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Welcome to Story Time with me, Ms. Darlene.

Today's Read Aloud is called Polar Bear's Underwear.

Written and illustrated by Tupera Tupera.

While we're reading the story, look out for really cool patterns that we can use later on in a fun matching activity.

I'll show you how you can create your own matching game to play at home with family and friends.

So if you're ready, let's have fun reading.

Poor Polar Bear.

He can't find his underwear.

"What's the matter?"

asked his friend, Mouse.

"I lost my underwear."

"What kind of underwear were you wearing today, Polar Bear?"

"I can't remember."

Uh-oh.

That's a real problem.

"Don't worry, Polar Bear.

We'll look for it together."

"Thank you, Mouse."

What a nice friend to help him look for something he lost.

"Look at this colorful striped underwear.

Is this your pair, Polar Bear?"

"No, that is not my underwear."

"Well, whose underwear is it?"

Do you notice the stripe pattern?

I notice it, it repeats.

So red, dark blue, light blue.

Dark blue, green, dark blue.

Red, dark blue, light blue.

A pattern is something that repeats itself over and over again.

Let's keep reading to see how many more patterns we can find in the book.

"It's Zebra's underwear.

And it's his favorite pair too."

I think that was awesome on Zebra.

It matches his stripes.

"This pair has treats all over it.

It looks delicious.

Is that your pair, Polar Bear?"

"No, it isn't mine, Mouse."

"Whose underwear is it?"

What pattern do you see here?

I see a lot of yummy treats.

Maybe it's an animal that loves to eat treats.

Let's keep reading to find out whose underwear it is.

Nom nom nom.

"It's Pig's underwear."

Oh my goodness.

And it looks fantastic on Pig, too.

"Here's an itty bitty pair of underwear with flowers.

Cute.

"This pair looks too small for you, Polar Bear."

"I agree."

But whose underwear is it?

Look at the little teeny tiny underwear.

I noticed so far, that most of the animals fit their size of underwear.

Now can you think of an animal that's this tiny and that would fit this itty bitty pair of underwear?

Can you take a guess?

Let's see.

It's a butterfly's underwear.

Oh, what a perfect fit.

Do you notice any patterns here on this page?

I do.

I noticed some beautiful flowers on Butterfly's underwear.

"This underwear says I love mice.

This must be your pair, Polar Bear."

"No, this isn't my underwear at all."

"Well, whose underwear is it?"

Let's think.

Which animal absolutely loves mice?

Well, let's turn the page to see who it is.

Oh no!

It's a cat's underwear.

Run!

Did you know that cats love to eat mice?

That wouldn't be good for Polar Bear's friend, the mouse.

That's why he's running away.

I'd do the same thing if I were him.

"Wow, polka dot underwear with ruffles.

This isn't your pair, Polar Bear, is it?"

Let's have a look.

I noticed another pattern that's repeating itself.

Do you see it?

That's right.

Many polka dots on this beautiful pair of blue underwear.

Let's see who it belongs to.

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.

Can you wiggle?

It's squid's underwear.

And he has 10 legs.

Oh my goodness, 10 legs.

Can you help me count them?

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

10 wiggly legs.

These are the perfect underwear for squid.

Don't you think so?

This pair of carrot underwear is upside down.

"Is this your pair, Polar Bear?"

"No way."

"But whose underwear is it?"

Put on your thinking caps, guys.

What animal love carrots?

Do you think you can take a guess?

Let's see.

It's Bunny's underwear.

And it looks great on her head.

That looks great on her head.

How silly.

And I notice another cool pattern.

A pattern of yummy juicy, puffy, crunchy carrots.

"Hmm.

Here's some white underwear.

Whose pair can this be?"

Look closer.

I wonder whose underwear these are.

They're pretty plain.

I don't see a pattern here.

Well, let's keep reading to see who they could belong to.

"Polar bear!

You are wearing your underwear.

Your pair isn't lost at all."

"Oh, I forgot that I put on my new white underwear today."

Oh my goodness.

Silly Polar Bear.

We've been moving all over for his underwear.

Well, why do you think Polar Bear didn't realize that he had on his underwear today?

That's right.

His fur is all white and his underwear is all white.

So it was hard for him to see them.

Silly Polar Bear.

"I had no idea I was wearing my underwear all along, Mouse."

"I'm glad you found your pair, Polar Bear."

They get ready to sing a song.

Do you wanna sing along with me?

On the count of three, repeat after me.

♪ Polar Bear's underwear, ♪ ♪ So clean and so white ♪ ♪ He loves his pair because it's bright ♪ ♪ Polar Bear's underwear, so comfy and new ♪ ♪ Would you like to wear a pair too ♪ [giggles] That was a really fun story.

Now, we can look at all of the wonderful patterns that we saw and we can create our own matching game.

Stick around after the video.

I'll show you how you can play a matching game at home with family and friends.

The materials you'll need for this activity are some crayons, some markers or colored pencils, a pair of scissors that you'll ask a trusted adult or older friend or family member to help you cut with.

Some tape and some drawing paper.

This activity is called the matching game.

You can create this game at home with a family member or friends.

It's really fun to play.

I'll show you just how to get started.

You're gonna ask a trusted adult or family member to help you cut your drawing paper into squares.

I like to layer it with a color underneath because when you draw your pattern, you don't want anyone to be able to see what's behind.

But it is okay if you only have white drawing paper.

You can also use a crayon to color over the back so no one will be able to see through.

Next, what you'll do is you'll gather all the pattern cards that you make.

All of these are the wonderful patterns on this story.

Remember Butterfly's flower pattern underwear and Zebra's stripe pattern underwear and Bunny's carrot pattern underwear?

And don't forget Squid's polka dot pattern underwear.

So, make sure you make two of each or more.

It depends on how long you want to play the game for it.

But for today's video, I just made two of each.

And together with a partner, or even by yourself, you'll shuffle your matching cards up and then you'll turn them over.

Place on flat on the table with the pattern card facing down so we can't see.

And you can play a matching based on memory.

Let's see.

Now I shuffled up my cards.

This side of the way.

[lively music] Now, let's see.

I'll take a guess.

Let's see which pattern I can match.

I'll give it a shot.

Oh, there it goes, the Zebra's stripes underwear pattern.

Let's see if I can find the match.

I'll take a guess.

Oh no, it's not a match.

That's okay, I can try again.

Turn them back over.

Take another guess.

Let's see.

[lively music] I found a match!

I found two pairs of carrot pattern underwear.

Isn't that fun?

You can play this game with a family member or a friend at home.

I had so much fun sharing today's story with you.

Polar Bear's underwear.

And I had a great time showing you how to create your very own matching game at home.

I really hope you enjoyed it.

And as always, keep reading.

- Hi, movers and shakers.

This is Violet.

And today, we're going to sing head, shoulders, knees and toes.

But this time, my friends, Yssa and Katia are gonna help us sing in Portuguese.

You can sing in whatever language you want or you can just dance along with us.

So stand up straight or sit up straight and get ready to sing.

♪ 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 Portuguese] - Thanks, everyone.

[lively music] - Hi, friends.

How are you today?

I'm Ms. Lauren and today we're going to continue learning about letters and the sounds that they represent.

The first thing that we're going to do, we are going to play a listening game to get ourselves all warmed up and ready for our lesson.

I will then teach you all about the consonant diagraph, sh.

We will build and read some words together and then we will do a word sort.

Okay?

So we have a lot to do.

If you want to participate and join me in doing some writing on the board when I do writing words on the board, you can help me write and you can write just like I write.

So if you wanna go ahead and get yourself something to write with, a whiteboard and a marker or paper and pencil, you can go ahead and do that.

I'm gonna give you a few seconds to go grab something.

I'll play a little music.

And when the music stops, I'll begin.

Okay?

Go ahead.

[lively music] Okay, friends, here we go.

We are going to play a listening game.

During this listening game, this is what we're going to do.

I'm going to say a word and I need you to tell me the beginning sound.

I'll do the first one.

You listen very carefully.

The first word is show The beginning sound is shh.

So repeat after me.

You ready?

Show, shh.

You say.

Good.

Now you try it.

Ready?

The word is sad.

Right.

Sad, sss.

Did you say that?

Good job.

The word is quick.

You should've said quick, q.

Good job.

The word is shoe.

Shoe, shh, good.

The word is wet.

Wet, ww.

The word is shop.

Shop, shh.

The word is hop.

Hop.

Good job.

The word it is ship.

Ship, shh, wonderful.

Now let's try the ending sounds.

Let's try the ending.

For example, listen carefully.

I'll do the first one.

The word is fish.

The ending sound is shh, repeat after me.

Fish, shh.

You say.

Good.

Try this word.

Wish.

Wish, shh.

The word is mess.

Mess, sss.

Good job, the word is rush.

Rush, shh, wonderful.

The word is dish.

Dish, shh, great.

You did a very nice job with our listening game.

Let's move on.

Okay, are you ready?

All right.

This is what I'm teaching you today.

This is the consonant diagraph, sh.

It sounds like shh.

There it is.

And that is a picture of a shark, right?

Shark.

Shark begins with the sound shh.

And sometimes you have two consonants that come together and they make one sound.

Here, the consonant letters S, H come together and they stand for the shh sound.

The letters can stand for the shh sound in the beginning, or end of a word.

Let's take a look at this word.

This is the word shell.

The consonants S, H stands for shh at the beginning of this word, shell.

And let's remember when there was one vowel followed by consonants, the vowel is usually short.

So we have sh-e-ll, shell.

Let's look at this word.

This is the word wish.

Here, you can see that we have an sh at the end.

And here, this sh stands for shh, w-i-sh.

So you see, we can have sh at the beginning, or we can have sh at the end of words.

Let's try reading some words together.

Let's try reading this word together.

Are you ready?

We have shh.

Shop.

Shop.

Shop.

Right?

You got that?

All right, let's do another one.

Okay, you ready?

Here we go.

Sh-e.

Shed.

Shed.

Good job and let's do one more.

You ready?

Okay.

D. Da.

Dash.

This is the word dash.

Nice job.

Okay, readers.

Let's continue and try to read some more words.

Are you ready?

Okay, here we go.

Let's start here.

I'll go on top.

Let's start here.

You ready?

Sh-a-ck.

Shack, right?

There we go.

Let's do this one.

You ready?

Now you try.

Rush.

Good, if you said that.

Let's do the next one.

D. Dash, yeah, good job.

Let's do the next one.

Fish, good.

This one.

Ship and?

Mash.

Good job, readers.

Let's go ahead now and do our words work.

For our words work, what we're doing is we're going to use two words as our headers That's gonna sit at the top of our word lists, of our columns.

The first word is ship where the sh is in the beginning.

And our other word is wish where the sh is at the end.

So we have a couple of more words.

These are just gonna be there as our headers, as our guides.

And as I read a word out loud, you're gonna read with me.

We're going to determine where it goes.

Is there an sh in the beginning or is there an sh at the end?

Are you ready?

Okay, take a look.

This is the word D, dash, right?

Dash.

So where do we see and hear the sh?

The shh sound?

Let's say it, dash.

Shh.

Yeah, it's at the end, isn't it?

And that should go then under the word, wish that has the S H at the end, good job.

Let's try this one.

Here's the word.

Sh-ape, shape.

So let's hear it.

Shape.

It's in the beginning.

Good job.

Just like ship.

Let's do another one.

Ready?

This is word.

Shoe, shoe.

Let's say it and hear it.

ready?

Shoe, shh.

It's in the beginning.

Just like ship in shape.

Let's do this word.

F-ish, fish, right?

Let's hear it.

Say it.

Fish.

Yup, it's at the end.

Just like dash and wish, it's at the end.

All right, let's do another one.

This is the word.

Sh-op, shop.

Let's hear it.

Shop.

At the beginning, like ship, shape, shoe and shop.

All goes together.

And last but not least, rush, rush.

Okay, let's hear it.

Rush.

At the end, good.

Like wish, dash, fish and rush.

Excellent job.

All right, my friends.

You did fantastic today.

We played a listening game to get us all warmed up.

I taught you all about the consonant diagraph, sh, and we read words together.

We decoded them and we did a word sort which you did a great job with.

Be sure you come back and tune in so you could continue learning all about letters and sounds.

Bye.

[calm music] - I use TV to help my kid learn.

Wanna know how?

- [Narrator] Pay attention to what your kids watch on TV.

Not all shows are appropriate for your little ones.

Watch TV with your kids.

[playful music] Talk about the show with them and apply it to your daily life.

After you watch a show, point out related examples throughout your day.

Good job.

Read a book or do activities about the theme of the show.

Make TV time into learning time.

[playful music] - Welcome, welcome.

My name is Max from the Memphis Zoo and I am here with a very good friend of mine that I'd like for you all to meet.

Today, I brought my good friend Indy, the tailless whip scorpion.

Now a lot of people see tailless whip scorpions and thinks that they look really scary.

But Indy and I are here today to tell you that they're actually not that scary, they're harmless and have a really important role to play in helping our environment.

So, first, let's start with talking about what tailless whip scorpions are.

So they are a member of the arachnid order, much like and true scorpions, the ones with the stingers.

And they are called tailless whip scorpions and sometimes even whip spiders.

However, they're not actually spiders or true scorpions.

They're from a special order of animals called amblypygids.

Which I know is a mouthful to say.

So let's say together three times fast.

Amblypygids, amblypygids [mumbles].

And I always get through.

Amblypygids are really cool because they can actually be found living in warm and tropical areas all over the planet.

You can find them in continents such as Asia, Africa, South America and even here in North America.

Now you may be wondering, Max, why have I never seen an amblypygid or tailless whip scorpion before?

And there's actually three good reasons for that.

The first is that they're nocturnal.

Which means they prefer to be resting and hiding during the day.

And they come out at night to go looking for food.

Now, for a arthropod or an animal with six different eyes, they actually don't have to worry about being able to see that well at night, because even though they have six eyes, they don't see that well anyway.

And said they have some special adaptations for being able to find their way around.

So the reason they're called whip scorpions is because if you look carefully, you will see that they have two long appendages or specialized legs right next to their heads.

And they look a lot like whips.

But they don't actually use them to whip anything.

Instead, they use those to sense what's going on around them and that's how they find their way around.

They can also use it to find other smaller bugs to eat or to avoid predators such as reptiles and birds.

Imagine having, say, for example, too long fingers stuck to your head and using those to feel your way around.

So the second reason you probably haven't seen a tailless whip scorpion before is because they usually like to hide in tree cavities or holes in the tree, or sometimes under leaves, rocks and inside of old logs as well.

And that is because even though they may look a little scary to certain people, they actually have a lot of predators.

There's lots of different types of reptiles like lizards and birds that would love to eat them.

And they don't actually have a lot of ways of protecting themselves.

So whenever they get scared, they prefer to run and hide underneath something.

The third and last reason you probably haven't seen an amblypygid or tailless whip scorpion before is because they are very, very fast.

Take for example, Indy's favorite food, which is crickets.

If they wanted to catch a cricket, they'd have to move really quickly and lunge and grab it with those big arms and pull it in before the cricket can hop away.

Now, those arms actually have a fancy word.

They're called, repeat after me, pedipalps.

And those pedipalps help them to hold onto their foods so they can bring it in and eat it up.

And the reason they have those long spiky-looking things on those pedipalps is because it makes it easier to quickly grab a cricket, and then bring it in so they can eat it up.

Now, say they wanted to wrap those pedipalps around my finger, it would feel a lot like getting pricked by a thorn.

So actually not too bad.

But the thing is they really don't like to use those pedipalps to protect themselves.

If they get scared or if say a predator like a bird or a lizard tries to eat them, they prefer to run and hide.

So not really that scary when you think about it.

If they got in a situation though when they couldn't hide anywhere, they would actually choose to open up those pedipalps and make themselves a really big to try and scare away any predators.

Kinda like when you flex your muscles to look nice and tough.

So if they get scared, they run and hide, and they have a lot of predators as well.

So if we think about it, they're really not all that scary.

But part of the reason I'm talking about tailless whip scorpions or amblypygids today is because they have a really important role they play in our ecosystem.

They help lots of plants and animals that we have around us and in our neighborhoods.

As I mentioned before, they do like to eat smaller bugs.

And without any arachnids, such as spiders, true scorpions or tailless whip scorpions around, there might be a lot more pesty bugs bugging you like mosquitoes, for example.

So they help to keep the bug population down.

And another important role they play is that they're actually a food source for a lot of different animals.

So if there was no more arachnids or tailless whip scorpions around, it'd be a lot harder for certain animals like lizards or birds to find any thing to eat.

So there are a lot of common questions that me and Indy get whenever we are out to meeting guests.

The first one is can tailless whip scorpions bite?

And they actually cannot bite because they don't have jaws.

And they have very tiny little mouths.

So they don't bite.

They don't sing and they're not venomous at all.

Now they can grab onto what those tiny little pedipalps, but that's something that they really don't want to do.

Because as I mentioned earlier, they don't like to use it to protect themselves.

And they only do that when they get really, really scared.

Indy for example, has never done that with me.

Another question that we get is what happens if a tailless whip scorpion like Indy loses a leg?

And that's actually a very cool process because when tailless whip scorpions are growing from babies and to big adults, like you see right here, they don't have skin that stretches as they grow like you do.

Instead, they have to shed their exoskeleton and grow a whole new one.

Kind of like when you outgrow say a jacket that gets too small, you have to take it off and put on a fancy new one that fits better.

Same thing happens with the tailless whip scorpion.

They will grow a whole new exoskeleton, shake off the old one.

And when they're growing that new exoskeleton, they can actually grow their limbs, like their legs back.

So if they do lose a leg, it's okay.

The next time they molt, they can grow it right back.

Another question that people like to ask is does Indy have any friends?

Well, tailless whip scorpions are actually a solitary animal.

Solitary means they prefer to be by themselves.

Sometimes, they will meet with each other in their natural habitat if they want to hatch some eggs.

But for the most part, they like to be on their own.

They're actually happier that way.

But it's okay.

Me and Indy are best friends, even though she won't admit it.

So I think that will do it for us today, folks.

Thank you so much.

Have a wonderful rest of the day and please, do both me and Indy a favor.

The next time you see an arachnid, try not to squash it.

You give them space and they'll do the same for you.

Thanks for joining us and take care.

[dramatic music] - [Announcer] Now that is one serious stare-down from Sue the Puma representing the US of A.

Welcome back to the Memphis Zoolympics.

I'm Greg Gaston.

Sue making sure she looks stylish for the freestyle cat hunting competition.

One of our other competitors hails from Russia.

And that's Sputnik the amur leopard.

Grumpy and clever.

And say hello to the representative from Africa, Jamela the lioness.

I guess saving her strength for the stiff competition.

First up is Sue the Puma.

There is the target.

That's what they're looking for.

Wait for it.

Wait for it.

Here comes Sue.

Oh, come on, Sue.

All that training for nothing.

Two goose eggs from the judges.

I guess it just wasn't Sue's day.

Rough one for all the pumas watching this one from around the country.

All right, here's Sputnik.

Extremely engaged, already stalking his prey but he can't detect the treat inside the target.

And for a moment, he heads to the rocks and protests, but this is Sputnik.

He would not be denied.

He spots the target.

It's gonna rise up on his hind legs and strikes the target.

Problem is, he never finds the prize inside.

The speed, not what the judges were looking for.

A high of 6.0 and a low of 4.0.

Not great scores.

Now, the African lioness, Jamela.

Let's check her out.

No nonsense.

This is a competitor who understands her mission.

Gets to the target.

Wait, wait, what's this?

A friendly lick?

You're a lioness, for goodness' sake.

Go get it, Jamela.

Go get it!

It's right there for the taking.

There you go.

She spots a treat inside.

And now we get to watch her as she's about to devour it.

The judges absolutely love it.

And it's a runaway for Jamela.

I guess to the Victor go the spoils.

In this case, goes a nice little treat for Jamela.

Should we take a look at the middle results for this competition?

It's Jamela easily winning the gold.

Sputnik will take home the silver and Sue the Puma will settle for the bronze.

Great competition today at the Memphis Zoo.

I'm Greg Gaston, so long, from Memphis Zoolympics.

[dramatic music] [calm music] [speaking in foreign language] [narrator speaking in foreign language] [playful music] - Hi, artists.

I'm Belinda.

I'm a teaching artist with studio in a school.

Today, we are going to look for patterns in our own home and we're going to create two new patterns from our imagination.

The materials you'll need are paper, you can use drawing paper, notebook paper or printer paper, or any other paper you can find that you can draw on.

And then you're gonna need some drawing tools.

Make sure your tools have color.

So you can use color pencils, markers, or crayons.

Anything with color.

Before we go look for patterns in our home, let's talk about what a pattern is.

A pattern is when a line or shape repeats itself over and over again.

You can find patterns on curtains like the one behind me.

You can find patterns on clothing like the shirt I'm wearing.

You can find patterns on rugs, on tablecloth and toys.

I like to introduce you to one of my toys.

This is Simon.

Simon is a puppet.

My friend, who is also an artist, made Simon.

Simon is wearing a pattern on his outfit.

Can you see it?

His outfit has red and white stripes repeating themselves all around.

He has a second pattern on the back of his head.

You can see that the artist painted a curved line over and over again.

The artist wanted to describe the hair assignment on Simon.

Come with me now, while we go look for patterns in my home.

Before we begin to draw our patterns on our paper, we're gonna fold the paper to make four boxes.

To do that, you want to take this side of the paper and bring it to the other side.

And I like to hold it down with one hand so it doesn't move.

And then I can push down with this hand to make a crease.

And then you're gonna fold it one more time.

You can take your paper, turn it so it's side to side.

So it's horizontal.

And then you're gonna take the paper and meet it with the other side.

And again, hold it down with this hand and crease with the other.

When you open it up, you will see that you will have four rectangle boxes.

One, two, three, four.

You can also draw four boxes on your paper like this.

There.

Now we're ready to begin to draw our patterns.

I noticed the wall by my fireplace has a pattern.

Do you see a pattern?

What shape is repeating itself over and over again?

Let's look.

[playful music] Rectangle.

[playful music] Rectangle.

It's repeating itself.

I'm gonna draw that pattern in my first box.

[playful music] I'm gonna I use my purple marker to draw my rectangle pattern in my first box.

[playful music] I'm gonna use my entire box to fill my pattern.

[playful music] There, I'm finished.

I filled my entire box with my rectangle pattern.

Now come with me while I go look for more patterns in my home.

I found another pattern here on my couch.

Can you find it?

It's right here on my pillow.

Let's look closely and you can find the shapes that are repeating themselves.

Circle square, circles square, circle square.

All over my pillow to make a pattern.

I'm gonna draw this pattern in my second box.

Come watch.

I'm gonna use my blue marker to draw my circle square pattern in this box [playful music] There, I finished.

I noticed something now that I'm looking at my entire box.

I noticed that the pattern I made is not only going side to side and up and down, but it's also going diagonally Like this.

Now we're going to create two new patterns in our bottom boxes using our imaginations.

What type of pattern will you create?

Will your pattern have different types of lines?

Or maybe a pattern with different colors?

Will you use geometric shapes like rectangles, circles or triangles?

Or organic shapes?

Shapes that don't have a name and often, look like things you find in nature.

My friend, Hannah found a pattern on the tiles in her bathroom.

She also found a pattern on her pillow.

In my first box, I'm gonna create a pattern using lines and two different colors.

I'm gonna use an orange and a purple marker.

And I think I'm gonna make a wavy line.

[playful music] Now I'm gonna use my purple marker.

And I'm gonna make another wavy line.

[playful music] Now I'm gonna repeat that to make a pattern.

And finished.

I repeated my wavy line all the way down to the bottom and I used two different colors.

Orange, purple, orange, purple, orange, purple.

Now I'm gonna create another pattern in my last box.

This time, I'm going to use two different shapes.

I'm gonna use a geometric shape, a triangle.

Now I'm gonna make an organic shape using a bumpy line.

[playful music] I'm gonna repeat these two ships across my box and down my box.

[playful music] There, I'm finished.

My pattern is a orange triangle with a purple organic bumpy shape.

Orange triangle and purple organic bumpy shape.

And I repeated it throughout my box.

Now it's your turn.

Find two patterns in your home to put in the first two boxes and the last two, you'll come up with your own pattern.

What lines shapes or colors will you use to come up with your own pattern?

Have fun.

[playful music] - Hi, I'm Ms. Gabriella and I'm a 3K and pre-K social worker in Queens.

And I'm so happy to be here with you today.

Today, we are going to read the book, Words Are Not for Hurting.

The author who wrote the book is Elizabeth Verdick and the illustrator, that means who drew the pictures is Maricka Heinlen.

Did you know it takes only 26 letters to make millions of words?

Some words are super short.

Hi, no, bye, yes.

Can you think of any super short words?

I thought of the words, fun and bug.

Some words are really long, like thingamajig, Mississippi, Abracadabra.

And some are just plain silly like wiggly giggly or cock-a-doodle-doo.

Words help you say lots of important things like I love you, thank you for helping me and you're welcome.

Sometimes your words are loud.

Ready or not, here I come.

And sometimes you words are soft.

Like shhhh.

Sometimes your words are funny.

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Sometimes you even sing them.

♪ La la la ♪ Your words belong to you.

You choose what to say and how to say it.

Your words can hurt or your words can help.

These are helpful words.

Let's work together.

Do you want to share this with me?

I'm glad we're friends.

We can take turns.

These words are hurtful.

You can't play with us.

Your clothes are ugly.

You're stupid.

Get out of here.

Those are very unkind words.

Words are not for hurting.

When you hear hurtful words, how do you feel?

Maybe you feel sad, mad, scared, mixed up, left out or lots of other feelings too.

And you can feel more than one feeling at the same time.

When you say hurtful words, how do you feel?

Maybe you feel sorry and wish you hadn't said them.

Have you ever said something that you felt really bad about?

Me too.

There's something you can do.

You can take them back like this.

I shouldn't have said those things.

I didn't mean it.

Here are two other words you can say.

What are the two words you think you can say when you hurt someone's feelings?

That's right.

I'm sorry.

Those two little words can be a big help.

Your words are important.

If you think before you speak, you can use your words well.

It takes only 26 letters to make millions of words.

So you've got lots of words to choose from.

You can tell this to yourself and to others.

Words are not for hurting.

It's a good reminder for everyone.

The end.

Sometimes, our actions and things we do with our bodies do the talking for us.

What's my body saying to you?

That's right.

My body is telling you that I'm feeling angry and I didn't even say a word.

What is my body saying to you now?

That's right.

My body was telling you that I'm feeling sad and I didn't even say a word.

So we call that body language.

Sometimes what we do with our bodies can let people know what we're thinking or feeling.

I want to talk about feelings words.

Once you have words for your feelings, you can get much better at saying how you feel and understanding how other people feel, at saying what it is that you need and what you want.

When you have feelings words, it makes it a lot easier to get along with others.

This is my son Grayson.

And he's gonna help show some of the feelings words.

Looks like you're showing us tired.

Show me happy face.

- Happy.

- Can you show me mad?

- Mad.

- Show me mad face.

- Happy.

- Happy.

Show me sad, what is sad?

Mad, show me mad.

- Mad.

- Show me mad.

- Mad.

- Mad.

Mad.

- Mad.

Have you never done something nice for someone and they didn't say thank you?

How would you feel?

How would you feel if someone said, give me that choice right now.

What if that person said, can you please share that toy?

You're more likely to want to share and play with the person who says it more respectfully and more politely, right?

We you're going to talk about our tone of voice.

What's the difference between an indoor voice and an outdoor voice?

Right, when we say indoor voice, we need to be a little bit quieter and calmer, right?

But in outdoor voice, we need to speak a little bit louder.

Our tone of voice can make a big difference in how people hear and feel about what we're saying.

I'm going to give you an example.

Let's pretend someone says to you, I wanna go.

And it's my turn!

How would that make you feel?

What if instead that person says, it's my turn because you went first last time.

How does that make you feel?

Is it easier to talk to the person with the first tone of voice or the second tone of voice?

The second one, right?

It's easier to problem solve with them and to talk with them and to work it out.

When they had a little bit of a calmer tone of voice.

Remember, it's okay to use a strong voice if anyone is hurting you or making you feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

How we sound plays a big part in what we communicate to others.

We're gonna talk about words that can help.

Asking questions is a great way to find out more.

You can find out more about what a person likes.

You can find out more about what a person feels.

By asking questions, you just get to know a person.

By asking questions, you can problem solve and work out issues or conflicts that you're having.

Compliments are words that can help.

Compliment is when you say something nice about something that someone did.

So an example is you might say to a friend, Oh I love how you drew that building.

I love how you built that really big tower with those blocks.

Those are really nice compliments.

Other words that can help is when you say an apology.

An apology is when you say that you're sorry.

If you hurt someone's feelings or hurt someone's bodies.

Sometimes we didn't even need to hurt the person but you can still say that you're sorry if you upset them.

And apology is not just saying you're sorry.

It's explaining why you're sorry and promising that you won't do it again.

Thank you for spending time with me today.

I hope after today, you think a little bit more about the words that you use.

And you use your words to help and not to hurt.

Bye.

[playful music] [lively music] ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ Does the cat like cookies ♪ ♪ Does the cat like cheese ♪ ♪ Does the cat like coffee or a stick of celery ♪ ♪ Does the cat like cabbage ♪ ♪ Does the cat like cars ♪ ♪ Does the cat like climbing up a new couch with his claws ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ Let's just draw a cat ♪ ♪ A big C here ♪ ♪ A mouth like that ♪ ♪ Whiskers, eyes ♪ ♪ And cheeks so fat ♪ ♪ Triangle nose and triangle ears ♪ ♪ Now we got a cat ♪ ♪ What do you like ♪ ♪ What do you like ♪ ♪ Cats like carp ♪ ♪ What do you like ♪ ♪ What do you like ♪ ♪ Cats like catnip ♪ ♪ What do you like ♪ ♪ What do you like ♪ ♪ Cats like cans of stinky cat food ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ ♪ C is for cat ♪ [cat meows] ♪ Meow meow meow ♪ [playful music] - [Narrator] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB Foundation.

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