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- We're going to start making some words.

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[upbeat music continues] - Hi friends.

My name is Anna Raff and I'm a children's book illustrator.

Do you know what an illustrator does?

An illustrator draws pictures, and I draw pictures for books for kids.

Books just like this one that we're going to read today.

It's called "A Big Surprise for Little Card," it's written by Charise Mericle Harper and illustrated by Anna Raff, that's me.

Let's get started.

Little Card lived in a building with all of his card friends.

Each card had a special job.

Wide Card was a postcard, he couldn't wait to travel.

Round Card was a price tag for something important, she was sure.

Tiny Card was a prize ticket for a shiny toy.

Down there is Tiny.

Giant Card was a folder for important office work.

Right there.

Only two cards didn't know what their grown-up jobs would be.

Little Card and Long Card we're still waiting for their special letters to arrive.

We've got Little Card and Long Card.

Getting new mail was exciting, maybe too exciting.

Oops!

Umph!

Eeeeh!

Splat!

There were letters everywhere.

So can you see?

Little Card and Long Card have run into each other and the letters have gone flying.

"Look," shouted Little Card, "It's my special letter."

He read it aloud.

"Dear LC, congratulations, "you are a birthday card, your training starts tomorrow.

"Yay!"

Says Little Card.

And can you guys see Long Card on the ground?

Long Card looks a little confused.

Little Card loved birthday card school.

He was an excellent student.

Okay.

So here's Little Card, he's very excited.

Off to the side the teacher says, "Wait."

He's getting more excited, "Wait."

And on this side, "Wait," he's super excited and someone's coming in the door, and the teacher says, wow!

"Surprise, happy birthday!

And "Wow" says Little Card's friend.

Little Card's jumping up in the air, look at all those balloons.

That's a pretty good surprise.

Little Card loved everything about birthdays.

He loved the decorating and the games, the cake and the presents, but most of all, Little Card loved the singing.

He always sang the loudest.

♪ Birthdays are a special day ♪ ♪ You're one year older, hip hoo-ray ♪ One day when little Card came home from school Long Card was waiting for him.

"Our letters got mixed up," said Long Card.

"Look, you're not a birthday card, I am the birthday card."

So can you see?

Long Card is showing a Little Card the letter.

What do you think Little Card's thinking?

He looks a little worried.

"Does this mean I have to go to a different school?"

Asked Little Card.

"There's no time for that," says Long Card.

"Today is delivery day, it's time to go.

"You'll have fun," said Long Card.

"Your job is interesting and exciting."

Then she leaned in and whispered, "Just remember, always use a quiet voice.

"All aboard," says the driver.

Little Card looks a little worried still.

On the ride over to his new job, Little Card thought about Long Card's words.

Fun, interesting, exciting.

That sounded a lot like a birthday.

Suddenly he knew just what to do.

So here's Little Card, he's running out of the delivery truck, up the hill to the big, big building.

He raced up the path, opened the front door and shouted, "Happy birthday!"

"Shh!"

Said a man behind a big, thick, red book.

"This is a library.

"Oops.

"Then, happy library!"

Suddenly, a tall lady with fancy boots appeared.

It was Ms. Penny, the librarian.

She shook her head.

"Come with me," she said.

There's Ms. Penny and Little Card.

Little Card followed Ms. Penny to her desk.

"This is Alex," said Ms. Penny, "and you are her new library card.

"Hi," whispered Alex.

They're about to shake hands.

Alex and Little Card like each other immediately.

"Happy library day, happy library day, happy library day!"

said Little Card.

The library was filled with things to do.

There were games to play.

"Ta-da" said Little Card.

They're playing checkers, right?

There were snacks to eat.

"Cookies always taste better after a story," said Alex.

There was lots of room for decorating.

"It's a rainbow of books," said Alex.

"Let's read them all," said Little Card.

Look at all those books, all that color.

Little Card and Alex read every book in the rainbow, even the big black book about space.

"Look, I'm standing on Saturn," said Little Card.

The library wasn't exactly a birthday, but it was close.

"Do you know what's missing?"

Asked Little Card.

"A song."

Alex shook her head.

"The library is a place for whispering, not for singing," she said.

There's Alex.

But Little Card had a song in his heart and he just had to sing it.

He took a deep breath and sang in his quietest whisper.

♪ Read a story that's new ♪ ♪ Pick the right one for you ♪ ♪ It fills you with wonder, that's the magic books do ♪ Ms. Penny smiled and gave Little Card a gold star.

When it was time to go, Little Card followed Alex to the checkout desk.

While Ms. Penny stamped the books, Little Card recited the book promise Alex had taught him.

"We promise to read, respect, and return these books," he said.

"And enjoy them too," added Ms. Penny.

"That was as much fun as a birthday," said Little Card.

It's too bad Happy Library day is only once a year.

And they are walking out with their books.

"But it's not," said Alex.

"Look, Happy Library day is six days a week, every week.

"We can come back tomorrow."

Now she's pointing up at the sign that has the library hours.

It says Monday to Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.

Happy Reading!

"Yay!"

Shouted Little Card.

"That's the best surprise ever.

"And guess what?"

Whispered Alex, "Tomorrow is Ms. Penny's birthday."

Little Card couldn't believe it.

Happy Library Day and happy birthday together on the same day.

That was perfect for a library card who knew all about birthdays.

"Let's have a party," said Little Card.

"I know just who to invite."

The end.

That was pretty fun, right?

Now I'd like to show you how I draw Little Card.

All you need is a piece of paper and a pencil or pen or crayon, whatever you have, doesn't matter.

So ask your trusted adult, get your materials, and let's meet over at my desk and we're going to draw Little Card together.

Okay?

[upbeat music] Hi friends, so here we've got all we need to draw Little Card.

I've got a pen and a piece of paper.

Now, if you look at a Little Card over here, what shape is his body?

It's a rectangle, right?

His body is a rectangle and his arms are basically just lines coming out of his body with hands on the end, and then his legs are the same, but he's got sneakers on.

And then his hat is basically just a triangle with a pom pom.

So let me show you how I draw Little Card.

I'm going to start with a rectangle for his body.

Just like that.

And do you see what he's got on his tummy here?

He's got these tall rectangles, which are actually book spines.

I'm just going to draw a line across and then some stripes down for his body.

And now I'm going to add an arm.

He's got one arm going out here and one arm going out here.

Pretty easy, right?

Now I'm going to do a leg.

Leg going out here and a leg coming down here.

Now let's draw his hands.

I'm going to do them really simply, I'm just going to do fingers, just lines for fingers.

He's got four fingers.

Most of us have five, right?

He's got four fingers over here too.

Now let's do his shoes.

If you want to do a sneaker, you can do it, but I'm going to just draw a very simple line for his foot and another really simple line.

If we want to add socks we can do that.

Give him some socks.

Now we can do my favorite part, which is adding a face.

And do you see Little Card?

He's just got two eyes and a mouth, he's got no nose, but he's got some eyebrows.

So let's draw his eyes.

Two eyes, just two dots.

And then he's got a big smile 'cause Little Card is a smiling guy.

And then his eyebrows up above.

Look at that face, right?

Oh my gosh, I almost forgot the most important part, his birthday card hat.

So here we put a little triangle together on the side.

Its just a triangle for his hat, right?

His hat has some stripes so I'm going to add some stripes there.

And what's on top of the hat?

Can you guys see?

What's that called?

It's a pom pom.

So you know how you make a pom pom?

It's just a bunch of lines like Xs over and over again makes a pompom.

And here we have Little Card and Little Card says, "Yay!

"Libraries."

And that's how you draw Little Card.

Thanks again for joining me today friends, it was really great to read and draw with you.

Bye bye.

- Hi movers and shakers, this is violet, and I'm going to sing one of my favorite songs, "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes."

And my friend Nico is going to join us and sing some in Spanish as well.

You've can sing in whatever language you want.

Can you stand up straight or sit up straight and get ready to dance and move with me?

All right.

♪ Head, shoulders, knees and toes ♪ ♪ Knees and toes ♪ ♪ Head, shoulders, knees and toes ♪ ♪ Knees and toes ♪ ♪ Eyes and ears and mouth and nose ♪ ♪ Head, shoulders, knees and toes ♪ ♪ Knees and toes ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ Eyes and ears and mouth and nose ♪ ♪ Head, shoulders, knees and toes ♪ ♪ Knees and toes ♪ Thanks everyone!

[upbeat music] - There you are!

Hello friends.

My name is Isabel and I have been waiting for you.

Today, we are going to be playing some reading games, building words, writing words, and reading words.

Oh my goodness.

We are going to be listening for the first sound in words, the last sound in words and then all of the sounds in words.

We're going to be focusing on some very special letters.

The S that says, [making s sound] and the sh that says, shh.

S-H is a diagraph, that means they have two letters that make one sound.

How fun is that?

Are you ready to start?

Great, let's get started!

We are going to be starting with a phonemic awareness activity.

Phonemic awareness activities ask us to listen to all of the sounds that we hear in words.

So before we start, we should tune up our ears, right?

Let's go!

[flute playing] Excellent!

Today we're going to be listening to the first sound we hear in words and the last sound we hear in words.

That's called isolation, we're going to be separating those sounds.

Then we're going to break each word up into all of the sounds we hear.

So let's start by listening for the first sound we hear.

This picture is a picture of a lamb.

Can you say that word?

Excellent.

What's the first sound you hear in the word lamb?

[making l sound] Excellent!

[making l sound] is the first sound we hear in the word lamb.

Let's look at the next picture.

This is a picture of a gym.

Can you say that word?

What's the first sound you hear in the word, gym?

[making g sound] Excellent!

[making g sound] So, [making l sound] and then [making g sound], they have two separate sections for their separate sounds.

Now let's look at another word.

This is a picture of a pan, excellent!

What's the first sound you hear in pan?

[making p sound] Excellent, so let's see, where should it go?

[making l sound] mm-mm, [making g sound] mm-mm, it gets its own section.

Let's look at another word.

Here is a picture of a pin.

Excellent!

Pin.

What's the first sound you hear in pin?

Right, [making p sound] Let's see, where should it go?

[making l sound] [making g sound] [making p sound] Right!

Right on top of the pan.

Pan, pin, Here's our last one.

What is this a picture of?

A leash!

What's the first sound you hear in leash?

[making l sound] Let's see.

[making l sound] Yay!

Now let's look for the last sounds we hear.

I've taken down all of the pictures that we've had so far so we can sort them in a different way.

We're going to be listening for the last sound we hear.

So when we say the word, we're going to put emphasis on the last sound.

Let's look at our word lamb again.

Lamb.

Let's get it, lamb.

Okay?

What's the last sound we hear in lamb?

[making m sound] Good job.

Okay, so now we're going to be thinking about this column as the [making m sound] column.

Let's look at this word.

This is a pin [making p sound] in, [making p sound] in, [making p sound] in.

Last sound?

[making n sound] Excellent.

[making m sound] [making n sound] Different sections.

Here we go.

What is this a picture of?

Pan, pan.

Excellent.

Last sound?

[making n sound] Good job!

[making m sound] [making n sound] Oh yeah.

It's going right here.

Okay, here's the next word we have, this is the gym.

Let's put that emphasis, gym, gym.

What's the last sound you hear?

[making m sound] Excellent.

[making m sound] [screams] That goes in the [making m sound] column.

We have one more, let's see where this would fit.

This is a leash.

Okay?

Leash.

Well, that's one of our special sounds today.

Leash.

Okay.

[making m sound] [making n sound] Shh.

It gets its own section.

All right, let's break down each word into all the sounds we hear, let's start with our lamb, lamb.

L a m, good.

Let's go to gym.

G y m, excellent.

Let's go to pin.

P i n. Let's go to pan.

P a n. Let's go to leash.

L ea sh.

Good job, let's build some words.

Now we're ready to build some words.

But before we build words, we're going to think about our two special letters and letter combinations of the day.

So the first is the letter S?

What sound does s make?

Exactly, it says [making s sound] and you know what?

Mrs. Simmons was thinking, this is our next sound right?

S-H right, and I would think it would say, s shh, but it doesn't, because when you put s and h together it becomes a diagraph.

A diagraph is two or more letters that when you put them together, they make one sound.

So this actually says, what does it say?

That's right, it says shh.

So now we're ready to build some words, let's go.

So let's look at this word first.

We have another diagraph here, C-K, it says [making ck sound] all right?

Let's see.

S a sa ck, sack.

Sack or a bag.

Great job.

Now what happens when I take that lovely s out and I add our diagraph focus of the day?

What's our word now?

You already know?

Sh, a, sha, shack.

Shack.

Good job.

You're ready to read some words with me.

Now we are going to read some words together.

We are going to tap and say each word and we're going to read each line that way and then we'll reread the line for fluency, which means accuracy, reading it correctly, and quickly.

Okay?

So let's get started.

M, u, sh, mush.

Sh u t, shut.

H u sh, hush.

D, i, sh, dish.

Sh e d, shed.

Let's do that again.

Mush, shut, hush, dish, shed.

Next line.

S, e, ll, sell.

Sh, e, ll, shell.

S, i, p, sip.

Sh, i, p, ship.

Sh, a, ck, shack, I knew that one.

Sell, shell, sip, ship, shack.

Let's go to the next line.

P, i, ck, pick.

D, a, sh, dash.

B, a, ck, back.

S, i, ck, sick.

D, o, ll, doll.

Pick, dash, back, sick, doll.

C, e, ll.

Cell.

S, o, f, t, soft.

S, w, i, sh, swish.

H, a, sh, hash.

Sh, r, shr, ed, shred.

Cell, soft, swish, hash, shred.

Let's read some sentences together.

Hens peck at some mash.

Hens peck at some mash.

Last sentence.

[making j sound] Jan has a rash, rash on her shin.

Jan has a rash on her shin.

Now I would like you to get a piece of paper or something to write on and a pencil or something to write with and come right back for dictation.

[upbeat music] There you are, you're ready.

Excellent!

Now we're going to begin our dictation practice.

You're going to listen to one word today.

We're going to take everything we've learned about letters and the sounds they make in order to write a word.

I will say the word, you will repeat the word, and then we will tap it on our fingers.

If you're more comfortable tapping across your arm or karate chopping the sounds out, you can do that.

The word is dish.

Can you say that word?

Excellent, now let's tap it out.

D, i, sh.

Excellent, go ahead and write that now.

D, mm-hmm, i, sh.

Tell me what to write.

[making d sound] That's this letter, makes that sound, [making i sound] ahaa!

Shh, our special focus of the day.

Is this what you wrote?

Great job!

I had so much fun with you today friends.

Listening for the first sound in the words, the last sound in the word, and going through each sound you heard and reading with you, building words with you, and writing a word too!

Don't forget, you can always listen for the first sound you hear in a word or a last sound you hear in a word.

You can ask trusted adults to quiz you.

They love stuff like that, I know I do.

Until next time friends, don't forget, watch the next episode and see you soon.

Bye!

- Singing with my kid is more than just fun.

Want to 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.

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

This will help them learn new words.

- Remember what happened?

- Yeah.

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

Singing will help them 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.

- House.

- House.

- [Narrator] When you're around town-- - Mail box.

- Point things out and say what they are out loud.

- What does the red hand mean?

- Stop.

- What did we do yesterday?

- [Narrator] Weave language into your day anyway you can.

♪ All through the town ♪ [upbeat music playing] - Hi there!

So glad to have you here.

Today we're going to look at my favorite type of transportation.

And I'll give you a clue as to what that type is.

So listen.

[train whistling] Right, it's a train.

And we're also going to do some counting and looking at the order of numbers.

And then we'll do an activity where we make our own train and try to figure out exactly what number is on each train car.

So before we talk about trains, I have a question for you.

What are some types of transportation that you know?

So many, right?

There are cars and buses and boats and airplanes and helicopters, and scooters, and bicycles, and construction vehicles, and even rocket ships.

There are so many interesting types of transportation.

And one thing that is kind of interesting about trains, which is my personal favorite, is that trains go on a track.

And when we're talking about the order of numbers, once the train cars are on the track, those train cars stay in exactly the same order for the entire trip until the train gets where it's going at the end of the line.

And often, the beginning of a train, the first part of a train is called a locomotive or is sometimes called an engine that pulls the other cars behind it.

And at the end of a train some trains have what's called a caboose, which is the last car of a train.

But all trains are different.

So we're going to look at a number of different types of trains and we'll see what types of cars they have, how many, and also what order those cars are in.

So we're going to go visit a place that has a lot of different toy trains.

So let's go see what they have.

[lighthearted music] Here's a train.

It has three parts.

First is the locomotive and that comes first because it pulls the other cars.

Second is this car.

This is a flat car.

And third is the caboose, and that always comes last.

Let's see what other types of trains we can find.

This is an interesting train.

This one also has three parts, but it has two engines.

So which one pulls the train?

Well, when the train is going in this direction, that engine pulls the train, and when it's going in this direction, this engine pulls the train.

So a lot of times trains have to turn around at the end of the line, but in this case, it doesn't have to turn around, it just has to go the other way.

Let's see what other trains we can find here.

This little train's headed down the track, let's count it.

One, two, here it goes, off towards its destination.

Now let's get another train and we'll see if this one is longer or shorter.

Whoa, there's a nice long train.

All right, let's count.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Yes, this is definitely longer than the other train, and I wonder where it's headed.

Off it goes.

I love seeing this train from a long time ago.

First is the locomotive, which is a steam engine here.

Then second is a tank car, third is a box car, fourth is a flat car, fifth is a tender, and sixth is the caboose.

So that's six.

Now this train has three parts, but look, it has another type of vehicle right on top.

So how many cars do you see getting a ride on this train?

Right, two.

One, two.

We saw so many different types of trains.

I'm really glad we came to visit this collection.

Let's go back and see what we're going to do next.

Now we're going to do an art project where we make our own train, and each part of the train will be a different number.

Let's try it out.

There are lots of different things you can use to make a train.

I found some boxes, so I'm going to use these to make my train.

And first I want to think about how I can decorate them.

So I have some shapes here and I could use this to put on one of these cars and make a car with some shapes.

And I also have some paper, some colored paper and I think it'll fit right on this box.

Just needs some tape to kind of hold it on there.

Let me see.

Great, so now I made that one a different color.

I also have some markers here and I like to draw so I'm going to draw right on this box.

I can draw whatever design I like, I can draw pictures or dots.

Put some little dots there, maybe a smiley face.

[upbeat music playing] And I made some numbers that can go onto the boxes.

So I'm just going to put some numbers on here and let's take a look.

First, we're looking for the number one.

Do you see the number one?

Okay, great.

So I'm gonna put that right over here.

This is our first part of the train, number one.

Now we're looking for the number two.

Where do you see the number two?

Right, here we go.

Here's the number two and then the number three.

So now I have my train and you can make your train decorated however you like.

And we have one, two, three.

So are they in the right order?

They are.

Ready to go.

So you can make a train out of lots of different things.

So I'm going to see what else I have around my house that I can make a train with.

Here are some blocks that I found.

So this is what I'm going to use for my next train.

And I cut up some numbers so I could put them right on top.

Each block is getting a number.

I put some tape on there so it will say right on top.

And now they all have a number.

So we just put them in order.

One, two, and then which one comes next?

Right, three and then four.

So I have them in order but now I'm going to make a track.

And I get a lot of mail so I decided to use the back of one of my envelopes for my track.

Now I'll take a marker and just make a line down then another line down and then lines across, across, across, across, all the way to the end.

And there's my track.

So I'll put the cars on there.

One, two, three, four, and my train is ready to go.

And you can make your train go anywhere you want, just keep adding envelopes one after the other and it can go as long as you want.

You can also draw your own train and you can decorate it how you'd like with some markers or crayons, add different colors.

And you can put a design of your own style and make it just the way you'd like to make your train.

And you can add as many cars as you want, make the cars different colors or make them just like the other train, whatever you want.

I look forward to hearing what kinds of trains you come up with.

I also found some pennies.

There are so many different things you can use.

And I put numbers on the back of each penny.

And when they're like this, it looks like a big jumble of numbers.

I can hardly even tell which numbers I have but I'm going to put them in order.

And for this one, I made a track out of a strip of paper and I just folded up the edges of the paper and we can line up our pennies.

So first, going to look for the number one because that's our first number.

And then second is number two, and third is number three.

Fourth is number four, and fifth is number five.

Can you hold up five fingers?

Right!

Then we have six for number six and the seventh one is number seven, the eighth one is number eight.

Ninth one number nine, and we have the number 10, which is our tenth penny.

So we have them lined up from one to 10 and then we can just push them down the track and head on our way.

So today we made our train and we put it in order from one to 10, and we also looked at a lot of other trains.

And no matter what type of transportation you like, I hope you spend some time counting.

Maybe you'll go to the park and see two scooters or four bicycles, or maybe you'll look up and see one airplane, or maybe you'll see four boats in the river.

No matter what you see, I hope you think about counting and also enjoy the transportation that we talked about today.

So thanks for being here and I'll see you next time.

[speaking foreign language] - Once upon a time-- [speaking foreign language] - Yeah.

♪ Copper kettles and warm wool ♪ [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] - I do like them here or there, I do not like them anywhere.

[speaking foreign language] - House.

- House.

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

- Stop.

[speaking foreign language continues] ♪ All through the town ♪ [upbeat music] - Hi artists, my name is Daniel, I am an artist with the Studio in a School and today we're going to look for lines in our homes.

These are the materials that you will need.

A white piece of paper.

It could be copy paper, it could be drawing paper, notebook paper, any kind of paper that you can find at home.

I'm also going to use this pencil but you can use any kind of pencil or if you prefer, you can use a crayon or a marker.

Now, if you look around your home what kind of lines do you notice?

There are lines all around us, come with me.

Artists, I was looking around my home and I found my first line right here on the floor.

Do you notice here on the hardwood floor?

What kind of line do you notice?

Look at this.

Do you know the name of this line?

It is a straight line.

Would you like to make a straight line with me?

Let's make a line together.

Pretend that you have a pencil in your hand.

We're going to start here on one side and we're going to move our hand all the way to the other side to make a straight line.

Can we go in any other direction?

Let me look at the floor.

Do you see this little or short line?

What kind of line is that?

It is also a straight line but it's going in a different direction.

Can we still go in a different direction with our line?

Look at here, again on the floor.

We have a line that is going tilted, it's going in a diagonal.

Okay artists, let me draw the straight lines that we found here.

Where should I begin?

Should I start on the top, in the middle, on the bottom of the paper?

Hmm, let me start here right in the middle.

Gonna point my pencil here and go all the way to the other side.

Maybe I'll stop here.

So we have a straight line.

Now let me try to go in a different direction.

I'm going to go short line here.

Maybe I can also use the corners a little bit.

I'm going to start here on the top corner.

Oh, I also put a little bit more pressure.

Do you notice what happened with the line here?

What happened when I put a little bit more pressure?

Looks a little bit darker.

Okay, let me do one more here.

I'm going to go in a diagonal and I'm going to start here right on the bottom.

I'm going to start very softly and then I'm going to put more pressure.

Okay artists.

So we started with a straight line that goes in different ways.

Let's look for more lines.

Look around here.

I love how many lines we see here.

Do you notice different lines in here?

Now I have a lot of choices but I noticed something very special.

I'm going to look at these shells.

Now let's see, what kind of line do you notice here?

Do you see that?

It's called a spiral.

Look at the spiral here, going around, around and around.

Would you like to make a spiral with me?

Okay, let's pretend that you have a pencil in your hand.

We're going to start very tiny and then we're going to grow a little bit.

We're going to go around and around, a little bit larger, all the way here.

Do you notice the spiral?

Okay, I'm going to draw the spiral.

Where should I put it on my paper?

I'm going to put it here so I can see it carefully.

So I can make the spiral on the top, maybe in the bottom, the corners, or on the side of the paper, let me think.

I'm going to try here on the opposite top corner.

Gonna hold it this way.

Here we go.

Tiny first, around and around, and it's going to touch here.

This straight line, almost touching.

Do you notice the spiral here?

I already caught two lines.

Would you like to come with me and look for more lines?

Ready?

Let's go.

Okay artists, I kept going around my home and I found other lines.

Look at this piece of furniture here.

What kind of line do you notice here?

Gonna lift it up a little bit so you can see.

Do you notice?

How do you call this line that goes up and down, up and down, and it's a little bit pointy.

It is a zigzag line.

Would you like to make a zigzag line with me?

Okay, pretend that you have a pencil in your hand and we're going to go zigzag, zigzag, zigzag, zigzag, zigzag.

And I love this line because we can do it fast or slowly.

Would you like to do it a little bit faster?

Let's do a fast one, ready?

Zigzag, zigzag, zigzag, zigzag.

Okay, great.

Would you like to see a zigzag line on my paper?

Okay, let's try, I'm going to draw this line.

So let's look carefully.

Look at this zigzag.

So I'm going to put my pencil on my paper, but I'm thinking, should I make the zigzag line big or small?

I'm gonna try a big zigzag line.

Where should I put my line?

Shall I put it on the top, in the middle, on the bottom, on the sides, or maybe on the corners?

You know, let me try here on the top corner, and I'm going to start very small zigzag line and then I'm going to make it larger.

So I'm going to start, I'm going to put my pencil right here next to the short straight line.

I'm going to go zigzag, zigzag, zigzag, and we'll make it larger, zigzag, zigzag, all the way to the bottom corner.

Look at my zigzag line here.

This is a very exciting line.

Okay artists, let's look for more lines.

What do you notice here?

What do I have here?

Do you notice this plant?

What kind of lines can we find in this plant?

Let's look closely at one of the leaves.

Look at this leaf here on top.

What kind of line do you notice here?

We have a curved line.

Let me look at this closely.

So you notice that it goes from here all the way up and it makes a curve.

Would you like to make a curved line with me?

Okay, pretend that you have a pencil in your hand and we're going to go from here, from the bottom, up, up, up, up, up, and then around making a curve.

Can we go in any other direction?

Maybe we can start from the top all the way down.

We made another curve.

Would you like to see a curve on the paper?

Okay, I'm going to make a drawing of this curve on my paper.

Where should I place my curve?

In the top, in the bottom?

I have some space here on the sides.

You know, I'm going to put it here, right next to the diagonal line.

So I'm going to look carefully at the leaf, going to start at the bottom corner and I'm going to go up, up, up, up, up, up, around.

Look, I made a curved line right next to the diagonal.

Are you ready to look for more lines with me?

Let's go.

Okay artists.

I'm here at the table and I found some more lines.

Now look at the objects here that I have at the table.

Do you notice this plate?

I'm going to look at this plate carefully.

Look at the edge of this plate.

What kind of line is this?

Hmm.

If I put my finger, it feels a little bit bumpy.

If you notice, it is a bumpy line.

Would you like to make a bumpy line with me?

Okay artists, let's let's pretend that you have a pencil in your hand and we're going to make a bumpy line, bumpy line, just up and down, up and down.

And let's do one a little bit faster as we did before.

Bump, bump, bump, bump, a bumpy line.

Okay.

I'm thinking, where should I place it on my paper?

I can have the bumpy line here on the top, I have some space, on the bottom, maybe on the sides.

You know, I'm going to try here on this side right next to the zigzag line and a little bit close to the spiral.

So let me see.

I'm going to start next to the spiral, I'm going to go bump, bump, bump and I'm going to put a little bit of more pressure.

Remember what happens when you put more pressure with my pencil?

Let's see.

Oh.

Do you notice what's happening?

My bumpy line is a little bit darker.

So I found this bumpy line.

Now I have other object here on the table.

Let me see, what other lines do you notice?

Do you see here?

This is a telephone cord.

Let me see, what kind of line do you notice?

I'm going to follow the cable with my finger.

I think it's a little bit like a loopy line.

Let's make a loopy line together, are you ready?

Okay, pretend that you have a pencil in your hand.

We're gonna go loop, loop, loop, loop, loop, and I like the sounds, I like to find sounds for my lines.

Where should I put my loopy line?

What do you think?

Should I put in the top, in the bottom?

Let me try one right on the top close to the edge of the paper.

Let me see, I'm going to start from here.

Do you notice this small part?

And I'm going to go here loop, loop around, go all the way, and it loops one more time and I'm going to touch a little bit of the zigzag line and go all the way up.

Do you notice that loopy line?

Wow artists, I finished doing my loopy line here on top of the paper, close to the edge.

Hmm.

I found a lot of lines, let me show you all of the lines that I found today.

Do you notice all of the lines that I found?

Thank you so much for coming with me.

Now, let's look at the lines closer.

Gonna put my paper down.

What kind of lines do you notice here?

Which ones do you remember?

I remember finding a straight line.

Remember the straight lines?

Look up here on the top corner.

I have a short straight line that is going from top to bottom.

It's a vertical line.

Any other straight lines here on the paper?

Yes, look at this one.

It's going across from one side to the other one, it's going in a different direction it's a horizontal line, but it is also a straight line.

Any other more straight lines?

I remember this one, the one that it goes slanted.

It is a diagonal.

So we have three different kinds of straight lines.

What other lines do you notice?

I really love the spiral.

Remember that, we went around and around and we made it a little bit larger?

Where is the spiral?

On the top, middle, bottom, on the corners?

Yes, in the top corner we have this spiral that was almost touching the straight line.

What other lines did we make?

I really love the zigzag line.

Went all the way from the top all the way to the bottom.

And yes, I'm not forgetting about this curve.

Look at the curve that went up and down, the bumpy line right on the edge or the side of the paper, bump, bump, bump.

And what was the last line that we made together?

Yes, the loopy line right on the top part of the paper.

Loop, loop, loop.

Okay artists, I found a lot of lines.

Now it is your turn to find some lines in your home.

Try to find at least five different lines.

And remember to bring your paper and your pencil to make sure that you draw all of these lines.

You can also ask a trusted adult to help you find different lines in your home.

Have fun, and I'll see you next time.

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

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