Measure It!
[KID 1] Mine's taller! [KID 2] No, MINE! (hey!) Don't guess it — count it! Measure it! (one-two!) Tick-tock, pick-up — grab the ruler, line it tight, One, two,...
[KID 1] Mine's taller! [KID 2] No, MINE! (hey!) Don't guess it — count it! Measure it! (one-two!)
Tick-tock, pick-up — grab the ruler, line it tight, One, two, three, four — count the numbers up the side! Mine stops at six and yours hits EIGHT (boom!) Inches don't argue, inches set it straight!
Don't guess it — count it! Measure it! (one-two-three!) A guess is just a guess — but a number sets you free! Don't guess it — count it! Measure it! (hey hey!) Ruler, timer, scale — let the number have the say!
Hop on one foot — GO! — and watch the timer run, Tick, tock, tick — it counts the seconds one by one! You got ten and I got four (whoa!) The seconds keep the score — now nobody's unsure!
Don't guess it — count it! Measure it! (one-two-three!) A guess is just a guess — but a number sets you free! Don't guess it — count it! Measure it! (hey hey!) Ruler, timer, scale — let the number have the say!
Plop the rock on the scale — CLUNK! — watch it dip, Heavy weighs more, the light one takes a skip! Two pounds here, one pound there (count 'em up!) The scale don't lie — it weighs it fair and square!
Don't guess it — count it! Measure it! (one-two-three!) Ruler, timer, scale — TICK, TOCK, CLUNK! Don't guess it — count it! Measure it! (hey hey!)
[KID 1] So whose plant is taller? [KID 2] Grab the ruler — count it up to ten!