October 28, 2006 11:49 - LazyTown Stephanie - Always A Way Video
I love this song - especially when I hear my kids singing it ... if I'm feeling down, hearing these words coming from such young mouths picks me up.
My most heart wrenching moments are when my youngest sings 'gotta keep trying ...' when she can't do something, hearing this through tears of frustration just melts my heart!!!
Lyrics:
If things dont work out like u want this time around
You can try to turn the problem upside down
Theres no use in crying
you gotta keep trying
Because in the end you will discover
THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY
YOU GOTTA KNOW U CAN MAKE IT
THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
SOON YOULL BE SHINING
CUZ YOU NEVER STOPPED TRYING
Really believe there is always a way
Always a way
You gotta know you can make it
There is always a way
YOu gotta believe it
You gotta believe it
ALWAYS A WAY
ALWAYS A WAY
U GOTTA KNOW U CAN MAKE IT
THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE IN URSELF
SOON YOULL BE SHINING
CUZ YOU NEVER STOPPED TRYING
Really believe there is always a way
October 27, 2006 19:48 - Shock Statement - Sportacus Says "Kids should not do exercise"
LazyTown star Magnus Scheving (aka Sportacus) travels the world promoting kids' fitness after seeing no role models for children's health, and decided to fill the gap.
But he says NOT to make children excercise, instead make it 'entertaining' and to encourage 'playing' as a means of getting keeping children fit, as he explains how he didn't 'exercise as a kid' but was instead running round prentending to be John Wayne when he was a kid.
The reason Scheving and LazyTown have been such a huge success all over the globe is that the whole idea behind it is neither "teachy nor preachy".
The show is educational but in a very upbeat way and teaches kids about eating 'sports candy' and getting to bed early to keep strong - 8.08 being the magic time.
Why use couch potato TV to spread the word? Because it's a given fact that kids watch TV, but it is what they do after in their playtime and how the health eating message creeps in to everyday life that's important.
Most parents will know that kids = natural energy but these days it seems they do not do the things kids should do! A recent visit to a school in the US showed how kids respond immediately to the buzz of physical activity and copied the actions of 'Scheving' by immediately eating apples given out at the end of the visit.
Read the article from the Toronto Star, Oct. 27, 2006. 01:00 AM by KRISTIN RUSHOWY
