“It's You I Like” (Song)
From Mister Rogers' Neighborhood · 1984
2 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial-Emotional LearningMusic
Summary
From the week about “Work”: Mister Rogers explains that writing songs is part of his job, then sings “It's You I Like” — not your clothes, not your toys, you. Two minutes, and it doubles as a look at songwriting as real work.
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Discussion
A song, and a quick word about the work of writing songs.
- What does the song say is not the reason he likes you?
- What does the song say IS the reason?
- Mister Rogers says writing songs is his work. What does a songwriter do?
- If you wrote a song for our class, what would it be about?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: songwriter, work, verse, like.
Try it: Write one new line for the song in your own words.
Try it: Name a job that makes something you enjoy, and one skill it takes.