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So Many Ways to Be Smart

from Rainbow of Color by Joanie Calem

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So Many Ways to be Smart © by Stuart Stotts, used by permission: As a teacher, it is always very important to me that my students know that there are all different kinds of ways to be smart. Everyone is smart in some way, so even if you aren’t super confident with school topics like reading and writing and arithmetic, you are smart in a different way. If this song doesn’t sing about your way of being smart, add it in please!

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So Many Ways To Be Smart, by Stuart Stotts, used by permission

(call and response: say ay-yi-yi after each phrase of “So many ways to be smart!”)
Chorus:
So many ways to be smart. So many ways to be smart.
With your hands, your feet, your head, your heart – So many ways to be smart.

Some folks are good at numbers and math, Some folks are good at making you laugh.
Some folks are good at building a go-cart –, So many ways to be smart. Ay ay ay…..
Chorus

Some folks are good at reading deep books. Some folks are good at reading people’s looks
Some folks are good at reading a chart, So many ways to be smart. Ay ay ay…..
Chorus

Some folks are good at getting along. Some folks are good at making up songs
Some folks are good at finding their art, So many ways to be smart. Ay ay ay…..
Chorus

Some folks are good at finding their dreams, Some folks are good at sewing fine seams
Some folks are good at playing their part, So many ways to be smart. Ay, ay, ay….
Chorus

Some folks are good at doing their best, Though it’s hard to measure on a standardized test.
Some folks have lots of common sense –, It’s all intelligence. Ay, ay, ay….
Chorus

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from Rainbow of Color, released January 1, 2018

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Joanie Calem Columbus, Ohio

Joanie Calem is a folk musician, singer/song-writer, storyteller and inclusion advocate for audiences of all ages. Joanie writes songs and sings about life's different twists and turns, angles and perspectives, telling stories through her songs of the ups and downs of reality. She performs regularly at festivals, retirement homes, shelters, libraries and schools throughout the US and abroad. ... more

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