachuh: Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #3: Paul McCartney and Jane Asher (his muse for this song.)   The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere   https://www.youtube...

Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #3

Paul McCartney and Jane Asher (his muse for this song.)

 The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8THouU576WY 

To lead a better life

I need my love to be here

Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there

There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking, but she doesn't know he's there

I want her everywhere
And if she's beside me I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her

Everywhere, knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching their eyes and hoping I'm always there

I want her everywhere
And if she's beside me I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her

Everywhere, knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching their eyes and hoping I'm always there

I will be there, and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere