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Sing.

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

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[bright music] - Hi, friends, how are you?

Awesome.

I'm Raheem, and I'm going to read a wonderful story to you today.

Before we read the story, can you think of an example of something that came from a person's idea?

Did I hear someone say a traffic light?

Yes!

Did you know that this idea was by a man named Garrett Morgan.

He invented the first, automatic three-way traffic light.

It was the first to offer a third caution signal, which we now know as the yellow light.

It's safe to say that Garrett Morgan's idea has saved thousands of lives.

Now I want you to think of an idea.

It could be something big, something silly, a story, artwork, an invention, or a product.

You have your idea?

Good.

I want to think about this idea as we read this story together.

The title of our story is, "What Do You Do With An Idea?"

Written by "New York Times" best-seller, Kobi Yamada.

And illustrated by Mae Besom.

Wow, look!

The author signed our book.

How nice!

"What Do You Do With An Idea?"

Hmm?

"One day I had an idea.

"Ding!

"Where did it come from?

"Why is it here?

I wondered.

"What do you do with an idea?

"At first, I didn't think much of it.

"It seemed kind of strange and fragile.

"I didn't know what to do with it, "so I just walked away from it.

"I acted like it didn't belong to me."

Hmm?

Friends, do you know what that tricky word, Fragile, means?

Yes, Fragile means something that's easily broken, like an egg.

What else can be fragile?

Yes, glassware, or a vase.

Hmm?

I'm wondering?

Do you think he should walk away from this golden idea?

Tell a trusted adult, or a friend, if you think he should leave this idea behind.

Yes, I hope he doesn't leave that idea behind forever.

"But it followed me.

"I worried what others would think.

"What would people say about my idea?

"I kept it to myself.

"I hide it away, and didn't talk about it.

"I tried to act like everything was the same.

"As if it was before my idea showed up.

"But there was something magical about my idea.

"I had to admit, "I felt better and happier when it was around."

Look at how happy he looks.

He looks so happy to have that idea around.

"It wanted food, it wanted to play.

"Actually, it wanted a lot of attention.

"It grew bigger, and we became friends."

Look, now, since he's feeding it and playing with it, his idea is getting bigger and bigger.

"I showed it to other people, "even though I was afraid of what they would say.

"I was afraid that if people saw it, "they would laugh at it.

"I was afraid they would think that it was silly.

"And many of them did.

"They said it was no good.

"They said it was too weird.

"They said it was a waste of time.

"And that it would never become anything."

Hmm?

Friends, how do you think he felt after hearing that about his idea?

Do you think he like hearing that?

Yes, I agree.

Looking at his expression on his face, I can tell that he feels discouraged now about his idea.

"And at first, I believed them.

"I actually thought about giving up on my idea.

"I almost listened to them."

Look!

He kind of left the idea behind for a moment.

"But then I realized, what do they really know?

"This is my idea, I thought.

"No one knows it like I do.

"And it's okay if it's different and weird, "and maybe a little crazy.

"I decided to protect it.

"To care for it.

"I fed it good food.

"I worked with it, I played with it.

"But most of all, I gave it my attention.

"My idea grew and grew, "and so did my love for it.

"I built it a new house, "one with an open roof "where it could look up at the stars.

"A place where it could be safe to dream."

This is my favorite page, because he gave the idea a room without a roof.

That's kind of like with no limits.

It can dream as big as it wants to.

That way, the ideas can grow and grow.

"I liked being with my idea.

"It made me feel more alive.

"Like I could do anything.

"It encouraged me to think big, "and then to think bigger.

"It shared it's secrets with me.

"It showed me how to walk on my hands.

"Because it said, "'It is okay to have the ability "'to see things differently.'"

Look!

His idea is teaching him things now.

Now he could see things a little different.

"I couldn't imagine my life without it.

"Then, one day, something amazing happened.

"My idea changed right before my very eyes.

"It spread it's wings, "took flight, "and burst into the sky."

Look at his idea go!

"I don't know how to describe it, "but it went from being here, "to being everywhere.

"It wasn't just a part of me anymore, "it was now a part of everything.

"And then, I realized, "what do you do with an idea?

"You change the world."

I love this book.

Because the lesson we can learn from the story is, that ideas can change the world, if they are nurtured and allowed to grow.

All right, friends, are you ready for a fun activity?

Remember earlier, I told you to think about an idea?

It could be an idea to change something, to learn something, or to create something.

Whether at home, at school, or in your community.

I would love to hear about an idea you have.

And guess what?

I have just the right thing for you to put your idea in.

To keep it safe.

I need for everyone to stand up, hold out your hands, because what I'm going to give you is fragile.

Oh yes, you remember that tricky word from the story?

All right, are you ready?

Hold out your hands.

Okay, here you go.

Here you go.

And one for you.

All right.

Does everyone have their egg?

Great.

All right, so you now have 30 seconds to get a sheet of paper, and a pencil, or crayons, and I want you to write, or draw, your idea.

Don't forget to put your idea inside of your egg.

Are you ready?

All right, go!

[lively music] All right, friends, it's now time to share our ideas.

So while you were writing, or drawing your idea, I wrote my idea, as well.

Are you ready?

Okay.

So my idea was to join a team that spreads the importance of literacy to thousands of children just like you.

So that y'all can become great readers and writers, and have great ideas like the ones you have now.

All right, who would like to go first?

All right, share your idea with me.

Nice, okay.

Let's see.

Joshua.

Joshua's idea is to invent a leaf catcher.

He wants to keep the streets clean by having a leaf catcher for the trees.

Wow, very innovative, Joshua.

Good job!

All right, another one.

Okay, thank you.

Let's see who's this is from.

Wendy.

Wendy's idea is to invent a family scooter.

She said, "It will work by all my family members "pushing it as it rides."

Nice idea, Wendy, very creative.

All right, fantastic job, everyone.

Remember friends, to share all of your wonderful ideas with a family member, or a trusted adult, or friend.

I hope you enjoyed today's story.

Bye-bye.

- Hi, movers and shakers.

This is Violet, and this is my sister, Ivy.

- Hi!

- Today we're gonna sing a song with you called, "My Aunt Came Back".

It has a pattern in it.

And I wonder if you can hear it by the end?

So this is a call and response song.

That means I'm gonna sing the words, and you're going to repeat after me.

And Ivy is going to sing that part with you.

But there are also movements that go with each verse.

So look at us, and you can do the movements along with us.

And you can do that sitting up, standing up, sitting on the floor, however you want to.

All right, so we're going to sing the song.

Are you ready?

- Mm-hm.

- Okay.

♪ My aunt came back ♪ ♪ My aunt came back ♪ ♪ From Kalamazoo ♪ ♪ From Kalamazoo ♪ ♪ And she brought with her ♪ ♪ And she brought with her ♪ ♪ A wooden shoe ♪ ♪ A wooden shoe ♪ [feet stomping] ♪ My aunt came back ♪ ♪ My aunt came back ♪ ♪ From the New York Fair ♪ ♪ From the New York Fair ♪ ♪ And she brought with her ♪ ♪ And she brought with her ♪ ♪ A rocking chair ♪ ♪ A rocking chair ♪ ♪ My aunt came back ♪ ♪ My aunt came back ♪ ♪ From the Jersey shore ♪ ♪ From the Jersey shore ♪ ♪ And she brought with her ♪ ♪ And she brought with her ♪ ♪ An apple core ♪ ♪ An apple core ♪ ♪ My aunt came back ♪ ♪ My aunt came back ♪ ♪ From Timbuctoo ♪ ♪ From Timbuctoo ♪ ♪ And she brought with her ♪ ♪ And she brought with her ♪ ♪ Some friends like you ♪ ♪ Some friends like you ♪ - Thanks, everyone!

- Thank you!

[bright music] - Hi everybody!

My name is Lunisol Tavarez.

Today we will be working together to blend and say one-syllable words.

We will then learn to blend, read, and spell words with the R control vowel, -er.

Let's get started with blending to say some words.

I will say each sound in the word, and use my color magnets to help me represent the sounds.

You will repeat the sounds and then blend them together to say the whole word.

For example, if I say, Ss-Tt-Or, You say, Ss-Tt-Or, Store Are you ready to try?

Here we go.

Here's the first word.

Fa-eh-Ca, And blend it.

Thick.

Good job!

Next one.

Ba-eh-Nn-ch, Ba-eh-Nn-ch, Blend it.

The word is bench.

Next.

Da-er-um, da-er-um, Drum!

Good job!

Da-r-ta, Dart Fa-ar-Mm, Farm And one more.

Ss-Ll-I-Da, Slide Nice job.

Now let's try blending sounds and syllables, and then blending the syllables to say longer words.

I'll do the first one.

Listen, and watch.

Ka-A-R-ta-Nn Blend it together.

When I blend Kar-ten, the word is Carton.

Now you try it.

Listen, Ll-ah-Nn Ss-I-Dd Blend it together and the whole word is, Landslide Good job.

Da-er-um-ing, the word is, that's right, Drumming Last one, Ff-ar-Mm-er The whole word is, Farmer Great job, friends.

Now let's play a little game.

I'm going to say a sentence with a secret code.

You will blend the sounds to say a word and then crack that secret code.

Ready?

Let's have some fun.

I'll do the first one.

The sentence is this, we will play in Pa-ar-ka today.

When I blend Pa-ark-a, the word is Park.

Ah, that's the secret code.

So the whole sentence is, We will play in the park today.

Okay, you're turn.

Listen.

Jim can dr-I-Vv a truck.

That's the secret code.

Yeah, dr-I-Vv, Drive.

Jim can drive a truck.

You did it.

Next one.

Dan watches TV wa-eh-if Jess.

What's the secret code?

Yes, with.

Dan watches TV with Jess.

Good job.

Listen.

Please sit on the Ka-ou-ch.

What's the code?

Ka-ou-ch, Couch.

Good job.

Now last one.

He is in Ff-er-Ss-Ta grade.

What's the secret code?

Ff-er-Ss-Ta, First, good job.

He is in first grade.

Okay, friends, now that we are all warmed up, let's do some reading.

Today we will be reading words with our controlled vowels.

But first, let's practicing paying close attention to vowel sounds in a word.

We are going to say a word, and change the vowel sound to make a whole new word.

Listen first.

My first word is Tap.

If I change the -ah in Tap, to A, my new word is Tape.

Nice.

Now you try one.

Ready?

Say Robe.

Now change the O to -ah.

What is the new word?

Rob.

Good.

Say bad.

Change the -ah in Bad, to -er, and the word is, Bird.

Say Gem.

Now change the -ah to -er.

And the word is, Germ.

Good job.

Now last one, ready?

Say Nice.

Change the I in Nice to -er, and the new word is, Nurse.

Good job.

Let's connect the sounds to their spelling patterns.

Take a look at my spelling card.

This spelling card has a girl in it.

Did you know that these three different spelling patterns all stand for the same sound?

I-R, E-R, and U-R.

In words all represent this sound, -er.

You say it, -er.

Listen, I-R, E-R, U-R, Girl, -er, you say it, Nice job.

So anytime you see these patterns in a word, you know that they'll stand for this sound, -er.

Let's try building some words together with these sounds.

Let's look at the first one.

Ka-ur-Ll, C-ur-l, Curl.

Yeah.

Now you try the next one with me.

Ready?

Say each sound, and then blend it together.

Ff-er-Nn, Fern.

A fern is a type of plant that doesn't have flowers.

Now, you try another one.

Ready?

I'll take these off.

How about this word?

Say each sound.

And blend it.

Ss-ka-ir-Ta.

Skirt.

Nice.

I think we're ready for some blending lines.

Readers, now let's practice reading some words with our R control vowels that we just learned.

E-R, I-R, U-R, representing the -er sound.

We'll start with number one.

I will beginning reading, and you read it along with me.

Girl, chirp, curl, burst, twirl.

To twirl means to spin in circles quickly.

Now look at all of the words on number one.

What do you notice is the same?

And what is different?

That's right.

All of the words in one have the -er sound.

They are all one-syllable words, but their spelling is different.

Now, let's look at number two.

This time, I'll point with my red pointer, and you read the words.

Ready?

Go.

Were you able to read all of them?

Let's read them together.

Fern, herd, turn, burn, germ.

Good job.

Let's read the review words in number three.

Tie, toes, foe, flow, pie.

Now let's go to number four.

Churn, clerks, remember, there's a S ending on this word.

Squirt, thirsty, surfing.

Good job.

[device chiming] Now you read the sentence.

Ready?

And let's read the last sentence together.

The boy put the hurt bird in a box.

Beautiful reading.

All right, friends, now let's practice spelling some words with our R controlled vowels that we just learned about.

Go ahead and grab a piece of paper or a board, and a writing utensil, and come on back.

[lively music] Let's get started.

We're going to be spelling some words with, I-R, E-R, U-R.

Remember when you hear -er in a word, that sound is represented by one of these spelling patterns.

I'm going to say a word, you're going to say the word, tap it, and then spell it on your writing, with your writing utensil, and paper, or board.

Are you ready?

The first word is Girl.

You say it.

Tap it.

Spell it.

Is this what you wrote?

The -er in Girl is represented by I-R. Let's try another word.

Listen.

Curl.

You say it.

Tap it.

Ka-ur-Ll.

Spell it.

Is this what you wrote?

C-U-R-L The -er in Curl is spelled as U-R. And let's try one more.

Ready?

Germ.

Tap it.

Spell it.

This is a tricky one.

The Ga in germ is represented with the letter G. The -er is represented by E-R, and the final sound in the word, Mm, is represented by the letter M. G-E-R-M Germ A germ is a tiny living thing that can make people, or animals, sick.

All right my friends, you did such a great job listening to sounds, blending words, reading words in sentences with our R controlled vowels.

And even spelling some words.

I hope you continue your learning at home.

You can use the same piece of paper, or board, that you have been working on, and think of other words that you know have the -er sound.

Ask yourself, how might we spell it?

And practice writing it.

Then, share some of your work and your learning with a trusted adult at home.

Bye, my friends!

[bright music] - Hi, friends!

It's Deja, from the Bronx Children's Museum.

I hope you're having a fantastic day, and you're super-excited to learn some fun new things.

Today, we're going to learn all about clouds.

First, we'll learn what a cloud is.

Then, we'll read a book, and I'll show you a cool art activity that'll show you how to create your own cloud.

Have you even seen clouds in your neighborhood?

What did they look like?

When did you see them?

They're actually different types of clouds.

Some can be big and fluffy, others thin and wispy.

And even some that are heavy and dark.

Clouds are actually made of water.

And the different types of clouds depend on how much water is in them.

In the water cycle, the hot, hot sun evaporates all the fresh water, and it goes into the cool air.

Where it collects, or condenses together to form clouds.

The size and shape of a cloud really depends on how much water is in it.

That's why clouds can be many different shapes, colors, and sizes.

That's why you might even see a cloud that looks like a rabbit, a tree, car, or even something else that you've seen in the world.

The book we're going to read today, is "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle.

And it's going to show us where clouds come from.

The different shapes they can take, and even what happens when they all come together.

Let's get started.

"Little Cloud" by Eric Carle.

Read with permission from Penguin-Random House Publishers.

[gentle music] "The clouds drifted slowly across the sky.

"Little Cloud trailed behind.

[gentle music] "The clouds pushed upward and away.

"Little Cloud pushed downward "and touched the tops of the houses and trees.

[gentle music] "The clouds moved out of sight.

"Little Cloud changed into a giant cloud.

[gentle music] "Little Cloud changed into a sheep.

[sheep baa'ing] "Sheep and clouds sometimes look alike.

[gentle music] "Little Cloud changed into an airplane.

[airplane engine revving] "Little Cloud often saw airplanes flying through the clouds.

[airplane engine revving] "Little Cloud changed into a shark.

"Little Cloud once saw a shark "through the waves of an ocean.

[seagulls crying] [gentle music] "Little Cloud changed into two trees.

"Little Cloud liked the way trees never moved "and stayed in one place.

[wind howling] [gentle music] "Little Cloud changed into a rabbit.

"Little Cloud loved to watch rabbits "dash across the meadows.

[birds chirping] [gentle music] "Then Little Cloud changed into a hat.

"Because... [gentle music] "Little Cloud changed [squeeze-horn beeping] "into a clown and needed a hat.

[gentle music] "The other clouds drifted back.

"They huddled close together.

"'Little Cloud, Little Cloud,' they called.

"'Come back.'

"Little Cloud drifted towards the clouds.

[gentle music] "Then all the clouds changed into one big cloud.

"And rained."

[gentle music] Wow!

That book was really great!

Which cloud was your favorite?

And, what happened when all the clouds came together?

That's right, it rained.

Remember, when a cloud absorbs too much water, it rains.

Today, we're going to create our own cloud paintings that are gonna tell a story, just like Little Cloud.

For this activity, start with your sheet of construction paper, which will be your sky for your cloud.

A color like blue or black is best, but feel free to use other colors.

I chose black.

You'll also need some white, or even gray paint for your cloud.

The white paint will act like the water that makes up clouds.

Other materials you will need, will be three found objects.

Or objects you can find around your house.

These will be used to move your cloud across your sky, or your paper.

I chose a straw, a fork, and some waxed paper.

If you don't have the materials, just follow along.

The first step is to take your white paint, and carefully drizzle some paint onto your paper.

You can do little drops, or great big drops.

Though, try not to make it too thick, and try not to make a mess.

Now, choose your first object.

I'm gonna use my straw, and act like the wind and blow on my clouds to make them move.

To do this, I took my straw, and placed it in different places on the paper, and I blow gently through it.

As you experiment with using your object to push and move the paint around your paper, you should see your cloud begin to move.

Just like mine.

After using your first object, try out your other objects.

I used my fork and some waxed paper.

What else can you use to move your cloud?

Experiment with pushing your paint around your paper with your objects.

You can push, pull, smear, and even scratch your paint across your sky to create your cloud.

Truthfully, I didn't know what my cloud was gong to look like until I saw my cloud move, and I looked at it from different directions.

If you have an idea of what shape your cloud is going to be then great, if not, don't worry about it.

Go with the cloud flow.

Remember, clouds change shape all the time as they move and as they pick up more water.

Sometimes they look like things, and sometimes they don't.

What do you think my cloud looks like right now?

Your cloud is going to change shape as you cover your entire paper with paint.

Once you get the shape you want, you can stop.

If you wanna keep on going, and find more objects to use to move your cloud, then go ahead, it's only gonna add to your story.

If you need to add more paint to your cloud then do so.

I did it a couple of times to create my cloud.

Once you're finished with your cloud painting, take a look at it.

Turn the paper, and look at it from different angles.

What shapes do you see?

What story are you going to tell with your cloud painting?

Similar to the story in the book that we read.

Go ahead and take some time to think about it.

But once you've finally figured your story out, go ahead and find a friend, and tell them your cloud story.

[lively music] My cloud story shows a cat.

This cat reminds me of the one that I see in my neighborhood, and I think that my cat looks really happy because it finally caught it's toy mouse.

And it's ready to play.

[cat meowing] Thank you so much for creating clouds with me.

I hope you had a really awesome time.

Until next time, stay safe.

[bright music] - Hi, friends.

My name is Morgan, and today we're going to be using our imaginations to go on a nature walk.

And during our nature walk, we're gonna be doing different yoga poses to copy, or mimic, the things that we see in nature.

Do you know what yoga is?

Yeah, yoga is a type of exercise.

It helps us calm our bodies.

It also helps us improve our flexibility, and balancing skills.

Flexibility is how we can move and twist, and stretch our bodies.

And balancing means that we can remain steady.

Now, for our nature walk, we're gonna be moving our bodies, so make sure that you have a safe space to move around in.

And you can join us however you'd like, You can be standing.

You can be walking in place.

Or sitting.

And you can also use your hands, [hands patting] as your walking noise, too, okay?

So, what are some things that you think we might see on our nature walk today?

Hmm?

What do you think we might see in the sky?

The clouds, yeah.

Birds, butterflies, yeah.

And what about on the ground, when we're walking on our path?

What's something that we might see?

The grass.

Crickets, grasshoppers, or maybe a snake?

Yeah, great ideas.

Let's see if we do see them today in nature.

And, when we go on our walk, I think we need to make sure that we're being very quiet, and calm, so we don't disturb the animals.

And to help us be quite and calm, I was thinking, we could do some deep belly breaths, to help us calm our bodies before we go on our walk.

Will you do some belly breaths with me?

Great.

So I heard a friend say that we might see some snakes, so we can do our snake belly breaths.

Now, to do a snake belly breath, we take a big, deep breath in through your nose and then we clap our hands, and then we make a snake sound.

What sound does a snake make?

Yeah, like a hissing sound.

So when we clap our hands, we take a big deep breath in, and we clap our hands, and then we can hiss [hissing], and slither like a snake.

Okay?

Let's try it all together.

So we take a big, deep breath in through our nose, and clap our hands [clapping] and then breath out with your mouth like a snake, and hiss [hissing], and slither away.

Okay, let's try two more.

Big, deep breath in through your nose, clap your hands [clapping] and hiss [hissing], like a snake.

Great job.

Ready?

One more, breath in through your nose, clap [clapping], and hiss [hissing], like a snake.

Awesome job.

I think we're ready to go on our walk.

You ready?

Great.

Let's go.

[uptempo music begins] So we're walking, we're walking.

Oh!

Do you see that way, far off in the distance?

Do you see those really, big tall mountains.

I think we could do the yoga pose, called the Mountain Pose.

Now for a Mountain Pose, we're gonna big and tall, and strong, just like a mountain.

So you stand on both feet, and pull your arms down, and your shoulders back, and your head up nice and tall.

And if you're sitting down, you can sit up nice and tall, and your arms back, and your head looking up.

So we're all big, tall strong mountains.

Great job, friends.

All right, let's keep going.

[uptempo music continues] What else do you see?

Wow, do you see that flying by?

Do you see that butterfly?

That's really cool.

I think we could do the butterfly pose.

So with the butterfly pose, you can sit down.

And you put both of your feet together, and you can flutter your knees like a butterfly flutters it's wings.

And if you are already sitting down, you can put your hands together, and interlock your fingers, and you can flutter your elbows like a butterfly flutters it's wings.

Great job.

Okay, let's keep going.

[upbeat music continues] Oh wow, I feel like it's getting pretty windy, do you see all the grass moving from side to side?

We can do that along with the grass.

We can stretch from side to side, just like the grass, because it's really windy.

Oh my goodness, okay.

Let's walk to get out of that wind.

Woo!

Good side stretches, friends.

Oh!

Wow, there seems to be a lot of trees today.

Do you see all these beautiful trees?

I think we could do the tree pose.

So the tree pose in yoga, there's a couple of different ways that we could do it.

So first way, is that you can stand up nice and tall, and put your hands to the sky, like a big, tall tree.

The other way that you can do it, is if you're sitting down, you can sit up nice and tall, and put your hands to the sky, like a big, tall tree.

And you could also move your foot, bring it up one level to your shin, and put your hands nice and tall to the sky.

And a really big balancing pose is that you could bring your foot all the way up above your knee, and bring your hands really tall up to the sky.

Wow, those are really, tall, strong trees, friends.

All of those poses help us with our balancing skills.

Okay, let's keep going.

Wow, do you see that?

It looks like a big body of water.

And what do you think is in the water?

Maybe some fish?

Some frogs?

Yeah, I think, did you see that boat?

I think maybe we could hop in the boat.

Do you wanna hop in the boat?

Great!

So we could the yoga boat pose.

And to do a yoga boat pose, you sit down, and you make a like a V with your body.

So you can put your feet up, and your hands, you can start your hands on the floor.

And keep that V, or you can put your hands to your side.

Like a boat.

Okay?

And if you're sitting already, then you could sit and put your hands to the side, and lean back a little bit, like a boat.

Great job, friends.

Okay, let's keep going.

Woo!

These were a lot of yoga poses, and a lot of walking.

I think, maybe, we could take a seat on that bench for a moment.

Doing that, do the yoga pose for a chair.

Great.

So to do a chair yoga pose, you pretend like you're sitting in a chair.

And you put your arms straight up.

So if you're already sitting, you can put your arms straight up to the sky.

And if you're standing, then we can sit down like we're pretending we're sitting on a chair, and put our arms straight up.

Wow!

Good job.

Okay, I think we should start heading back now.

[uptempo music continues] Woo, it's so beautiful out.

Do you feel that sun shining?

Do you hear the birds chirping?

Yeah, what else do you see today?

Yeah, it is really beautiful.

Do you see those trees again?

They're everywhere.

We can do another tree pose.

And this time if you tried it with your leg on your shin, or your leg up on your knee, you can try it with the other foot.

So for a tree pose, remember we can stand nice and tall and put our hands up to the sky, or we can be sitting with our hands to the sky.

Or, we can put our foot on our shin, or our foot above our knee, and our hands to the sky.

Great job, friends.

Okay, let's keep going.

Look!

The butterfly is back.

We can do the butterfly pose again.

Ready?

So we can sit down with our feet together, and flutter our knees.

Or we could flutter our elbows.

[gentle music] Great job.

Okay, let's keep going.

There's the lake again.

Should we do another boat pose?

Let's get back in the boat.

Okay, so sit down and make a V with our body, and put our hands to our side, put our hands on the floor.

Great boat poses, okay, wow, oh no!

I think we're going back through the wind.

It looks pretty windy through the grass, I can see it waving back and forth.

Let's do our side stretches again.

Oh wow, it's so windy.

Wow, okay, woo!

I think we passed the wind, let's keep going.

And now the mountains.

We're almost back to where we saw the mountains really far in the distance.

Can we end with a really strong, tall mountain pose?

Ready?

Put your hands to your side, and your shoulders back, and your head looking up tall.

We're being tall, strong mountains.

Wow, that was was an awesome nature walk, friends.

Did you enjoy it?

Me too.

What was your favorite pose?

Yeah?

I really liked the tree pose, because it really helps our balancing skills.

And did you know, that you could make up your own poses?

And so when we saw the lake, and some friends might of saw fish, or frogs in their lake.

You can make up your own move for a fish or a frog.

And you can even go on your own imagination nature walk with your trusted adult.

And you can show them these moves, or make up your own together.

Thanks so much for joining me today, friends.

I hope you had fun.

Bye!

[bright music] - Hi, everyone.

Today I wanna focus on the entire orchestra.

Yes, you've heard right.

The entire orchestra exists in this instrument.

The piano.

From the lowest sound, that an orchestra, that a bassoon can make.

[low piano chord] To the highest sound that the piccolo flute can play.

[high piano chord] The whole range of the orchestra exists on the piano.

The other very cool thing about the piano, is it basically is in the heart of it, a percussion instruments.

In a real piano, which this isn't, this is a keyboard, but in a real piano, there are more than 12,000 parts.

10,000 of them are actively moving.

'Cause when you hit a key.

[piano key sounding] A hammer hits a string.

And it has to go back.

So there's all these very intricate mechanisms that make the piano such a unique instrument.

But at the heart of it, it's hammers that are hitting a string.

Which is why it belongs to the percussion instrument.

But because it also has strings, you could say, some argue, that it is a string instrument.

The most unique aspect about the piano, is that all, each one of your fingers can make a sound independently.

So you can create 10 or more, depending, you can sometimes play more than two notes with one finger, sounds at the same time.

That's unparallel in any other orchestra instrument.

The other cool thing that you'll notice, is that it's divided with white and black keys.

There are 36 black keys.

Can you guess how many white?

Do the math.

[snapping fingers] Did you say 52?

Correct.

And they're arranged, the black, the black keys are arranged in groups of two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, three.

And there's a lot of single, lonely one on the bottom.

But all the whites are consecutive.

There's no gaps between the white keys.

Now let's listen to the entire range of the piano.

From lowest to high.

[playing ascending scale of piano] Yeah, you'll notice the highest note is so high, it's almost impossible to say, what actual note it is.

[high note pierces] It almost sound like it takes, like you hit [cymbal striking], some kind of metal on metal, right?

[key piercing] So, how do you play the piano?

Well, basically you have two hands.

And each of them have different responsibilities.

The right hand usually will play the melody.

Because the piano can also play melodies.

[piano playing] And the left hand will play the bass notes, the lowest notes to support the melody.

And sometimes will fill the chords, which are groupings of notes that go along with that melody.

Like for instance, that melody that I just played.

[piano playing] Basically, has a grouping of notes that really complements it.

[striking piano keys] like that.

[playing piano] You see how great that goes together?

Now if I play it sort of broken up, that's called an arpeggio.

[playing piano] so I can choose to sometimes play the bass with my left hand, but also sometimes play the chords like this.

[playing piano] Or if we change styles, I can go like this.

[playing piano] So I'm breaking up the bass part, and whatever, like a guitar will play, or a banjo, or the entire string section of an orchestra, I can take care of all of that with one hand.

And then with the rest of the stuff, I can do it with the right hand.

Let's see what it sounds like.

[playing piano] Okay.

And then, I'll also move around to the piano, so you can see how using the upper register, this area with all the high notes, creates a certain feeling.

But going down, to where the low notes are, creates a totally different feeling.

And the piano player, a lot of the times, and composers, use the range of the instrument to create a different feeling.

Let's give it a go.

[playing piano] Did you notice how I used the upper register and the lower register to create a different emotion for the section.

Also the piano could be an extremely rhythmic instrument.

Because it's a percussion instrument, you almost at times can play it like a drum.

Here's an example.

[rapid piano playing] Now the sound lingers.

Cause the strings are vibrating, and the piano has a big sound board that sort of enhances the sound of every vibration it creates.

And it lasts quite a long time.

Now let's talk about the independence between the two hands.

The right hand can do something, but the left hand can do a totally different thing.

And they can complement each other, both as melodic instruments.

One of the most amazing composers that wrote music for piano, and really used the aspect of each hand, having almost a separate, he playing almost a separate instrument, was Johann Sebastian Bach.

And he wrote a compilation of pieces just to help his children learn how to play the piano.

But they were so good, that they became one of the most popular pieces of music that pianist love to play.

And I learned it a long time ago.

And to this day, every chance I get I wanna play one of those inventions.

This one is number four.

Invention number four by Johann Sebastian Bach.

And you'll notice how the right hand does something independently, and the left hand does something independently.

And that's a really unique quality that a piano has.

[performing Bach on piano] That gives you a little taste of how unique and versatile the piano is.

And truly, one of the most fun instruments to play.

'Cause you could be your own, one-man band.

You could play the melody, you could play the chords, you could play the bass, you can play rhythm.

And it's really so exciting that you could do all of that in one instrument.

That's why it's the most popular instrument in the world.

Thank you so much for joining me today.

Hope you enjoyed our music exploration.

See you next time.

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

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