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- Hi friends, I am Rashin Kheiriyeh, and I'm a children's book author and illustrator.

Today, I would like to read one of my books, called "Bahar, the Lucky".

Well, "Bahar the Lucky" is a book about a young girl who is a rug weaver, she lives in Iran.

So we are going to accompany Bahar in her adventurous life, she's been choosing, and find out how she gets lucky anyway.

So let's get started.

Long ago in the Grand Bazaar of Kashan, there was a young girl who was rug weaver.

Her name was Bahar and she had learned to weave rugs from her grandmother.

The rug had the most beautiful patterns in all the city.

For each rug she sold, Bahar only earned a few coins.

Her mother depended on those to pay for the wheat and milk her children needed.

It was all they had to eat.

Even so, they felt blessed in their hearts.

So this is Bahar.

She's sitting at a rug loom.

So a loom is a device that rug weavers using it to make their rugs.

The trouble began on the day Bahar went to the town's hammam to shower.

So hammam was the public bathroom that people used to go many, many years ago.

The public bath had been reserved for the wife of the king's chief fortune teller and no one was allowed to enter.

"It has been so long since I was last here.

Please let me bathe in the corner with the maids."

The bath owner agreed, but warned her to be careful.

"The chief fortune teller's wife must not notice you are here."

Soon after, the fortune teller's wife walked in, proud as camel.

Bahar, lost in imagining herself wrapped in the riches of a fortune teller, tripped over a stool and fell into the pool.

Everyone laughed, except the chief fortune teller's wife.

Bahar leapt up and ran home followed by the shouts off the angry bath owner.

Bahar's mother sat her next to the fire to warm her.

That evening, everyone spoke about the riches of the chief fortune teller and his wife.

"My days as a rug weaver are over," proclaimed Bahar, as she stood.

"I too can be a fortune teller.

As good as the chief fortune teller, and I will rescue us from the poverty."

That was, that's Bahar and her manifest.

And these are her family.

That's her, Bahar's mom.

These are her two brothers and little sister.

The following day, Bahar quit selling her rugs and bought the tools for fortune telling.

A small round tray.

A metal goblet adorned with stars.

And three dice bearing strange signs.

She then sat on the street corner.

Soon, two off the king's servants came running.

"Oh, master of mysteries, tell us where we can find the king's cat.

The silkiest, the fluffiest of all Persians has disappeared.

If you don't help us find it the king will chop us into a hundred pieces, and you with us."

Terrified, Bahar threw the dice.

She then reached into her pouch for a handful of pistachio.

"Here, walk straight ahead.

As you do, each of you will eat one pistachio.

Then another, and another, and so on.

When you are out of pistachios, turn around four times, then take 40 steps and you will find the cat.

Make sure you make no mistakes."

The two servants took the pistachios and began walking.

But Bahar feared they would never find the king's cat.

So after eating the last pistachio, the palace servants turned around four times and walked 40 steps.

In front of them crouched a cat, drinking from the fountain in the main town square.

Wow, they actually find the cat.

The two servants burst with joy.

With the silkiest and fluffiest Persian in their arms they run back to Bahar to give her 10 gold coins as a reward.

Bahar couldn't understand any of this, but she thanked heaven.

Returning home, her family congratulated her.

Early the next morning, Bahar headed back to the same street corner to set up her box.

The mayor was waiting.

"Are you the town's new fortune teller everyone's talking about," he asked.

Bahar had no time to be afraid or to answer.

"In that case," he said, "it should be easy for you to find where the 40 thieves hid the king's crown designed with diamond and precious gems."

"If you don't," added the Mayor, "he'll hang the both of us."

"I'll give you my answer tomorrow," said Bahar.

The mayor gave her a generous advance of 100 gold coins.

Back home, Bahar's mother cooked a delicious meal to celebrate their good fortune, but Bahar couldn't eat.

She had no idea how to find a crown and wondered how she would get out of this alive.

Bahar went to her room to finish a rug she was weaving for her mother's birthday.

It had a beautiful image of a pomegranate tree.

She missed the peace and safety of weaving her rugs.

Suddenly, she heard whispers.

Two of the 40 thieves peaked through the window.

They came in and bowed humbly before her.

"Oh, great master of fortune telling, obviously you have discovered that we hid the king's crown under the biggest tree in the pomegranate garden," the thief said, pointing to the rug's pattern.

"All we ask is that you not reveal our 40 faces to the king.

Here are 100 gold coins to thank you in advance for your kindness."

They gave Bahar the bag of gold coins and snuck away.

The next morning, Bahar led the mayor to the pomegranate garden.

Together, they dug under the biggest tree and found the crown.

Eager to save himself, the mayor raced back to kings, forgetting to ask the identity of the thieves.

That very afternoon the king summoned Bahar to the palace.

He showered her with gifts to thank her, while musicians played and dancers swirled about her, all under the jealous eyes of the chief fortune teller and his wife.

"A girl like this could never be a real fortune teller," the chief fortune teller said to the king.

"Give her one more test, and I will prove she's a fake."

He shot Bahar a wicked smile, then hid a cricket in his hand.

"My majesty, if this so-called fortune teller is real, she will tell us what I have in my fist," he said.

Bahar cursed herself for starting this dangerous fortune telling game.

She closed her eyes in search of a bright answer within the darkness of her thoughts.

An old Iranian proverb appeared and slipped to her lips.

Once, you bounce the cricket.

Twice, you bounce the cricket.

At last, you are caught in the hand, cricket.

"Bravo," the king said.

He then opened the chief fortune teller's fist and the cricket jumped out.

The king immediately fired his fortune teller and declared Bahar as his chief fortune teller for life.

Wow, Bahar just did it one more time.

She guessed what's in his fist.

A cricket.

As soon as the king's words echoed through the palace's great hall, Bahar dashed into the crowd and disappeared.

Wow, Bahar just couldn't continue this dangerous life and telling lies, and to being fake, she just wanted to have a peaceful life and make beautiful rugs and live happily with her family once again.

So to this day, no one has ever spotted the lucky girl again, but every now and then, a rug with the most beautiful patterns appears in the Grand Bazaar of Kashan.

And we all know who made those rugs.

Those are Bahar's.

So do you know how to make rugs?

Do you know that Iran has the most beautiful rugs in the world?

I can show you how to draw a rug.

Would you like to draw with me?

Okay.

I am going to draw a rug just like the rug Bahar was weaving in our story, a pomegranate tree.

For making my art, all I need is a black marker and a piece of paper, preferably in red color.

A red rectangular would be great.

First, I draw a border all around the edges of my rug with my black marker.

[gentle music] Then I draw little lines to the top and the bottom of my rectangular.

These are the rug roots.

Now it's time to draw the pomegranate tree.

First, I draw my tree trunk with all the branches.

Then I'm going to draw the little pomegranates hanging from the tree.

Maybe one of the pomegranate falls down on the ground.

And some leaves.

Okay, now I have my central image.

Now I am going to draw four hearts in each corner of my rug.

Here, I am going to fill out my tree trunk with my black marker.

Then I am going to color my pomegranates with my red marker.

I have designed a Persian rug, just like the one that Bahar did.

You can do it at home with the help of a trusted adult.

I hope you like it.

I hope you enjoyed the story "Bahar the Lucky" and now you know how to draw a rug, a Persian rug, for yourself.

And knowing that nothing is more important than being yourself.

Not to pretend to be someone else.

Appreciate who we are and be nice and kind to everyone, and ourselves.

Enjoy your day, love you [blows kiss], Rashin.

Bye.

- Hi movers and shakers, this is Violet, and I'm here again with my friend, Jeremy, and he's gonna help us sing a song.

First, I want to shout out one of our friends, Journey, who helps us read stories sometimes.

She requested this song because she wanted us to spread some joy and positivity during these challenging times.

- Thank you Violet once again for having me come on and share a song with you about feeling good.

I have a question for you.

What do you do when you're having a bad day?

- Hm.

I like to laugh, or play games with my friends.

I even like to sing and dance with them too.

- Nice.

That's so funny because I love those same things too.

I love hanging out and singing with my friends.

It always makes me so happy.

In fact, I have a song that I think you would love, and I think most of you would know.

If you do, feel free to sing along, move your hands, dance in your seat, or jump up and down and dance and sing along with us.

It's called "Can't Stop the Feeling".

♪ I got this feeling inside my bones ♪ ♪ It goes electric, wavey when I turn it on ♪ ♪ And if you want it inside your soul ♪ ♪ Just open up your heart, let music take control ♪ ♪ I got that sunshine in my pocket ♪ ♪ Got that good soul in my feet ♪ ♪ I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh ♪ ♪ I can't take my eyes up off it ♪ ♪ Moving so phenomenally ♪ ♪ You gon' like the way we rock it, so don't stop ♪ ♪ And under the lights ♪ ♪ When everything goes ♪ ♪ Nowhere to hide when I'm getting real close ♪ ♪ When we move, well, you already know ♪ ♪ So just imagine ♪ ♪ Just imagine, just imagine ♪ ♪ Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance ♪ ♪ Feeling good creepin' up on you ♪ ♪ So just dance, dance, dance, come on ♪ ♪ All the things I shouldn't do ♪ ♪ But you dance, dance, dance ♪ ♪ Ain't nobody leaving soon, so keeping dancing ♪ ♪ I can't stop the feeling, oh ♪ ♪ So just dance, dance, dance ♪ ♪ I can't stop the feeling ♪ ♪ So just dance, dance, dance ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ - Thanks everyone.

Thanks Jeremy.

Hope you all had fun dancing.

[upbeat chiming music] - Hi friends!

I'm Lunisol.

Today we will be working together to blend and change sounds in words.

We will also learn about the R-controlled vowel, ar, and practice reading and spelling words with that sound.

Let's get started.

First, let's practice blending sounds together into words.

I will say some sounds.

You say the sounds, then blend them together to say the word.

As we do this I'll use my colored counters to represent each sound.

And you can follow along with my counters or use your fingers or arm to tap and blend the sounds.

I'll do the first one.

Listen.

Ss-oh-k. Soak.

The word is soak.

Now it's your turn.

Ready?

Listen.

Ss-ah-k. Say the sounds, ss-ah-k, and blend it.

That's right, the word is sock.

Good job, let's do the next one.

Listen.

Buh-el.

What's the word?

Yeah, bell.

Good job.

This is the next one.

Buh-ee-t. Yeah, beet.

Uh-huh, and the next one is ff-ur-ah-guh.

Ff-r-ah-g. What's that word?

Yeah, the word is frog.

Here we go.

Mm, you, ul.

What's that word?

Mm-you-ul.

Mule.

And last one.

Rr-en-ch.

What's that word?

Wrench.

Fantastic.

Now, let's play a little game.

We'll use these pictures to help us.

We'll change the vowel sound in a word to make a whole new word.

We'll start with the word kite.

Change I to ih, and the new word is?

That's right, kit.

Now let's do one together, listen.

The word is knot.

Nn-ah-tt.

Now change the ah to oh, what's the new word?

Yeah, note.

Pan.

Change the ah to a, what's the new word?

Yes, pain.

Let's do one more.

Say pale.

Now change the a to ah, what's the new word?

Pal, nice job, friends.

Oh, nice job pals!

Now I'm going to say a word and ask you to change the vowel sound to make a new word but this time we're changing the sound to this one, ar.

I'll do the first one, listen.

The word is shop.

Change ah to ar, and the new word is sharp.

Now it's your turn.

The word is Joe, you say it.

Change oh to ar, what's the new word?

Yes, jar.

Good job.

Say speak.

Change ee to ar, and the new word is, spark.

Now let's connect that R sound in spark to its spelling.

This is the word spark.

What letters do you notice stand for that R sound?

That's right, the A and the R together in this word say ar.

A and R together say ar.

This is called an R-controlled vowel.

Let's look at our spelling card.

A-R, farm.

Ar, you say it.

Good job, let's read some other words with ar.

Take a look.

Yuh-ar-duh.

Yard.

Nice job.

Let's do one more.

Do you know this word?

Sh-ar-kuh, shark.

Great.

Nice job, I think we're ready to practice with some blending lines.

All right, friends, let's blend and read some words with the R-controlled pattern ar that we've learned about.

I'll read the first line, then you'll read the next line.

Arm, bar, art, car, farm.

Your turn.

Good job, let's do number three together.

Hide, hope, wide, woke, glide.

And number four.

Arch, torch, charm, parch, porch.

What do you notice about all of the words on number four?

That's right, they all have the ch digraph C-H.

They also either have A-R or O-R. Let's go to the sentences.

Mom drove the car to Gram's farm.

Mark and Joe see a brown dog.

Let's read a story now.

"Big Red Barn" by Wendy Fuller and illustrated by Laura Perez.

Follow along with me as I read and join me with your voice.

"I see a big cart, but it may be old," said Joe.

Mark ran to him.

"It is old," said Mark, "and it is a mess.

It has lots of dust on it."

"That's funny," said Joe.

"I see words in that dust.

Do you see them?"

Let's make sure we're reading nice and smoothly.

The words say, "Go that way."

"Well, let's go that way," said Mark.

"This gives me the creeps," said Joe.

That means he feels a little bit scared.

"Just stick with me," Mark told him.

Mark and Joe went past hay bales to the back of Gram's big red barn.

"Is this new?"

asked Joe.

"No," Mark told him.

"That is an old ox yoke.

Gram once had an ox team.

They pulled that old cart.

That yoke fit on their necks.

Gram can tell you about them.

She has snapshots, too."

And snapshots are another word for pictures, or photos.

Then Joe yelled, "What is that?"

He clamped his hands on Mark's arm.

"It's your face.

See it in that bit of glass?"

asked Mark.

"Yes, now I can see myself," said Joe.

He made some funny faces.

"I see a note on that pole," said Mark.

"It tells us to go right."

"Go right?"

asked Joe.

"Star is on my right.

I like Star, but she is not new."

You can tell that Star is the horse.

Mark and Joe went to pet Star.

Star swished her tail and sighed, [sighing].

That's when Mark and Joe saw a brown foal with a few white spots.

"Star has a new foal," said Mark.

I bet Gram wrote those notes."

Star's foal gave a sneeze as if to say, "Yes, she did."

Looks like the horse had a baby foal.

Lovely story, thank you for reading with me.

All right, pals, now we're going to use some of what we've learned about the R-controlled vowel, ar, as made by A-R, to help us practice our spelling.

I want you to get a piece of paper or a whiteboard and a writing utensil and come on back.

We're gonna set the timer to 10 seconds, then we'll start.

[cheerful music] All right, I think we're ready to start.

I'm going to tell you a word.

When I tell you that word, say the word, separate it into its sounds.

You can do this by tapping the sounds on your fingers.

Then, write the letter or letters that stand for those sounds.

Remember that the ar sound is made by two letters together, A and R. Let's start with the word smart.

Say it.

Good, now tap it.

Ss-mm-ar-t.

Spell it.

Check it, is this what you wrote?

S-M-A-R-T. Good job.

Let's try another word, listen.

Hard.

You say it.

You tap it.

Now you spell it.

Now check it.

Is this what you wrote?

Let's try the next one.

Star.

Tap it.

Spell it.

Super, is that where you wrote?

S-T-A-R. And let's try one more.

Listen to this word, march.

You say it.

And tap it, mm-ar-ch.

Spell it.

M-A-R-C-H. And the C-H is a digraph that stands for only one sound, ch.

Do you know what the word march means?

It can be two different meanings.

It can be the month of March, in which case, we would write it with an uppercase letter, like this.

Or it can be when you're talking about someone who is, or people who are walking at a steady and regular pace, kind of like how people walk in a marching band or in a parade.

My friends, you did such a great job practicing, listening to sounds in words, blending words, even changing sounds to make new words, and then learning all about the R-controlled vowel ar.

Together, we practiced spelling five words with this spelling pattern, but there were so many others.

At home you can continue your learning by thinking of other words you know that have that ar sound, and practice spelling them.

Then, you can share your work with a trusted adult at home.

Fantastic job today, my friends, I can't wait to see you again next time.

Bye.

[cheerful music] - Good morning students, I'm just making sure all of my plants are taken good care of.

[phone chiming] - Hello, Mr. Ritz.

- Bobby Bear, hello, it's so great to hear from you!

What's new?

- The family is on the move again.

We're looking for a new- - Hi, Mr. Ritz!

- I want to see.

- Ha-ha, I see you have your hands full.

Hi cubs, where are you headed?

- I want to see.

- The salmon didn't come up our stream this year but I know a few other streams we can go check out, so we're going exploring.

- Yummy, salmon!

- That sounds like so much fun.

I love exploring the great outdoors.

Well, I won't stop you guys, go get those salmon.

- Thanks Mr. Ritz, I'll let you know how it goes.

- Yes, I want to hear all about your journey.

Call back soon.

- What does this button do?

[phone chiming] - Wow, brown bears live in a really interesting environment.

Would you like to learn more about brown bears?

My uncle, Dr. Ritz the zoologist works at the American Museum of Natural History.

Let's go pay him a visit.

I'll grab my other hat.

[shimmering electronic chimes] Let's go!

Wow, we made it!

Dr. Ritz told me to meet him at the Alaska brown bear.

Maybe this way.

[cheerful funky music] Wow, I never knew there was so many things in the museum.

I wonder, how are we going to find the brown bear?

What about a map?

This museum is so big that the museum provides a map to every visitor to find what they came to see.

Let's take a look.

This is a map of the first floor.

Do you think we'd find a brown bear here in the Hall of Human Origins?

No.

What about here in the Hall of Ocean Life?

No.

Do you see a bear on the map?

Yes, there's the bear, in the Hall of the North American Mammals on the first floor.

I bet that's where we can find the brown bear.

We're on the second floor, let's find our way downstairs.

This way, please.

- Over here, Mr. Ritz!

- Ah, there, Dr. Ritz, finally, I found you.

I've worked up a sweat walking all over this museum.

I bet that guy is warm underneath all that hair.

- Ha-ha, absolutely!

A brown bear's fur keeps it nice and warm when it's cold.

Brown bears live in places where it gets pretty cold outside in the winter, like the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Alaska, and even parts of China, Russia, and Europe.

Did you know that all mammals have hair, Mr. Ritz?

- Some more than others.

- Another feature of mammals is that they are warm-blooded.

- Warm-blooded, is that why I'm so hot right now?

- Very funny, Mr. Ritz.

Warm-blooded animals have the ability to create warmth from within their own bodies.

They don't have to rely on their environment for warmth.

- So that's why bears can live in cold climates?

- Exactly.

Mammals can live in lots of different environments.

They can live above ground, below ground, in the water, in the freezing cold, in the desert.

And one mammal can even fly.

- Fly?

Which mammal is that?

- [Dr. Ritz] Why, bats, of course.

- Oh, right, they're so cute and cuddly too.

- Mammals are excellent cuddlers, and that's one thing that makes mammals very special.

Mammal mommies give birth to their babies, feed their babies milk, and they care for their young.

- Just like my mom and dad took care of me.

Who are the people who take care of you?

Moms and dads, aunts and uncles, grandparents and siblings, teachers and friends, it sounds like we all have communities that help take care of all of us.

- And we're all born cute, with big eyes, big ears, big noses.

Aren't they adorable?

- [Mr. Ritz] Just look at all those cute baby mammals.

- Did you know that a mouse will stay with its babies for 10 days, and a kangaroo will carry her baby around for a whole year?

And elephants care for their children for a whole decade.

That's 10 years.

- Hey Dr. Ritz, it looks like the bear is hungry.

Do you see what the bear is eating?

Fish, that's right.

- Brown bears grow really big because of their nourishing salmon diet.

- I observe that fish already has a bite out of it.

Who took that bite?

Let's investigate.

Do you observe another mammal in this environment that might've taken a bite out of the fish?

Something smaller than a bear, perhaps?

There it is, a river otter.

I bet that small mammal took that little bite.

- You're right, Mr. Ritz, brown bears and river otters eat the salmon, and what they leave behind provides lots of nutrients for plants and insects, enriching the whole ecosystem.

- Just like living in a community.

Our community grows stronger when we work together to make our lives better.

- Well, if you're interested in learning about mammals working together, I've got something else to show you.

- [Mr. Ritz] Who are these busy little critters?

- [Dr. Ritz] Castor canadensis.

- Bless you!

- No, no, Castor canadensis.

That's the scientific name for North American beaver.

- Oh, I see.

What are these beavers doing?

Are they all working together?

- Oh, yes.

Working together in large family groups called colonies, beavers can drastically alter landscapes.

They use logs, branches, and twigs to build dams across streams.

The water builds up behind the dam and creates a pond.

- Beaver-made ponds, that's incredible!

They're like tiny construction workers.

Do you observe how the beavers get the wood for their dam?

That's right, their teeth.

They must have very sharp teeth.

- Oh, yes, beaver teeth, like all rodents, never stop growing.

So they have to keep gnawing wood or their teeth would get too long.

- Wow, does that mean all mammals have teeth?

- It sure does.

Most mammals have teeth, except for a few.

- I wonder, what is a mammal that doesn't have teeth?

- Anteaters.

Anteaters have long snout and an even longer tongue for lapping up all the ants.

- Hey Dr. Ritz, what's a snout?

- A snout is a mouth and a nose that extends out from the face.

- Oh, like on a dog.

- Exactly, or like those moose over there.

- Oh, now I understand what a snout is.

Those moose do have very long faces.

Hey Dr. Ritz, what are those two moose doing?

It looks like they're fighting.

- They are.

Those two male moose are challenging each other to see who gets to take the female on a date.

The female will typically choose the winner.

- A date, how exciting.

I wonder what a perfect first date for a moose is.

- It definitely involves eating lots of plants together and maybe a swim.

- Well, let's leave them to it, then.

Have fun on your date.

- Over here are American bison.

Millions of bison once roamed the Great Plains across the United States, eating the grass and nourishing the soil.

- Hey, I notice there's a bird on the bison's back.

- Yes, of course, those are brown-headed cow birds.

They love to follow the bison around and eat insects that the bison kick up in the grass.

The birds also eat insects off of their backs.

- That's so cool!

So they both help each other out?

- Yes, that's right!

- Thank you so much for introducing me to the North American mammals and for teaching us so much, Dr. Ritz.

- Oh, you're welcome.

Which mammal was your favorite?

- I love how the beavers work together.

We all need helpers and we can all help each other out.

That's part of being in a community.

Who helps you in your community?

[bell chiming] And who do you help?

Speaking of help, Dr. Ritz, maybe it would be nice to have someone help clean that up.

- Oh, don't worry about that, there's a whole other community of insects and fungus that will clean that up.

- Wait a minute, you're telling me there's a whole community living on poo?

- I guess.

That's pretty cool, huh?

- And gross, but mostly cool.

Speaking of cool, thanks again for teaching us so much, Dr. Ritz.

- I'm glad you had so much fun.

- I think it's time for me to get back to my school community, but I can't wait to come back to the museum and learn more.

Bye now.

- [Dr. Ritz] See you soon!

[light cheerful music] - Welcome back to class, students.

I had so much fun exploring the American Museum of Natural History with you today.

Let's draw our friend Bobby Bear.

For this directed drawing, you'll simply need a piece of paper and something to draw with, a pencil, crayon, or a marker.

You might like to use a pencil in case you want to erase, but I'm going to use a marker so you can see better.

Now Bobby the Bear has lots of parts, so we're gonna start first off with Bobby's head and we can make an upside down U to be Bobby's head.

Oh, look at that, we've got a bear head.

The next thing I'll do is put in two circles for Bobby's eyes.

One eye, and another eye.

Ooh, he's coming alive already.

The next thing I'll do is I'll put in some eyebrows so we can see Bobby's eyebrows.

Oh, look at those eyebrows.

Now, I'll start making the snout.

It's just a little line here and a little line here.

Now we'll make a big circle for his mouth and his nose, look at that.

Oh, yeah.

We'll put in two little circles for his nostril, that'll be his red nose, and then we'll make a simple line for his mouth.

Look at that, we've got a bear head.

Now, I think we should go for the arms, and remember what's at the end of those arms.

So it's a big brown bear, hello Bobby.

Look at those claws, oof.

Pretty treacherous.

He's got an arm there and we'll do another one here with those big claws.

Now his arm is there, but bears stand on their legs, so we're gonna make a big, long line right to the bottom, and put out his feet.

Look at those feet.

And we'll make some hair over here, and then another leg here with some feet and claws.

And then we'll make his body go all the way up.

Oh my, we've got a bear!

Hm, I wonder, what are we missing?

How about those ears?

Let's make some big ears, big bear ears, and it's just two Us.

Look at those Us.

Those are big brown ears on the bear.

And remember bears have lots of fur everywhere, so we'll add in some black lines, maybe make a line right here around his head.

They have some darker spots in the middle.

You can take some crayons and the first thing we'll do is make the bear brown, so we'll start on the outside with some brown, making a beautiful outline of his body, into his hair.

We'll be sure to get those claws and his big shoulders.

Look at that.

Ooh, his face if definitely brown.

We'll add some brown on his ears.

And then we'll add in a little bit red for the nose.

So we can put in some red on the nose.

Maybe a little bit of red near his mouth, right here.

Oh, look at that.

We'll add some bear lines.

Look at those hairy bear lines.

Oh, yeah, see that, lines help make your drawings become alive.

And then what we can do is even add in a few more colors.

We'll add in a little gray for underneath.

And look at that, we have a beautiful brown bear.

Hi Bobby.

Well, I sure had fun drawing with you boys and girls today.

[phone chiming] Hi Bobby, did you find the salmon you were looking for?

- Oh, yes we did, we found a lovely stream with lots of salmon in a new community.

- Where are the cubs?

- Fast asleep.

What did you do today?

- My friends and I took a trip to the American Museum of Natural History.

We learned so much about mammals today.

We met Dr. Ritz, the zoologist, brown bears, beavers, moose, and bison.

We learned that all mammals live in all types of environments.

We learned that all mammals are warm-blooded and have hair.

We learned that mammals take care of their babies and that mammal babies are very, very cute.

We learned how animals work together to make their lives better.

That's so important for a healthy, thriving community.

- That's amazing.

I better get some rest while I can.

Bye Mr. Ritz!

- Bye-bye Bobby, see you soon!

I can't wait to explore with you again, my friends.

See you next time, bye-bye!

- Hello, my name is Alvin Irby, I'm the founder and chief reading inspirer at Barbershop Books.

Today I want to talk to you about how you can use your ordinary trips to the grocery store to help your child with writing.

So, when you get ready to go to the grocery store you can work with your child to create their own special shopping list.

You can write the words of the items that you're gonna help them find, and then you can dot those same words right next to it so that they can trace the words on their shopping list.

Now, once they get to the grocery store, well of course you're gonna help them find the things on their shopping list, but this is a fun, fun way to get your child excited about writing, using something that you do regularly, like go to the grocery store.

Remember, even your trips to the grocery store can help your child with writing.

Bye.

[cheerful music] - Hello friends, my name is Miss Lewis, and today we are going to do an activity called color rhythms.

Now, rhythms is just a part in a song that makes the song move and makes the song flow.

Rhythm is made up of silences and it is made up of sounds.

And when these silences and sounds come together they make up the patterns of the song.

So, in order to look at rhythms we have to look at just a few simple musical notes.

The first musical note we are going to look at is this one.

Now, we are not gonna call it by its regular name, we are going to call it by its color.

Can you tell me what color this musical note is?

Now if you said green, you were absolutely correct.

So since the note is green, whenever we see this note we are going to say the word green.

So let me say this rhythm first and then you are going to repeat or echo me afterwards.

Using my steady beat, everybody pat on your shoulders.

One, two, me first green, green, green, green.

Do you think we can do that all together, I think we can.

Let's try, one, two, here we go.

Green, green, green, green.

Excellent, let's move on to our next musical note.

Now let's take just a few seconds and think of the color that we see when we look at these notes.

If you said the color you saw was yellow then you would be absolutely correct.

So whenever we see this musical symbol we are going to say the word yellow.

Just like how we did with our green note, I am going to start it off and then you are going to echo me.

Still on our shoulders.

One, two, me first, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow.

I think we can all do that together now, let's get ready.

One, two, here we go.

Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, excellent.

Now you see we are putting our green note and our yellow notes together.

So let's, I think we can do all of these notes together, I don't think I have to do this one first.

Let's try it, everybody still on our shoulders.

One, two, ready and green, green, yellow, yellow.

Excellent.

Now for this next one, let's try to do something different.

You are going to say the pattern first and then we're all going to say it together to see if we were correct.

Do you think we can do that, I think we can.

Let's try.

One, two, you first.

Let's see if we were correct.

One, two, here we go.

Yellow, yellow, green, green, excellent.

We're gonna move on to our last musical pattern that only has green and yellow.

So we're gonna do it just like how we just did, you are going to do it first and then we're gonna do it together to see if we were correct.

Let's try it.

Last time on our shoulders, one, two, you first.

Excellent, let's see if we were correct.

One, two, ready and green, yellow, yellow, green.

Excellent.

Now we are going to add another musical symbol.

Do you see this curvy looking symbol on the screen?

It is called a quarter rest, and every single time we see this symbol we are going to say, shh.

So whenever we see this symbol, shh.

Let's try a new pattern.

Now I am going to say this pattern first and then you are going to repeat or echo me.

This time, I'd like to keep the steady beat on our head and let's use our spirit fingers and not the palm of our hands.

I'm going to say first, and you're going to repeat me.

Green, shh, yellow, green.

Do you think we can try that together?

Let's try it.

One, two, here we go, green, shh, yellow, green.

Excellent.

Here is our next pattern.

I want to say it together this time.

So I'm not going to say at first, you are going to say it with me.

Still on our heads, spirit fingers.

One, two, here we go.

Green, yellow, green, shh.

Excellent.

Now for our last pattern I want you to try to say it first and then we're all gonna say it together to see if we were correct.

Let's try.

On our heads, last time.

One, two, here we go.

Excellent, let's try it together.

One, two, last time, shh, yellow, green, green.

Excellent.

I hope everybody had fun with me learning color rhythms.

I know I had a lot of fun, and I will see you next time.

Bye!

[cheerful music] - [Announcer] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB Foundation.

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