[bright music] - [Narrator] Ready to learn?

- Hi!

- Hi!

- [Narrator] It's time to share a story.

- Ssh!

- [Narrator] Read and write.

- Let's read it back.

- [Narrator] Discover science.

- Sing.

♪ Somewhere ♪ - [Narrator] Play.

And so much more.

[feet stomping] - Cupcake!

- Very good!

- [Narrator] Stay tuned for lessons and activities.

- We're gonna start making some words, isn't that fun?

- Mm-hm.

[bright music] - [Narrator] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB Foundation.

[bright music] - Hi, friends.

My name is Brielle.

And I am with the New York City Children's Theater.

And today, we're gonna explore a book together.

The book is called "Think Big".

And it's written by Liz Garton Scanlon.

And the pictures were made by Vanessa Brantley Newton.

This book is about making art and being creative.

And using our imaginations to do those things.

So you don't need any supplies today.

You just need yourself, and your imagination.

So that we can play and explore and pretend together.

Are you ready?

"Thick paint.

"Deep hue."

Hue is a word that describes color.

These painted hand prints, are in hues of purple.

What's your favorite color?

Can you pretend that your hand has thick paint in your favorite color all over it?

Oh, what does it feel like?

And just show it to me, just wave it to me.

All those colors.

"Bow stroke, "one, two."

Look at all these musical instruments.

Do you play a musical instrument?

Is there one that you are curious about playing?

You can use your imagination to play one.

What would it be?

Would it be one that's here, like the bass, with the bow that you to stroke the strings?

Or is it an instrument that's not in this picture?

Can you picture it in your imagination?

"Brainstorm, blank page."

A brainstorm is like a thought party.

It's when you're thinking about a project, and you have so many ideas.

And you can catch them, and you can draw or write down on a blank piece of paper, so that you don't forget them.

So she has on her thinking face.

Can I see your thinking face?

Hmm, all those ideas.

"Scene set on stage."

Have you ever been on stage before?

A stage is where you perform.

Actors perform plays.

Dancers dance, singers sing.

What do you think they are performing on their stage?

It looks to me like the scene is that their acting out walking.

And the set, the set which tells us where they are has a tree in it.

Where do you think they are?

Where do you think their play is set?

Maybe the park?

"Pinch salt, "dice, chop."

Let's do that together.

Pinch salt, dice, chop.

Oh, look at all the food they are preparing.

Can you take a deep breath and smell all of the good smells in the kitchen?

[deep breath] Mm.

"Click flash, "time stop."

That is what it's like to take a photo.

It feels like you are making time stop, and keeping a moment in time forever.

I'm going to pretend to take a picture of you.

Can you make the funniest face that you have ever made?

And I'm going to take a picture of it.

Ready?

Click, flash, funny face.

[chuckling] I like that, I now have that imaginary picture forever.

So I can look at it whenever I need to laugh at the funny faces we make.

"Big voice on pitch."

Pitch is when the music goes up, high, or low.

Do you like to sing?

Sometimes I like to make up songs.

Let's all sing our name at the same time.

Let's sing it on this pitch.

♪ Brielle ♪ But you'll say yours at the same time.

Ready, here we go.

One, two, three.

♪ Brielle ♪ I like imagining hearing all those names being sung at the same time.

"Pin, trim, "thread, stitch."

Oh, they're sewing.

You stitch when you sew.

Can we all do that?

Stitch.

Can sew fabric together.

Can make clothes, or other things.

It looks like, what do you think they're making?

It looks to me, like a flower.

A flower made out of fabric.

"Red clay, "round wheel."

Oh, clay.

Clay is fun to play with.

Feels so squishy.

Let's do that.

Feels so squishy!

"Spin, twirl, "toe, heel."

Dancing.

Do you like to dance?

Let's have a five second dance party.

You can do this sitting or standing.

Okay, get out your favorite dance moves.

Here we go, ready?

One, two, three.

♪ Dance ♪ Five, four, three, two, one!

And stop.

You can have a five second dance party whenever you want.

"Black ink, "line, shade."

It's when you fill in the line.

"Knit, purl, "hand made."

Do you know what knitting is?

Knitting is when you have these big needles and yarn.

And the needles move together to make something out of the yarn, like a scarf.

Or, a blanket.

What would you knit?

Maybe a hat?

What would you knit?

And handmade.

Everything that we're imagining in here today, is handmade.

Show me your hands.

Just give them a little wave.

These hands of ours, can make so many things, when we use our imagination along with them.

Thank you, hands; thank you, hands.

"No thought too great.

"You think, we'll wait."

What are they thinking about?

Are they thinking about what they want to be when they grow up?

Can you show me your thinking face?

While you make that thinking face, can you think about what you wanna be when you grow up?

Oh, I wonder what you're thinking about?

"Big breath, "brave heart."

It looks like they're about to start their performance to go on stage.

Do they look nervous to you?

They look a little nervous to me.

Can you make a nervous face?

It's okay to feel nervous sometimes.

Being brave means that you do something, even if you feel nervous, or scared.

But sometimes taking a big breath, [deep breath] can help us feel brave.

Let's all take a deep breath.

[deep breath] Nice.

"Ready, "set, "make art!"

Oh, look at all the things we explored today on one page!

"When we grow up."

What a fun book.

There's so many ways to be creative.

Do you know what I'm thinking?

After we finish today, something that could be fun, is for you to get a piece of paper, or something to write, or draw on.

And a crayon, or a marker, or a pen, something to write and draw with.

And brainstorm what you liked about this book.

What ways to make art did you like?

Maybe there's a way to make art that wasn't in the book, that you wish was.

And you could draw a picture about that.

Here, this is my brainstorm that I did earlier.

So I could show you what it looks like.

I liked the music, painting, and dancing.

But you could draw or write these things.

And yours can be different than mine.

And then on the back, you can brainstorm, have your thought party all the things that you want to be when you grow up.

You can want to be more than one thing when you grow up.

And it's okay, if you don't know what you wanna be yet.

You have time, because you're still growing.

I know that I am a grownup.

But, I still like to daydream and imagine other things that I could be curious about.

Like, being an astronaut in space.

Or being a marine biologist, which is a scientist that studies things in the sea.

I'm so curious about what you might put on your brainstorm.

Well, I had a really good time exploring this book with you.

Thank you for being here.

Goodbye!

- Hi, movers and shakers.

This is Violet.

And today, we have some special guests.

My cousins, Liam and Aiden are gonna help us sing a song called "Rattlin' Bog".

They're gonna sing the call, and I'm gonna sing the response.

That means, they're gonna say something, and I'm gonna repeat after them.

Can you help us sing this song together?

Great.

All right.

♪ Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog ♪ ♪ Way down in the valley, oh ♪ ♪ Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog ♪ ♪ Way down in the valley, oh ♪ ♪ And in that bog ♪ ♪ And in that bog ♪ ♪ There was a tree ♪ ♪ There was a tree ♪ ♪ A rare tree ♪ ♪ A rare tree ♪ ♪ A rattlin' tree ♪ ♪ A rattlin' tree ♪ ♪ A tree in the bog down in the valley, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, ro, the rattlin' bog ♪ ♪ Way down in the valley, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, ro, the rattlin' bog ♪ ♪ Way down in the valley, oh ♪ ♪ And on that tree ♪ ♪ And on that tree ♪ ♪ There was a branch ♪ ♪ There was branch ♪ ♪ A rare branch ♪ ♪ A rare branch ♪ ♪ A rattlin' branch ♪ ♪ A rattlin' branch ♪ ♪ A branch in the tree ♪ ♪ The tree in the bog ♪ ♪ The bog down in the valley, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, ro, the rattlin' bog ♪ ♪ Way down in the valley, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, row, the rattlin' bog ♪ ♪ Way down in the valley, oh ♪ - That was so much fun.

Thanks, Liam and Aiden!

Thanks, everyone.

[bright music] - Hi, friends, my name is Isabel.

And welcome to my learning corner.

Today we are going to be building words, reading words, and writing words, all with a special R control vowel, A-R. A-R, represents the sound, Rr.

Are you ready?

Great!

Let's get started.

Today, we're going to warm up our ears with the help of some very special sound boxes.

For each word, we're going to break the word up into all the sounds we hear.

And as we do so, we're going to touch a box.

Let's try our word together.

The word is Teach.

Can you say that word?

Great!

Now, lets break down the word Teach into all the sounds we hear.

Ta, E, Ch.

Now, let's mark each box.

I'm gonna mark it with a little circle.

Ta, E, ch.

Teach!

How many sounds are in the word, Teach?

That's right!

There are three sounds.

Let's go ahead and try that again.

The next word we are going to break into all the sounds we hear is Black.

Can you say that word?

Great job!

Let's break it down into all the sounds we hear.

- Ba, Ll, ah, ka.

Maybe make this one darker.

How many sounds are in that word?

That's right!

Four sounds.

You're really getting the hang of this.

Let's try that again.

The next word is Hose.

Can you say that word?

Okay.

Give me the sounds.

Ha, O, Zz.

Good job!

How many sound?

Three sounds in the word, Hose.

Last one.

The word is Snake.

Can you say that word?

All right.

What are the sounds?

Ss, not so fast.

Nn, A, Ka.

Good job!

How many sounds are in the word Snake?

Four sounds!

Now we're getting, now we're ready to use the R control vowel that says R in words.

Let's get started.

Now that we've warmed ourselves up by counting all of the sounds that we hear in words, we're going to begin to build, and read words that have the R control vowel that says R inside of them.

Are you ready?

Let's get started with our first word.

Ba, R, Bar, ka.

Bark.

[dog barking] Bark.

Good job.

Let's try reading a new word.

Ta, good.

R. Let's put that together.

Tar, Pa. Tarp.

Tarp is a covering, something you might put over furniture before you paint, for example.

Tarp.

Let's try reading one more word with the R control vowel in it.

I bet you already know this word.

Da, R, Let's put it together.

Dar, ka.

Dark.

Are you afraid of the dark?

Me too, me too.

Now, we're going to do a short review with multi-syllabic words.

That means, syllable words with more than one syllable.

Are you ready to practice reading a word?

Let's go.

Now that you know all of the sounds that letters can make, it's time to start looking into multi-syllabic words.

So those are words with more than one syllable.

In this word, I notice, that I see one vowel here, and one vowel here.

The rule of thumb is, that each syllable needs at least one vowel.

So I know that this word already, since it has two vowels, has two syllables, right.

Good job.

Now, I'm going to look in between those two syllables to see what I see.

I see one contestant, and another contestant.

We call this combination vowel, contestant, contestant, vowel.

And what's special about this, is, you can split the word in half between the two contestants.

So now I know I have one syllable here, and this second syllable here.

So when I'm reading it, I would say, Den, because it's a closed syllable, which makes the short sound, Den, the vowel is going to make a short sound, Den, and the same here, this is another closed syllable.

That means a vowel is going to say a short sound here.

Which is -tist.

And I put the two syllables together.

Dentist.

Dentist!

Have you've been to the dentist lately?

Let's try that strategy with one more word.

Here is our next word.

If you know this word, go ahead and say it.

Now, how many vowels do you see in this word?

Two.

Let me see.

One, two.

Let's look between the vowels, to see what is happening.

Contestant, contestant.

Great job.

Where will I divide my word into syllables?

Huh!

That's right!

Between the two consonants.

So, I'm going to draw a line between the two contestants.

What are my two syllables?

Pen, cil.

Put it together.

Pencil!

Great job!

Now we're ready to take everything we've learned about R control vowels, and multi-syllabic words, just like this one, to read words all on our own!

- [Children] Yay!

- Yay!

And now, we're going to read some words all by ourselves.

But before we read the words, let's look at our first line.

What do you notice about the words on the first line?

That's right.

They are all multi-syllabic.

They are all two syllable words.

And we can tell, because each vowel is separated by one or more contestants.

Huh!

Now, remember, if we see two vowels, separated by two consonants, where are we going to split our syllables?

That's right.

Right between the consonants.

Good job.

Let's look at the second line.

What is something you notice about the second line?

That's right, they're two-syllable words, too.

And, they all have our R control vowel, that says R. Now, I'd like you to take the next 10 seconds, and read the two lines in the sentence.

Are you ready?

Let's go.

Now, I'd like you to read in your loudest, brightest voice.

And Miss Simmons will whisper-read along with you.

Are you ready to read?

Let's go.

Magnet, window, rabbit, picnic, target, carpet, garden.

A few of us farm in our yards.

[gasping] Great job!

You did a great job reading.

I am so proud of you, friends.

Now, I'd like you to take out a pen, or something to write with, and a piece of paper, or something to write on, and we're going to write some words.

Great job reading.

And now, we are going to write some words.

So I will dictate a word to you.

The word is going to have two syllables.

All right?

Are you ready?

The first word is insect.

Let's think about that.

If my hand were a syllable, and my other hand were a syllable, this would be In, this would be -sect.

If I were going to start to write my word with my two syllables, I draw two lines.

This will be In, this will be -sect.

And then, I'll put them together.

Go ahead and write the word Insect now.

Great, great!

So, if I said, In, sect.

Ss-ect.

Ss-ect.

Notice how you can sound out syllables.

Insect.

And now, I'm gonna write it together.

Insect.

Is that what you wrote?

Good job!

Friends, you did a great job building words, reading words, and writing words with the R control vowel that represents the sound R. And today, I wanna remind you of something we used at the very beginning of our work today.

Remember these sound boxes?

You can just draw your own sound boxes at home, and use them to break down and count all of the sounds that you hear.

You can even use, instead of marking it, you can use coins to represent each sound, or anything that moves.

I am so proud of you.

Remember, don't forget to watch the next episode, and I'll see you soon.

Bye, guys.

- Singing with my kid is more than just fun.

Wanna know why?

Reading to your kids is an important part of increasing their literacy skills.

But it's not the only thing you can do to get them ready for school.

- Once upon a time- - [Narrator] Tell stories and talk to your little ones.

This will help them learn new words.

- You wanna know what happened?

- Yeah.

♪ Copper kettles and warm woolen ♪ - [Narrator] Sing songs with your kids.

[woman and girl singing] Singing will help them strengthen their memory and listening skills.

[mother and child singing] - I do not like them here or there, I do not like them anywhere.

- [Narrator] Read rhymes and play rhyming games with your children.

Rhyming will help them learn the sounds of different words.

- House.

- [Adult] House.

- [Narrator] When you're around town, point things out, and say what they are out loud.

- What does the red hand mean?

- Stop.

- What did we do yesterday?

- Weave language into your day, any way you can.

- ♪ All through the town ♪ [bright music] - Hi everyone, welcome to the Memphis Zoo, here in beautiful Memphis, Tennessee.

My name is Max, and I am an animal interpreter here at the zoo.

My job as an interpreter means that I spend part of my time taking care of our ambassador animals, and part of my time getting to talk to people just like you, about how amazing and important animals are.

Now today, we're going to be talking about the social lives of animals.

Now, social needs are secondary to basic needs.

Basic needs like food and water is what both people and animals must have to survive.

Secondary needs is what keeps you happy and healthy.

Now, just like you enjoy playing with your friends, and hanging out with people you know, some animals prefer the company of their favorite friends, as well.

And today, we're going to be talking about how animal friendships work, and if all animals enjoy having friends.

We'll also be diving into some of our favorite animals friendships here at the zoo, and how we, as zookeepers, meet our animals' social needs.

So why don't we head on inside, and meet some of our most beloved animal residents, the Meerkats.

Meerkats are found in Africa, in large family groups.

Multiple families, and generations, live together to take care of one another, and stay safe.

Because of this, there is always someone to have fun with.

Young meerkats, called pups, all stay in the same den, underground.

During this time, they get to know one another.

Once they're big enough, they start venturing out of the den, with help from other family members.

They stick together to play, and look out for danger.

As they grow older and start working different jobs in the family, they spend a lot of time working together.

Because they grow up together and spend a lot of time together, they're able to form very close bonds.

By working together, they help to keep everyone safe, and happy.

Now, not all animal groups are the same.

Behind me, live three African lions.

And do you know what the special name for a group of African lions is?

It's called a Pride.

And they get their own special name, because lions are usually found living in a group.

And a Pride, in their natural environment, is usually made up of one adult male, and multiple adult females, as well as their cubs.

And they stay like that until the cubs are big enough to go on their own, and find their own pride.

While in the pride, lions will interact with all the other members of the pride.

They hunt together, sleep together, and play together.

Playing is incredibly important.

Not only does it allow animals to form friendships, but it prepares them to hunt and keep safe when they grow up.

They also learn to work together to get things done.

Our lionesses grew up together, so they are very close and continue to play to this day.

There are sometimes animal friendships that are a little more unexpected.

So, let's meet up with someone who knows a little something about those strange friendships.

Hey everyone, I'm here with my good friend, and co-worker, Sarah, who is a zookeeper, at the Animals of the Night building with all of our nocturnal animals.

And I wanted to ask her a few questions about social lives of animals, or animal friendships.

So, Sarah, what would you say is the oddest animal friendship, of all the animals that you work with?

- So our most unusual pair we have here, at the Animals of the Night building is Ann, our mongoose lemur, and Bubbles, our owl monkey.

And they like to cuddle.

It's a little bit odd, because in their natural habitant, these guys would not be anywhere near each other.

And so they wouldn't have this opportunity.

But these guys have come to enjoy each other's company so much, that they will sleep right on top of the other.

- So how can you tell that Ann and Bubbles like each other?

- So you can tell these guys like each other, because no matter where they are in the exhibit, the other's not far from them.

So, Ann likes to go down to the ground, and hang out to find some food.

And Bubbles would not naturally do that.

But, she will go down, close to the ground, so she can be close to Ann.

And they will share food out of each other's bowl, and like I said, they will just cuddle with each other all day long.

- Thanks for sharing all of that, Sarah.

My last question is, what would you say your favorite part of your job is?

- [Sarah] So I would say, the thing I like most about my job, is that I work with some incredibly unusual animals.

And most people won't ever get to have that opportunity to work with some of these really cool creatures.

- That sounds like an amazing job, Sarah.

And thank you so much for taking the time to talk to myself, and my friends at home about some of the animals friends that you work with.

Next, we're going to go meet an example of an animal that likes to be by themselves.

Now, not all animals like to be around others.

Some animals, like Poppy, the binturong, here, like to be on their own.

Unlike those lions we saw earlier, living in a group, binturongs are solitary animals.

Which means, they're more comfortable by themselves.

Now binturongs can sometimes live in a group, but they spend most of their time walking around by themselves.

They're nocturnal, which means, that they are awake usually at night.

And they are arboreal, which means they spend most of their time climbing through the trees.

Now, as you can imagine, climbing through the trees at night is already pretty hard.

So imagine having to do that with your entire family around you.

So binturongs like Poppy, prefer to go find food all by themselves.

But, they can still communicate with other binturongs, by using their smell.

They have special glands that create a very unique smell, almost like buttered popcorn, that they can rub on the branches, and that lets other binturongs know that this is their area, and it also lets them know exactly how their feeling.

Can you imagine being able to smell someone, and know exactly what they're thinking?

Pretty cool.

Although animals often play with their siblings, or in a group, they sometimes have friends they prefer to be with the most.

Do you have a best friend?

Well, so do some animals.

There a lot of things that help animals decide who their best friend is, but it usually comes down to how much time they spend together, and how well they work together.

In the wild, friendships usually help animals meet their needs.

Like we talked about with the lions, two is better than one.

Take for example, Brie and Cheddar.

They spend a lot of time together playing, grooming, and sleeping.

And rats are very social animals, but they can also have best friends.

So Brie and Cheddar spend a lot of time grooming each other to stay clean.

Sharing food, and wrestling with one another.

And at the end of the day, they love to cuddle up for a long nap.

Rats in their natural habitant can live in large colonies, which is the special name for a group of rats.

And Brie and Cheddar, actually share a home with five of their sisters.

And if they were by themselves, they'd probably get really lonely and unhappy.

So by keeping them together, helps us to meet their social needs.

But how do you think zookeepers meet the social needs of all the animals that call the zoo, home?

Here at the Memphis Zoo, we have lots of animals that have complex social needs.

Just like the rats like to live in groups, so do lots of other animals.

And we make sure that animals that would spend a lot of time together in their natural environment, get that same experience here at the zoo.

Because there's a few things that zookeepers can't replace.

And as much as I'm sure that our rhinos would love to wrestle with us, it just wouldn't be safe.

So we make sure they always have another rhino to safely play with.

What about animals like Poppy, the binturong, though?

She doesn't like to be around other animals, but in her natural environment, she would still be able to smell them.

And that's the same for a lot of the animals that call the zoo home.

So here at the zoo, we let solitary animals see, hear, and smell one another, without getting too close.

That way, they still get to communicate, but don't have to touch or be near one another.

Animal-to-animal isn't the only kind of friendship at the zoo.

As zookeepers, we spend a lot of time getting to know our animals, and working with them to make their lives better.

This often means that we form strong bonds with the animals, and they can even feel the same way.

Now, when we're spending time with our animals, much of that time is spent feeding them, training them, and making sure that they're comfortable being around us.

Maggie, here, is a barn owl.

And barn owls are solitary, just like Poppy, the binturong.

But, she likes her keepers enough to want to spend time around them.

So when she sees her keeper, Bella, she will fly toward her, as her way of saying that she wants to spend some time with her.

And by hanging out, or socializing with our animals, we help to meet the social need of Maggie, as well as, many other animals that call the zoo home.

Well, my friends, we learned so much about the social lives of animals, let's review what we learned.

We learned about animal friendships, where some animals thoroughly enjoy bonding with one another, and spending time grooming, playing, resting, and problem-solving together.

We also learned about solitary animals that would prefer to spend time by themselves, but still interact with other animals through things like scent.

Lastly, we learned that even zookeepers can have special relationships with animals, and spend time socializing, and bonding with them.

Now, before I go, I wanna ask y'all at home, what do you like doing with your friends?

And how does that make you happy?

Now, speaking of friends, I have some animal friends of my own to go hang out with.

But I wanna thank y'all so much for spending some time with us, here at the Memphis Zoo.

May you have a great rest of the day.

Bye, friends.

[light music] - [speaking in a foreign language] - Once upon a time.

- [Narrator] [speaking in a foreign language] ♪ Copper kettles and warm woolen ♪ - [Narrator] [speaking in a foreign language] [woman and child singing] - I do not like them here or there, I do not like them anywhere.

- [Narrator] [speaking in a foreign language] - House.

- [Adult] House.

- [Narrator] [speaking in a foreign language] - What does the red hand mean?

- Stop.

- [Narrator] [speaking in a foreign language] ♪ All through the town ♪ [bright music] ♪ Hello, hello ♪ ♪ It's music time today ♪ ♪ I'm glad you're here ♪ ♪ It's time to sing and play ♪ ♪ Let's clap our hands ♪ [clapping] ♪ Stomp our feet ♪ ♪ Turn around ♪ ♪ Touch the ground ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ ♪ Hello, hello ♪ ♪ It's music time today ♪ ♪ I'm glad you're here ♪ ♪ It's time to sing and play ♪ - Hello, everyone.

I'm Lydia Chrisman.

And I teach music with Third Street Music School Settlement.

I'm really excited to sing some songs with you today.

We'll be singing songs about transportation vehicles.

Do you know what transportation vehicles are?

That's right.

Cars, and boats, and airplanes, and bicycles.

Anything that moves you, right?

From A to B.

So, we're gonna learn some songs about transportation vehicles.

Are you ready?

Great.

The first song is about a car.

Do you like cars?

Raise your hand if you like a car.

Ah!

We have a lot of friends who like cars today.

I'm gonna sing it for you once.

And then, we'll learn it together.

It goes like this.

[guitar music] ♪ I've got a car, it's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ ♪ It's got four wheels ♪ ♪ And a running board ♪ ♪ It's a Ford, a Ford, a Ford ♪ The next part goes like this.

♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ There were some tricky words in that song.

Repeat the words after me.

I'll go first.

And then, I'm gonna point to you, and you speak them after me.

Here we go.

I've got a car, it's made of tin.

[guitar music] Nobody knows what shape it's in.

[guitar music] It's got four wheels, and a running board.

[guitar music] It's a Ford, a Ford, a Ford.

[guitar music] In the first part of the song, we say, I've got a car, it's made of tin.

Do you know what tin is?

It's a type of metal.

Maybe you know it from "The Wizard of Oz", the Tin Man, yeah?

It's that gray, silver metal.

And there's another tricky word, later in the song, a running board.

A running board is something that not all cars have, but some do.

And it's right under the doors, it's the stepping board that sometimes you can step on, to step into the car.

And lastly, it's a Ford, a Ford, a Ford.

A Ford is a name of a car.

Here we go, repeat after me, I'm gonna sing this time.

[guitar music] My turn.

♪ I've got a car, it's made of tin ♪ ♪ I've got a car, it's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ ♪ Nobody knows ♪ [guitar music] ♪ It's got four wheels and a running board ♪ [guitar music] ♪ It's a Ford, a Ford, a Ford ♪ [guitar music] Good.

The next part is really fun.

Repeat after me.

Honk, honk.

Good.

Rattle, rattle.

Don't crash.

[clapping] Beep, beep.

Yes.

Listen, it goes like this, I'll do it a little slower.

Honk, honk, rattle, rattle.

Don't crash, beep, beep.

Honk, honk, rattle, rattle.

Don't crash; beep, beep.

Honk, honk, rattle, rattle.

Don't crash; beep, beep.

Honk, honk, rattle, rattle.

Don't crash; beep, beep.

Great.

Let's go back to the song.

I'm gonna sing a little bit longer, and then you repeat after me, and then, we'll sing it all together.

Here we go.

Wait until it's your turn.

♪ I've got a car, it's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ Your turn, here you go.

Ready, here you go.

[guitar music] My turn.

♪ It's got four wheels, and a running board ♪ ♪ It's a Ford, a Ford, a Ford ♪ Your turn.

[guitar music] Let's sing it together.

We are ready.

♪ I've got a car, it's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ ♪ It's got four wheels and a running board ♪ ♪ It's a Ford, a Ford, a Ford ♪ Second part, honk, honk.

♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ One more time.

♪ I've got a car, it's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ ♪ It's got four wheels and a running board ♪ ♪ It's a Ford, a Ford, a Ford ♪ Here we go.

♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Don't crash, beep, beep ♪ [guitar music] What was that silly thing?

Here's my train, friends.

But it prefers to be on the floor.

But you can't see it, if it's on my floor, here.

The next song is about a train.

Raise your hand if you like trains.

Oh, so many of us also like trains.

What a surprise.

This song is called "A Train".

Can everyone say "A Train"?

Ah, great.

I live in New York City.

And here, our trains are called A Train, B Train, C Train, E Train, like the alphabet.

We also have numbers like the One Train, and the Two Train.

But this song is about the A Train.

And in New York City, the A Train is blue, and it's the longest route.

That means it goes from all the way on the beach, to the top, top, top of Manhattan.

So, repeat after me.

A Train, A Train, going down the track.

Can you say that?

A Train, A Train... [guitar music] Takes me where I go, and brings me back.

Your turn.

Takes me where I go, and brings me, yeah.

Up town, down town, all around the town.

Up... [guitar music] A Train, A Train, going down the track.

[guitar music] Yes, it's very simple, let's try it together with those movements.

And, isn't it great that the train takes you where you go, and then it brings you back home.

That would be hard, if it wouldn't bring you back home again.

Here we go, try it with me.

[patting] [guitar music] ♪ A Train, A Train, going down the track ♪ ♪ Takes me where I go, and brings me back ♪ ♪ Up town, down town ♪ ♪ All around the town ♪ ♪ A Train, A Train going down the track.

♪ A little faster.

♪ A Train, A Train, going down the track ♪ ♪ Takes me where I go, and brings me back ♪ ♪ Up town, down town, all around the town ♪ ♪ A Train, A Train, going down the track ♪ Let's add some different movements when we say A Train, A Train, going down the track.

Can we be a train?

Chug-a-chug.

♪ A Train, A Train, going down the track ♪ ♪ Takes me where I go, and brings me back ♪ ♪ Up town, down town, all around the town ♪ ♪ A Train, A Train, going down the track ♪ A little faster.

Last time, here we go.

♪ A Train, A Train, going down the track ♪ ♪ Takes me where I go, and brings me back ♪ ♪ Up town, down town, all around the town ♪ ♪ A Train, A Train, going down the track ♪ Very good.

If you're ever in New York City, and you see the Blue A Train, you can think of this song.

For our last song today, and our third, we are going to learn a song about boats, or a boat, a canoe.

This song is called, "Tongo".

Can you all say "Tongo"?

Yes.

Is that an American word?

Do you know that?

Is that an English word that you know?

No, right.

This song is from Polynesia.

Which is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean.

So it's a Polynesian song.

A Polynesian canoe song.

Supposedly, it was sung to keep all the people who are rowing the canoe, on the same beat.

Can you practice?

Row, row, row, row.

This sound is also a call and response song.

So there's always a leader that goes first, and then, the others respond.

Let's try it.

Repeat after me, we'll go a little slow.

♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ Your turn.

♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ Let's do that, again, here we go.

♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ Beautiful, tap this steady beat on your legs, here we go.

♪ Tongo, tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ [guitar music] ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ [guitar music] ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ [guitar music] Beautiful.

We learned a car song, a train song, and a boat song.

Thank you for singing with me today.

[guitar music] - This is called, "Manos", hands.

This song is about how many things we can do with our hands.

♪ Manos, manos, I have two little hands ♪ ♪ Manos, manos, you have two little hands ♪ What can we do with our hands?

How about clapping?

♪ [singing in a foreign language] ♪ ♪ Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap ♪ ♪ [speaking in a foreign language] ♪ ♪ Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap ♪ Paint.

♪ [singing in a foreign language] ♪ ♪ Paint, paint, paint, paint, paint ♪ ♪ [singing in a foreign language] ♪ ♪ Paint, paint, paint, paint, paint ♪ How about eating?

You eat with your hands?

Yes, you do.

♪ [singing in a foreign language] ♪ ♪ Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat ♪ ♪ [singing in a foreign language] ♪ ♪ Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat ♪ ♪ Manos, manos, I have two little hands ♪ ♪ Manos, manos, you have ♪ ♪ two little hands ♪ [bright music] - [Narrator] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB Foundation.

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