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[upbeat music] - Hi everyone.

My name is Psacoya and I am a teaching artist with the New York City Children's Theater.

Lately, I've been spending a lot of time inside and I realized, time inside doesn't have to be boring.

There are many fun activities I can do, such as reading a book, drawing a picture, or even using my imagination to play pretend.

What do you like to do when you're inside?

Well, today we are going to read one of my favorite books and we're going to use our imaginations to have some fun.

So what do you say, shall we get started?

Great.

Our book today is titled "Perfectly Norman" by Tom Percival.

He also created the pictures in the book as well.

In our story, Norman, he's a little afraid to be himself because Norman has wings.

Now, you probably do not have any wings, I certainly do not, but we all have things that make us feel like we, like we stand out a little bit, or make us feel a little different, but it's important for us to have courage and embrace our differences and embrace the things that make us unique.

Do you know what the word unique means?

Well, when something is unique, it's one of a kind, it's unlike anything else, it's special.

Now, while we're reading our story, we will use our faces and even our bodies to explore the different emotions that Norman is feeling throughout the story.

You can remain seated or you can stand up, it's up to you, but you will not need any materials.

So here is "Perfectly Norman" by Tom Percival.

Norman had always been normal, perfectly normal, until one day, he grew a pair of wings.

Wow, look at Norman's wings.

What colors do you see?

Yes, I see yellow too.

There's some blue.

Oh, pink.

There's also purple.

Yes, even green.

Wow, Norman's wings are extremely colorful.

Norman had imagined growing taller, or growing a beard like his dad, but he had never imagined growing a pair of wings.

Still, they were here now, so he decided to test them out right away.

Soon, Norman was swooping around and generally having the most fun ever.

Now, Norman's having a lot of fun flying with his wings.

It makes me thinks he's feeling excited.

On the count of three, can we all make our best excited face?

Okay, one, two, three.

That's such a great excited face.

But then he had to go in for dinner.

You see, Norman had always been so normal, he didn't know how his parents would feel about his extraordinary wings.

As he went in, Norman covered himself up in a great big coat.

His parents didn't notice the wings, but they did think it was odd to be wearing a coat indoors.

Bath time was problematic, so was bedtime.

The coat was hot and uncomfortable, but Norman had decided that no one would see his wings ever.

The next day, Norman went to the park, but he was far too hot to play any of his favorite games.

Let's show what our bodies would look like if we're really hot.

So let's all use our imagination and imagine that we're in a hot desert, or we're wearing a really big coat and it's really hot.

What does your body look like when you're really hot?

Me, I tend to slump my shoulders over and I sometimes put my hand on my head like this.

What do you do when your body's hot?

On the count of three, let's do that together.

One, two, three.

Good job.

And so it went on.

Long car journeys were unbearable.

The swimming pool was dreadful and that was nothing compared to his friend's birthday party.

The only time that Norman could feel normal was when it rained.

One day, a boy tried to pull his coat off and Norman had to run away, hot faced, angry, and sad.

He wished he'd never grown those stupid wings.

So right now, Norman is feeling really sad.

What does your face look like when you're sad?

Or even your body?

For me, my shoulders slump over and my lips start to perse like this.

On the count of three, can we all show a sad face and a sad body?

One, two, three.

Yeah, that's really sad.

Okay, let's shake all of the sadness off.

Ooh, shake that off.

Okay.

Then he saw some birds high up in the sky and remembered the joy of his first flight.

It occurred to Norman that it was the coat that was making him miserable, not the wings.

"Why don't you take that scruffy old thing off?"

suggested his mom and dad.

Norman looked up at them hesitantly.

His parents smiled and nodded and Norman smiled back, then he threw off the coat and let his wonderful wings fan out.

Norman leapt in the air.

Finally, he was free of that coat.

He noticed a few other children wearing thick, heavy coats of their own.

They looked up at Norman and around at one another nervously.

There was a moment's pause and then whoosh, the sky was filled with flying people.

Norman had never felt so happy.

Oh, look at all of the children flying.

Norman finally had the courage to show off his wings and be himself.

Do you know what the word courage means?

It means doing something even when you're afraid.

So even though Norman was a little afraid to be himself, he decided to take his coat off and show his wings anyway and when he did that, he noticed there were other people just like him.

He realized that there was no such thing as perfectly normal, but he was perfectly Norman, which was just as it should be.

The end.

Wow, Norman was so afraid to be himself and show off his colorful wings, that it stopped him from doing a lot of fun activities, such as playing in the park or even swimming.

Now, there are some things that we have about us that make us feel different, or make us feel like we stand too much, but it's important for us to be courageous and embrace those differences.

It can be your height, it can be your birthmark, it can be the color of your hair, whatever it is, embrace it because it makes you, you, it makes you unique, one of a kind and special.

Now, Norman had wings.

Let's use our imagination and imagine that we have our very own pair of wings.

Maybe your wings are big.

Maybe your wings are small.

Can you show me your wings?

Nice.

Norman's wings were very colorful.

My wings are going to be purple, blue, and silver.

What color are your wings?

Those look like some really cool wings.

Now when Norman was flying, they made a whoosh sound.

My wings make a shoe sound.

What sound does your wings make?

Maybe they make a big sound if you have big wings, or maybe they make a small sound if you have small wings.

What sound does your wings make?

Wow, cool sounding wings.

All right, so on the count of three, we're going to imagine that we are going to fly in the sky.

You can remain seated or you can stand up, it's up to you, but let's remember to remain safe, okay?

On the count of three, one, two, three, shh.

Whoa, we're flying, sh.

Let's fly fast.

Sh.

Let's fly slow.

Sh.

Wow, let's fly really high to the top of this building.

Sh.

Whoa, we're so high.

Now let's fly low under the bridge.

Sh.

Wow.

Look around, there's so much to see.

I see the Statue of Liberty in New York.

What do you see?

Nice, it's so beautiful up here.

All right, let's go for a landing, all right?

And, whew.

Wow, that was such a fun flying adventure.

Now, the name of our book is called "Perfectly Norman" but I want to do something a little different.

Instead of saying perfectly Norman, how about we say perfectly and we're going to insert our name?

So I'll go first, perfectly Psacoya.

All right, now it's your turn.

You're going to say perfectly and you'll insert your name on the count of three, one, two, three.

That was awesome.

So we're going to do it again, but this time we're going to strike our very own, perfectly courageous pose.

I'll go first, perfectly Psacoya.

So I put my hands on my hips because this seems like a very perfectly courageous pose to me.

All right?

So now it's your turn.

On the count of three, I want you to strike your perfectly courageous pose by saying perfectly and whatever your name is, okay?

One, two, three.

You look great.

I had so much fun reading "Perfectly Norman" with you today and remember, whenever you're feeling sad, or you're feeling like you're too different, or you stand out, or you feel like you can't be yourself, remember, you are perfectly you.

Thank you and I'll see you next time.

Bye bye.

- Hi friends.

My name is Carlton and today we'll be singing Five Little Ducks.

Are you ready to sing along with me today?

♪ Five little ducks went out one day ♪ ♪ Over the hill and far away ♪ Mama duck said quack, quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ But only four little ducks came back ♪ - One, two, three, four.

♪ Four little ducks went out to play ♪ ♪ Over the hill and far away ♪ Mama duck said quack, quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ But only three little ducks came back ♪ - One, two, three.

♪ Three little ducks went out to play ♪ ♪ Over the hill and far away ♪ Mama duck said quack, quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ But only two little ducks came back ♪ - One, two.

♪ Two little ducks went out to play ♪ ♪ Over the hill and far away ♪ Mama duck said quack, quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ But only one little duck came back ♪ - We're down to one.

♪ One little duck went out to play ♪ ♪ Over the hill and far away ♪ Mama duck said quack, quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ But only no little ducks came back ♪ - Uh oh.

♪ Sad mama duck went out one day ♪ ♪ Over the hill and far away ♪ Mama duck said quack, quack, quack, quack ♪ ♪ And all of the five little ducks came back ♪ - One, two, three, four, five.

Great job friends.

I hope you enjoyed this song.

See you next time.

[upbeat music] - Hello scholars.

Welcome to a wonderful day of learning.

My name is Anna and I am thrilled to work with all of you.

Today, we will practice blending sounds and deleting sounds from words, then we'll blend and read words that have initial blends with the letter R. Sounds like fun, right?

All right, let's get to it.

First things first, I know you've been practicing blending sounds to say words.

So let's start with that exercise.

I'm going to say the sounds in a word and then you're going to blend those sounds together.

So listen to me first, if I said the sounds /p/, /a/, /n/, well, I would blend those sounds, /p/, /a/, /n/ and say pan, so the word is pan.

How about you try this one?

What would this word be?

/p/, /l/, /a/, /n/?

That's right, the word is plan.

Okay, let's do a fun little guessing activity.

I have some picture cards here and I want you to guess what the pictures are, but in order to do that, I'm going to give you the sound to make up the word.

Sounds cool.

All right, here's the first one, /b/, /a/, /t/, what's the word?

That's right, bat.

Okay, how about this one, /th/, /u/, /mb/, give yourself a thumbs up, that's right.

The word is thumb.

How about this word, /ch/, /ai/, /n/?

Great, the word was chain.

How about this word, /b/, e/, /n/, /ch/?

Cool, yes, the word was bench.

Okay, how about this word, /d/, /r/, /u/, /m/?

That's right, the word was drum.

Okay, how about this word, /r/, /i/, /n/, /g/?

Yes, /r/, /i/, /n/, /g/ is ring.

Okay, last one, here we go, /b/, /r/, /e/, /d/.

Perfect job, that's right, the word was bread.

Okay, did you know that you can do the same type of blending routine with words with more than one syllable?

I know, isn't that crazy?

Uh, okay so, I'm gonna show you how to do it.

First, you're gonna blend the sound you hear in the first syllable, then you'll blend the sound you hear in the second syllable, and then you'll blend both syllables together.

So for example, if I hear the syllable, the first syllable sounds, I should say, /u/, /m/, um, okay, the second syllable sounds, /p/, /i/, /r/, okay, PIRE.

So now if I put um and PIRE together, I get umpire.

Cool.

All right, how about you try the next one with me, right?

Here are the first set of sounds in the first syllable, /p/, /e/, /n/.

So what's that syllable?

That's right, pen.

Okay, now the second syllable sounds, /s/, /i/, /l/.

That's right, CIL.

So let's put together pen, CIL, what do we get?

Pencil, awesome.

All right, try this one on your own.

The first syllable sounds, /g/, /r/, /a/, /s/.

That's right, grass.

The second syllable sounds, /e/.

That's right, E. Can you put it together?

Grass, E, what do you get?

Grassy, great.

How about this one?

First syllable sounds, /b/, /u/, /k/.

That's right, book.

Next one, /m/, /ar/, /k/.

Mark, put them together.

Bookmark, great job.

All right, last one, ready?

First syllable sounds, /ch/, /i/, /k/.

That's right, chick.

All right, last syllable sounds, /e/, /n/.

EN, let's put it together, chick, EN, what do we get?

Chicken, awesome job.

All right, let's do another activity.

I will say a sentence that does not make sense.

You will follow my directions to figure out the word that actually fits in the sentence.

Let me explain to you what I'm doing.

So, the sentence is, "I am running plate to practice."

I am running plate to practice?

That doesn't make sense.

So, the word that doesn't make sense in that sentence is the word "plate."

Well, if I take away /p/ from the word "plate" that would leave me with the word "late."

Let's see if that word makes more sense.

I am running late to practice.

That totally makes more sense.

So you see, you're going to be figuring out the word that doesn't make sense and then I'm going to tell you the sounds to delete.

All right, listen to this sentence.

"Jan fled the ducks."

Jan fled the ducks?

All right, which word does not make sense?

That's right, fled.

All right, I'm gonna tell you, here is the rule, remove /l/ from fled to figure out the correct word.

What's the new word?

You got it, the word is fed, so the sentence would be, "Jan fed the ducks."

All right, let's try this sentence, "That music is too cloud."

Which word doesn't make sense?

That's right, cloud does not make sense.

Okay, so I want you to take away /c/, from cloud.

What's the new word?

Awesome, that's right, the word is loud, so the sentence would be, "That music is too loud."

All right, how about this sentence, "Ted will learn to bride a horse."

That's right, bride makes absolutely no sense, so I want you to take away /b/ from the word bride.

What's the new word?

Great, the word is ride, "Ted will learn to ride a horse."

Okay, how about this sentence, "It was good pluck to find that money."

That's right, pluck is not the correct word, so I want you to take away the /p/ in pluck, so what's the new word?

Awesome, the word is luck, so "It was good luck to find that money."

Okay, last sentence we're going to try, "Is Maya going to spell her bike?"

That's right, she's not going to spell her bike, spell is not the correct word.

Okay, so take away /p/ from spell.

What's the new word?

You got it, the word is sell.

Is Maya going to sell her bike?

Remember, you are word wizards and you can change a word simply by taking away a sound.

So, I'm going to build and blend a word, then you will delete, or take away a sound to make a new word.

I'll do this first one though.

Take a look at these letters.

Listen carefully, /t/, /r/, /i/, /p/, trip.

Now, I will take away /r/.

Now I see /t/, /i/, /p/, the new word is tip.

All right, let's try this word.

What sounds do you see and let's blend and read.

That's right, /c/, /r/, /i/, /b/, crib.

Now, I want you to take away the /c/.

That's right, /r/, /i/, /b/, rib.

How about this next word?

Great, /f/, /r/, /i/, /l/, frill.

Now, I want you to take away the /r/.

Great, /f/, /i/, /l/, fill.

How about this word?

You're doing a great job blending, scholars.

/p/, /r/, /o/, /p/, prop.

Now, take away the /r/.

That's right, /p/, /o/, /p/, pop.

Okay, let's see, now can you do this exact same activity, but I'm not gonna show you the words this time.

This time, I just want you to use those ears.

Okay, listen to the word.

The word is track.

Say the word, track.

Okay, now take away the /t/.

What's the new word?

That's right, track without the /t/ is rack.

Okay, how about the word, draw.

Say draw.

Okay, now take away the /d/ sound.

What's the new word?

Perfect, the word is raw.

All right, how about the word, frog.

Say, frog.

Now, take away the /r/ sound.

Great, it is fog.

All right, last one, say the word, trim.

Now, take away the /r/ sound.

That's right, trim without the /r/ sound is Tim, like a name.

Okay, you're doing such a great job.

I want us to do a blend and read activity, but first, let's review our blending routine.

So if you remember, whenever we see our words with our blends, we're going to say them together, okay?

Now remember, the consonant blends, they keep their individual sounds, but because they're set closely together, we're gonna blend them together as the one sound, okay?

But they do keep their individual sounds.

So we would go /fr/, /o/, /g/.

Then we would blend these two together and say frog, then we would say all three sounds together, frog.

Perfect, I knew you'd remember this routine.

All right, let's do a blend and read activity where we read words that have initial blends with the letter R. Let's blend and read the following.

Grab, drag, grip, brag, drip.

Frog, prop, trim, drum, truck, ditch, stick, fetch, speck, stack, grassy, tricky, frilly, crabby, dressy.

Now let's read some sentences.

Flocks of ducks fly away in fall.

Frogs and bugs nap in cracks.

Scholars, you did a great job.

You were able to blend and delete sounds in words.

You were also able to blend and read words that have initial blends with the letter R. Keep practicing blending words as you read with a trusted adult.

Well, until next time scholars, be safe, keep learning, and have fun.

Bye.

- Singing with my kid with more than just fun, wanna know why?

- [Narrator] 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.

Tell stories and talk to your little ones, this will help them learn new words.

- You remember what happened?

- Yeah.

- [Narrator] Sing songs with your kids, singing will help and strengthen their memory and listening skills.

[singing in foreign language] - 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.

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

- What does the red hand mean?

- Stop.

- [Narrator] Read language into your day any way you can.

♪ All through the town [upbeat music] - Hi everyone, my name is Norah and I'm gonna show you how I like to be a scientist at home and how you can be one too.

It's really cold in here today.

Hm, can you help me find something to wear that will help me feel warmer?

Okay, here's what I have, I have some sunglasses.

Hm, I think my sunglasses are really good when it's sunny outside to keep the sun out of my eyes, but they don't really help me feel warmer.

Let's see what else I have.

What about a raincoat?

My raincoat helps to keep me dry when it's raining and I don't get wet, but I don't think it's gonna help me stay much warmer.

Okay, let's try again.

What about my scarf?

I could wrap my scarf up around me and that'll help me to stay warm.

I like to wear my scarf when I'm feeling cold, I can wrap it around myself.

Hm, that feels better.

Okay, let's see if I have one more thing to help me stay warm.

I have a fuzzy hat.

This'll help my head stay warm and keep my ears nice and safe from the cold.

Now I feel all nice and warm.

Hm, I have a lot of different clothes at my house, or things that I use for different types of weather, like for instance, I wear boots when it's snowing, I carry an umbrella or I wear my raincoat when it's raining, and when it's hot, I wear shorts and I wear short sleeves so that I can stay cool.

Hm, I wonder if there's a way that I could tell exactly how cold it is in my house?

I know, I'll use a thermometer.

Have you ever used a thermometer before?

A thermometer is a tool that scientists and other people use to tell how hot or cold it is in a place.

Like for instance, sometimes when we're sick, we use a thermometer that tells you how hot or cold it is inside your body and sometimes we use a thermometer outside to tell us what kind of weather we can expect, so how we should dress and what we can get ready for when we go outside.

Do you know how a thermometer works?

Let's make a model of a thermometer so we can explore how it works.

You just need a piece of paper, something to draw with like these markers, a red pipe cleaner, or a skinny piece of red construction paper, a straw, clear straw, and some tape.

Okay, so first I'm gonna draw the main part of the thermometer, which looks kind of like this, it's long and skinny, and then it has a little rounder part at the bottom.

Okay, so there's my thermometer.

Then I'll add some lines on the side like this and some numbers that go with those lines, so let's start at 100, and then we'll go down to 30 at the bottom.

Now, those numbers tell me what the temperature is, so if it's 100 at the top, that's really hot, I'm gonna draw a sun to remind me that this part of the thermometer is where it's really hot like on a sunny day and then down at the bottom, those lower numbers mean it's really cold, so I'm gonna draw a snowflake, because it's really cold when it's snowing outside.

Okay, so now all I need is the middle part of my thermometer.

Now normally, this red part on a thermometer is liquid, so it needs a container.

So first, we're gonna tape our straw onto the thermometer, just like this, I'm gonna use two pieces of tape so that it stays at the top and the bottom, and then I'm gonna put my red liquid inside the straw and this will tell me what temperature it is, so I can put it way up at the top for a really hot summer day, or I can move it all the way down for a cold winter-y day, or anywhere in between and I can practice using my thermometer to read different temperatures.

A model thermometer is a fun way to practice reading a thermometer and even a good way to pretend to be a weather person on TV.

Pack your mittens this morning, my thermometer's only reading 40 degrees today.

But, if I wanna know how cold it is in my house, I'm gonna need a real thermometer.

I know a fun way that you can make a thermometer at home with a grown up's help.

All you need are a few supplies.

To make your own thermometer at home, you'll need some water, some rubbing alcohol that a grown up can help you with, something to measure your water, I'm using a tablespoon, a small bottle, some red food coloring, a little bit of clay or play dough, a straw, clear straw, and a permanent marker.

Okay, step one is to put equal parts of water and rubbing alcohol into your bottle.

So I'm gonna measure two tablespoons of each and pour them careful into the bottle.

So one tablespoon of water, carefully into the bottle, two tablespoons of water, right into our bottle, okay and then one tablespoon of rubbing alcohol, carefully into your bottle, two tablespoons of rubbing alcohol and then close up your bottle.

Step two is to add just a couple drops of red food coloring to your mixture in your bottle.

So unscrew your lid, add a couple drops, one, two, okay, screw your lid back on your bottle, and shake it up.

[upbeat music] Step three is to add your straw, so take the lid off of your bottle again, stick your straw into the bottle, but make sure that your straw isn't touching the bottom, so hold it up a little bit, and then squish your clay all around the opening so that there's no holes, so it's nice and tight.

The next step is to add just a little bit more water until you can see it kind of coming out in your straw.

So I'm gonna carefully pour just a little bit more water down the straw.

Once we see a little bit of the red liquid coming up above your clay, you're ready to go, so you can take your permanent marker and make your first line on your straw, just right where you see the liquid coming up to.

All right, let's test out our thermometers.

First, I'm gonna leave it in a cold place for a while and then I'll come back and check and see what level the liquid is and then I'm gonna leave it in a warm place for a while and see if the liquid changes.

Hm, what's a cold place in my house that I could put my thermometer first?

I know, I'll put it in the freezer.

The liquid inside my thermometer has dropped all the way down below the clay.

Now, can you think of a warm place in my house where I could leave it?

In the warm place by our heater, the water goes even higher than the line.

Okay, so I put down a mark for my room temperature and my warm temperature and then my cold temperature was all the way down here.

I noticed there's a big difference between my warmest temperature by my heater and my coolest temperature in my freezer.

Let's see what places my friends found were the warmest and the coldest in their homes.

- Hi guys, my name is Kayla William and today, we're going on a scavenger hunt and looking for two things, cold places and hot places around my apartment by using a thermometer and the first one that have in my hand, the first one that I have in my hand, it says it's 80 degrees, so that means it's hot in my living room.

Come follow me, guys.

So my freezer, my freezer, fridge, it says it is 20 degrees, so that means it's cold and the thermometer's frozen.

So next station is the window and my window says, my window says it is 50 degrees, so it means that it's cold.

My next station is the bathroom and in the bathroom says it is 70, 70 degrees, so that means our bathroom and our living room is hot and our freezer and our refrigerator are cold.

Bye guys.

- You can try this out too.

Go on a temperature scavenger hunt in your home and see if you can find the warmest and coldest places.

Use a thermometer you have at home, or with a grown up's help, make your own thermometer and see what you find out.

You can also make a model thermometer to practice reading this important science tool and remember, you can always be a scientist at home if you stop to notice and wonder about the world around you.

Bye.

[speaking in Spanish] [speaking in Spanish] [speaking in Spanish] [speaking in Spanish] [speaking in Spanish] [speaking in Spanish] - I do not like them here or there, I do not like them anywhere.

[speaking in Spanish] [speaking in Spanish] [speaking in Spanish] - What does the red hand mean?

- Stop.

[speaking in Spanish] ♪ All through the town.

[upbeat music plays] - Hi, I'm Ashley.

And I'd like to make some music with you today.

I've got my instrument here.

Do you know what it's called?

Is it a flute?

[blows] No?

Maybe it's a shaker.

Oh, I don't hear anything.

Maybe it's a sandwich.

No?

Not a sandwich?

Did you say guitar?

Tiny guitar?

You're right.

It's called a ukulele.

Can you say that?

Ukulele.

Let's listen to how it sounds.

[guitar strumming] Do you know what it's saying?

It's saying my dog has fleas.

I didn't know a guitar could have a dog.

I'm going to put my finger right here, and it's going to change the sound.

It's going to make it whoop higher.

Let's listen again.

[guitar strumming] That's the sound we need for our together song.

Will you rock with me?

♪ Oh, here we are, together ♪ Together ♪ Together ♪ Oh, here we are, together ♪ Making music with our friends ♪ ♪ There's me ♪ And you ♪ And all our other friends in their homes ♪ ♪ Oh, here we are, together ♪ Together ♪ Together ♪ Oh, here we are, together ♪ Making music with our friends ♪ Let's end with a drum roll.

Ready?

[drumming] And stop.

Tiniest drum in the world.

[soft drumming] And stop.

Now get your claws out and let's go slow like a dinosaur.

Slow, like a dinosaur.

Slow, like a dinosaur.

And stop.

Let's go like a fast animal.

A cheetah.

Fast, like a cheetah.

Fast, like a cheetah.

Fast, like a cheetah.

And pounce.

Now let's scratch like a cat.

Scratch, like a cat.

Scratch, like a cat.

And say, meow.

Let's pet the cat.

Gently pet the cat.

Gently pet the cat.

Gently pet the cat, until they purr.

That's a tricky sound.

You have to have a fast tongue.

Can you do that?

[purrs] Nice.

Or you can just say "purr".

Now, speaking of cats I want you to think of an animal that you like today.

Maybe you like cats, or maybe you like a dog, or maybe a bird, like an eagle, or maybe a dolphin or a snake, whatever animal you like today.

I want you to pretend to be that animal, and pretend to go to sleep like that animal.

Curl up in your nest, or in your bed.

And my children are going to join us.

They're going to pretend to be sleeping animals too.

And I'm going to play the drum.

All right.

All the animals go to sleep.

♪ The animals, the animals are sleeping in their beds ♪ ♪ The animals, the animals are sleeping in their beds ♪ ♪ Please be very quiet ♪ Shh, shh, shh ♪ Oh, so very quiet ♪ Shh, shh, shh Now, if you've got a grownup there, grownups, you're going to give them a little scratch on the back or a little shake on the leg to wake them up.

♪ 'Cause if you shake them ♪ Shake a shake a shake.

♪ If you wake them ♪ Scratch, scratch, scratch.

♪ They begin to dance Now, animals, think about how your animal moves.

Does it slither?

Or does it crawl?

Or does it run really fast or fly?

However your animal moves, do that now.

♪ The animals ♪ The animals are dancing 'round the room ♪ ♪ They're flying and they're swimming ♪ ♪ And they're twirling 'round the room.

♪ ♪ They're crawling and they're jumping ♪ ♪ And they're running 'round the room ♪ ♪ They're dancing and they're dancing ♪ ♪ And they're dancing 'round the room ♪ Now, animals, go back to sleep.

Hm.

Since the animals are sleeping, do you think I should play quiet or loud?

I think quiet.

Okay.

♪ The animals ♪ The animals are sleeping in their beds ♪ ♪ The animals ♪ The animals are sleeping in their beds ♪ ♪ Please be very quiet ♪ Shh, shh, shh ♪ Oh, so very quiet ♪ Shh, shh, shh ♪ 'Cause, if you shake them ♪ If you wake them ♪ They begin to dance Everybody dance!

♪ The animals, the animals are dancing 'round the room ♪ ♪ They're jumping and they're spinning ♪ ♪ And they're galloping 'round the room ♪ ♪ They're crawling and they're swimming ♪ ♪ And they're flying 'round the room ♪ ♪ They're slithering and they're jumping ♪ ♪ And they're dancing 'round the room ♪ All right.

Nicely done, animals.

Come on back over, and let's pick a flower.

Oh, I got a purple one.

What color is yours?

All right, let's give it a sniff.

[inhales] [sighs] So fresh.

Let's pick another one.

A golden one.

What color is yours?

Let's sniff.

[inhales] [sighs] One more.

Oh, a rainbow flower.

[inhales] [sighs] All right.

Now let's meet an animal friend of mine.

♪ Let's see who's in my bag ♪ My bag ♪ My bag.

♪ Let's see who's in my bag ♪ Who could it be?

Let's give it a shake.

I don't hear anything, do you?

Let's give it a knock.

Do you want to knock with me?

[knocks] Hmm.

It's squishy.

Let's give it a squeeze.

[roaring] Roaring.

Who could it be?

Could be a dinosaur, maybe a tiger.

Who do you think it is?

I'm gonna reach in and find out.

I hope they don't bite me.

Someone's soft and furry.

[gasps] It's a lion!

Is that what you guessed?

Well, lion, can we practice roaring with you?

Yes, of course.

Just give me a squeeze.

All right.

You ready to roar?

Let's do it.

[roars] Oh, are you okay?

Uh yes, I just have the hiccups.

Okay.

Well, lion, why are you here today?

I'm hoping you will dance with me.

Sure, we can do that.

What do we need to do?

Well, you need to crawl like a lion.

When you hear the music go: duh, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun, duh duh duh duh, dun dun, duh.

Okay, we can do that.

Anything else?

Yes, so, of course you need to roar when you hear the piano go: doodeelee, doodeelee, doodeelee, doodeelee, doodeelee, doo.

Okay, I think we got it.

Anything else?

Yes.

You need to show your muscles when you hear: duh dun dun dun, duh dun.

Okay, like this?

Duh duh duh, dun dun dun.

Yes, that's it.

You've got it.

All right.

Anything, anything more?

One more thing because you're lions now, you can pretend.

You can pretend to catch a zebra or a gazelle and eat it up.

Just if you want to.

Okay, if you want to do that, you can pretend to do that.

All right.

Now, I'm gonna introduce my friend Yukiko, who's going to play the piano for us.

And my little boy Kagani is going to join us, because you and me and Kagani, we're gonna do the lion moves.

All right, let's get ready.

Hello everybody.

My name is Yukiko, and I am so excited to be able to play piano for you today.

[upbeat piano music] [dramatic piano music] All right.

It's time to say goodbye to our lion.

Goodbye.

And goodbye to me, Ashley.

For our goodbye song, we need two claps.

Let's practice.

One, two.

All right.

♪ We gotta go now ♪ Bye bye ♪ We gotta go now ♪ Bye bye ♪ We gotta go now ♪ Bye bye Big stomp.

Boom!

♪ See ya later Boom!

♪ Alligator Boom!

♪ See ya later ♪ See you next time.

See you soon!

[upbeat music] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB foundation.