Peanut, peanut butter and Jelly!!

Peanut, peanut butterAnd jelly! Peanut, peanut butter And jelly! First you take the peanuts And you crunch 'em, Then you take the grapes And you squish 'em, Then you take the bread And you spread it,Then you take your sandwich And you eat it, you eat it. Cause it's Peanut, peanut butter And jelly. Peanut, peanut butter And jelly!

Anyone remember this song from their childhood?? My suitemate started singing it the other day and it reminded me of when I was in preschool. During circle time we would sing this song and act out making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. All of a sudden when she started singing it the lyrics and tune came back to me. In fourth grade my brother had to do a how-to project and he decided to do his project on “How to make a peanut butter sandwich.” This how to needed to list out each step necessary to make a peanut butter sandwich. If you think about it making a peanut butter sandwich has a lot of steps that are performed automatically. Imagine having to follow step-by-step directions as to how to make a peanut butter sandwich. What if we had to crunch the peanuts or squish the grapes? It is interesting that children will sing this song, however, all they really have to do is take out the peanut butter jar and the jelly jar and then eat it ‘cause its good, peanut butter and jelly!