[upbeat cheerful music] - [Announcer] Ready to learn?

- And I have with me here my friend.

- Malena.

- [Announcer] It's time to share a story, read and write.

- What's this word going to be?

- [Announcer] Discover, science, sing.

♪ How you going clean up the Earth ♪ ♪ If you don't clean your room ♪ - [Announcer] Play and so much more.

- We solve word mysteries!

- Word mysteries!

- [Announcer] Stay tuned for lessons and activities.

[children laughing] [upbeat cheerful music continues] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB Foundation.

[upbeat cheerful music continues] - Did a word that's important to you go missing?

- And now all you can feel, do or think is the opposite of that word?

- Then call us, I'm Sly.

- And I'm Gabby.

We're Word Detectives, and we solve word mysteries!

- Word mysteries!

Together, we run the Words for Online Detective Agency.

- We'll find your missing word fast.

- Not to mention briskly.

- And swiftly.

- Yeah, we're really good with words.

Wordsville!

- Wordsville!

Ready Sly?

Let's get serious.

We have to study some vocabulary words if we're going to pass our word detective test, so... - Gabby, I think you're frozen.

- Boo!

[dramatic music] - Hey, very funny.

- What is going on?

I can't be serious.

- Me either.

- If we don't get serious, we won't pass our test or get to keep the Wordsville detectives [cawing].

- Something's up, like a word mystery.

Hey look, Reporter Read's calling.

- Breaking news, I'm on the moon.

Not really, but I do need help.

My notebook is missing, this one.

- That notebook says "Serious".

- I keep notes in there on all my serious news reports.

- Serious means something that is important and not to be joked about.

Since the word serious is missing, we're acting the opposite, silly, ridiculous, and absurd.

- And all of this happened when I was working on a very serious and really meaningful news report.

[playful music] [Sly and Gabby laugh] - It's gonna be hard to take this case and our word detective test seriously, but we have to try.

- Tell us what happened and I'll show it to us with animation, recap time.

- I was at the newsroom working when both Baker Graham and Artist Clay came to visit.

I can't remember why they stopped by.

I was too busy writing my serious news report to pay attention.

But after Artist Clay and Baker Graham left, I started acting so silly that instead of writing my report with words, I used emojis and stickers.

Then I saw my notebook was missing, so I called you two.

- I smell a word mystery.

- I just smelled the sock.

Reporter Read, can you show us the scene as a mystery?

- Sure.

[dramatic music] That's where I usually keep my notebook, but I have no idea how these got there.

- I'll take a screenshot for our case.

Gabby, ready?

- We'll find who did the deed with speed for the Read.

- Time to get back to our cases old skippers.

We know what happened.

Someone took Reporter Read's serious notebook, and everyone is acting wacky.

- That's pretty good, but you should give us all mustaches.

Nevermind, I'm focusing.

Where it happened is the newsroom, and it happened when reporter Read was working on her news report [quacking].

- [Sly] Our suspects are Alice of Wonderland and Frankenstein.

- Sly, we have to fight the sillies.

- You're right, our suspects are Baker Graham, and Artist Clay.

Now we need to figure out who did it, how, and why?

Let's look at the scene of the mystery.

- [Gaby] There's a plate of smiley face cookies and some paint.

- Cookies are Baker Graham's department.

[phone ringing] - Word Detectives, I'm making gingerbread versions of everyone in Wordsville.

Oh, here's your word Detective Sly, "I solve word mysteries."

- Sly, you look scrumptious.

- The magic of frosting.

It always puts a smile on my face, see?

- I do see.

- Baker Graham, could you tell us why you were at the newsroom this morning?

- Well, I wanted to say hi and drop off some smiley face cookies for Reporter Read.

She always worked so hard reporting on serious news topics.

That's probably why she's always so serious.

I thought she could use a break with something that would make her smile, and now I'm going to make me smile.

- Hey, that's my head.

- When I realized she was too busy with her big news report, I left the cookies and came back here.

Maybe Artist Clay knows more, talk later.

- Baker Grandma's worried Reporter Read is a little too no nonsense.

- Hey, how could you not like nonsense?

- Let's see if Artist Clay has anything to say.

[phone ringing] - Artist Clay.

- You look different today.

- Oh no, Gabby, he's trapped in an invisible box.

- [chuckling] It's just a pretend box.

- Oh, I knew that.

- I thought instead of making art, why not become the art?

- Speaking of art, we saw something splattered in the newsroom.

- It's mine, I asked Reporter Read to model for my portrait of a serious person.

She's perfect for it since she rarely jokes around.

- That's true.

- But when I opened my paint, she asked me to stop making noise.

So I grabbed a cookie, cleaned up my paint and left.

Now I should go.

[bell dings] [playful music] - What did we learn today, Sly?

- This cat loves playing the piano.

[Sly and Gabby laughing] - Okay, so Sly, case notes.

- Right, Baker Graham brought the smiley cookies to make Reporter Read smile.

- This baby makes me smile.

[Sly and Gabby laughing] Oh, we have to stop.

What else?

- Artist Clay wanted to paint a portrait of a serious person.

- That's right, he wanted Reporter Read to be serious, but I know who didn't.

- Me too!

Let's show everyone how it happened.

[phone ringing] [vocalizing] Now presenting your word mystery animated reenactment of, "The Case of the Sillies".

- Reporter Read, I'm trying to capture the essence of serious, and you are perfect.

Just sit right there and I'll paint you.

- Click clack, I'm trying to type, I can't focus with all that noise.

- Hmm, I guess I should just go.

Oops, I ripped my pants.

- Hey, that never happened.

[Sly chuckling] - Reporter Read, I baked you cookies.

I hope they make you smile.

She's so serious about writing.

She didn't even notice the cookies, but I know what to do about that.

[suspenseful music] - Baker Graham is who did it!

[all gasping] - He swiped the notebook while Reporter Read and Artist Clay were busy, that's how he did it.

- He wanted Reporter Read to stop acting so serious all the time.

- That's why he took it.

- Yes, I did it.

Reporter Read, you were so serious about your big news report.

I thought you might want to take a break and have some fun, but I'm sorry for taking your notebook.

I'll bring it right back.

Or will I?

No, I'm just joking, I will.

[phone ringing] - Now that Wordsville is no longer silly, my serious news report is coming out.

It's all about Baker Graham and how hard he works to bake treats for all of Wordsville, that takes serious effort.

- It's about me?

Aw, thanks, I shouldn't have made decisions on how you should act or feel.

I'll take other people's feelings more seriously from now on.

- I'm ready to paint my serious portrait if you are a Reporter Read.

- Why don't we all share smiley face cookies first?

- I seriously love that idea.

- Thanks Word Detectives.

- Thanks Word Detectives.

- We did it, we solved "The Case of the Sillies".

Now we can get back to studying for our Word Detectives test.

- I guess the fun's over now, but here, I made us a practice test.

[mouse clicking] [dramatic music] Gotcha!

[Gaby and Sly laughing] Now, let's get serious.

[upbeat cheerful music] - Hi friends, it's Isabel, and welcome to my reading nook.

Today, we're going to be reading the story "El Cucuy is scared too".

It's a story about a little boy named Ramon who starts a new school tomorrow.

And the things that he's worried about are keeping him up.

He's nervous, and I think he might be just a little bit more than nervous.

But he is not the only one.

El Cucuy, the monster that lives in his flower pot is scared too.

Story by Donna Barbara Higuera.

Pictures by Juliana Perdomo.

[gentle music] "Go to bed Ramon or El Cucuy or will come get you."

Ramon can't sleep.

El Cucuy can't sleep either.

Toc, toc, toc.

Tin, tin, tin.

"Ibuum, you are not scared of me?

"You were always terrified of me before."

Scared and terrified are words that are like nervous, but way more intense.

"Other things are scarier to me now."

El Cucuy sighs, "Yo tambien."

- "I miss our old [speaking Spanish]," Ramon says.

"Yo tambien," El Cucuy's shoulders sag.

"I miss our old home too.

"I miss the desert wind and the coyotes singing."

Uuu, uuu.

"Dios mio, what is that?"

"Esta bien," Ramon reassures El Cucuy, "It is only the new sounds of where we live now.

"We will get used to it.

"But," Ramon worries, "this new school is much bigger.

"What if the library doesn't have a quiet corner "where I can read?"

"You are right, everything here is larger and lighter.

"There are so few small, dark places where I can hide."

"Don't be nervous.

"You'll learn where things are.

"If you are scared, I can ask a teacher "or a librarian where there is a safe place for you to go."

Did you notice that when Ramon helps El Cucuy, he helps himself too?

"But now I am thinking the kids at my new school "might not be like my old friends," Ramon says.

"What if my clothes are not like theirs?

"What if they make fun of the way I speak?

"Maybe I should not talk at all."

El Cucuy sighs.

"I don't have any amigos here either.

"I don't feel like growling or howling.

"No one will even know to be afraid of me."

How can Ramon help El Cucuy feel better?

Ramon pats El Cucuy on the shoulder.

[speaking Spanish], that means you are strong and brave.

"You'll make new friends.

"They might even be afraid of you.

"You'll have to show them that you are strong and valiente.

"Think of all the times I knew you'd crawled under my bed "just waiting to frighten me," Ramon says to cheer El Cucuy up.

"You were brave too.

"You jumped up and down on the bed, "so I ran back to my pot."

"Yes, and do you remember the time you howled outside "and scratched on my window "to keep me awake [speaking Spanish]?"

El Cucuy smiles, "And you didn't even listen.

"You sang [speaking Spanish] "to drown out my screeches until you fell asleep."

Ramon nudges El Cucuy.

"Or the time you made your eyes glow "from inside the closet [speaking Spanish]."

[uplifting music] "And you grabbed a flashlight and shined it right at me, "so I had to hide my eyes.

"You really think I am strong and brave?

", El Cucuy asks.

Ramon grins, "Yes, we are."

Did you see how helping El Cucuy helped Ramon?

And the same advice that Ramon gave El Cucuy, he could give himself?

Oh, what a beautiful story.

[upbeat cheerful music] Oo, oo, oo.

Hi friends, it's Isabel, and welcome to my learning corner.

Today, we're learning about one of the sounds that the vowel team OO makes, oo, like in book, look and took.

Are you ready to do some planning with me?

[children cheering] Great, let's get started.

Before we begin to read words with the vowel team, OO that says, oo, we are going to practice a phonemic awareness activity.

I'm going to say some sounds.

You are gonna repeat those sounds and together, we're going to blend them to make a word.

Keep an ear out for our oo sound of the day.

Are you ready?

Let's try one together, L-I-F-T, L-I-F-T, lift, lift.

Good job, let's try another one.

J-U-M-P, J-U-M-P, jump, jump.

Let's try another one.

C-OO-K. Cook!

Did you hear our sounds of the day?

Great job.

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

Are you ready to read with me?

[children cheering] Great, today our focus is on the vowel team, OO, that actually makes two sounds.

But today, we're gonna focus just on one of the sounds that the vowel team OO, which is oo.

Can you say that sound for me again, oo?

We're gonna use it to blend the sounds together to make the word, B-OO-K, book.

What's that word?

Book.

If I wanted to change the word book to took, what letter am I going to have to change?

Book, took.

That's right, I'm gonna have to change the B. I'm gonna change the B to the letter T that says T. What is this word?

Took, excellent, and you know, I took a look at you and you're excellent.

What if I wanna change the word took to look?

What would you expect to see?

What should I change?

Took, look.

I have to change the T. L, L makes the L sound.

Look, look.

Let me try another word.

What is this word?

Wow, you picked this up really fast.

Lemme try to catch up, F-OO-T, foot.

Foot, you're right!

You have a foot, and I have a foot.

But guess who doesn't have a foot?

A horse.

What does a horse have?

A horse has a hoof, H-OO-F, hoof.

That's a horse's foot.

One last one.

Sound this one out for me?

Sh-OO-K, shook, shook.

Now you're ready to read.

Let's read, think of our vowel team for today.

Let's answer a question before we read.

What sound does this vowel team represent when you see them together?

That's right, oo.

Now we're ready to read.

I want you to show what you know.

when the word appears on the screen, read it as fast as you can.

If you need to sound out the words as you read, that's fine, let's go.

[no audio] How did you do?

Did you read all of the words correctly?

Let's see, stood, soot, hood, rook, good, wood.

Great job, are you ready to write a word with me?

Great, I want you to grab a pencil or something to write with and a piece of paper or something to write on and come on back.

[upbeat cheerful music] Are you ready?

Great, the word we're going to be writing today is the word brook.

A brook is a small stream.

It's like it bubbles a little bit.

The word is brook.

Can you say that word?

Let's tap it together, B-R-OO-K. Go ahead and write that word down right now.

Yes, you got the vowel team in there, good job.

Okay, okay, tell me what to write.

B-R-OO-K, excellent!

Is this what you wrote?

Great job, oh, you have done a marvelous job today, friends, learning all about one of the sounds that the vowel team OO makes, which is oo.

Listen out for the sound this week, and see you next time friends!

[upbeat cheerful music] - [Narrator] Cougars may look like a large cat in size, but they are not in the class called panthera, which means they're classified as a small cat instead of a large cat.

[bright music] Large cats like lions and tigers can roar, but cougars lack the ability to roar and purr instead.

While they're named the cat of one color, cougars begin life with numerous dark spots on their fur and rings around their tail.

These markings provide a protective camouflage to keep the cub less visible while it's young and vulnerable to predators.

[bright music continues] As they age, they lose all these colorations and take on the color you see in adult cougars like Haley and Shasta at the Houston Zoo.

[bright music continues] [upbeat cheerful music] - Hello everyone, my name is Lia.

Today, we are going to make a collage.

Collage is a kind of art that we make by arranging shapes and gluing paper or other materials.

Let's look at what we have today to make our collage.

Paper for the background of our collage.

What else did you notice?

Green rectangle and?

- Triangle.

- Are they same size?

- No.

- [Lia] No.

- But they're the same shape, but they're not the same size.

A red circle.

- And I have another one, a little one.

- Square.

- A red square.

- And we also have glue and a stick to spread the glue.

Yes, you can use a glue stick too.

Hmm, what kind of collage can I make today?

I have an idea.

We can use the word imagination to make like a building or a house that we want to live in.

That sounds fun, right?

Can you help me?

Now, I want to use a big shape for my building.

Let's see what other shape if I want to make it bigger?

What happened when I connect them?

- It looks tall.

- Let's arrange it in another way.

So I'm going to put this one this way to make it taller.

I'm going to connect the shape together to make a bigger shape.

What else does a building need?

- A top.

- Can I use the triangle for the roof?

Let's see how I'm going to arrange them.

Now they match, the big one with a big shape, and a small- - With a small.

- What else does a building need?

- A chimney!

- A chimney!

- I know, I'm going to use this small rectangle to make the chimney - Look at the rectangle.

- Like a big rectangle?

- [Cici] Yeah.

- I'm overlapping the shape I put it on top of the other one.

I'm wanted to make a window like this with a circle.

Now that all the shapes are arranged, what do I need to do?

- Glue!

- [Amit] Glue!

- I'm going to glue first the big shape at the bottom.

Now I'm going to dip the stick in the glue.

Dab, dab, dab, and spread, and spread, and spread like butter on bread all around the edges.

Pinchy fingers, turn it over.

And now press, press, press.

- Press, press, press.

- Can we glue a small shape on the top of the big one?

[bright music] Now I can keep gluing later, but now it is your turn.

What will you use and how you will arrange them?

Are you ready?

Okay.

- The big part over for the door.

Yeah, I'm gonna put this one on top.

This one here.

[bright music continues] [bright music continues] [bright music continues] And put this.

And then put this blue piece on them.

- [Lia] Wow, look at those circles on top of the rectangle.

- Put this big one over here, and the small one down here.

[bright music continues] [bright music continues] [bright music continues] This on top of it.

- Wow, that building is really special with a square on the top.

I think we are ready to glue.

Let's do it [bright music continues] First, the big shapes and then the one that are on top overlapping.

[bright music continues] - Spread.

- [Lia] Spread, spread.

- Like butter on bread.

[bright music continues] [bright music continues] - Amazing, I think we are done.

We are gonna look at the collages now.

Amit, where is your favorite part?

- The chimney up here.

- What shape did you use for the chimney?

- A square.

- Cici, how did you arrange the shapes Cici?

- By overlapping.

- Which one do you overlap?

- The chimney, my important part was the chimney 'cause I don't have a chimney in my house.

- So you make the building that you want to live in?

Great.

Mia, how did you arrange those shapes?

- So I put this one together, and this one together, and this one.

- Mia, what is the most important part of your collage?

- The roof, the chimney and all the shapes.

- Perfect, thumbs up everybody.

You did amazing.

Now it's your turn to make your own collage.

What shape will you use, and how will you arrange them?

Have fun, artists.

[upbeat cheerful music] - Hello, I'm Micah, I'm four three quarters.

Today, I'm gonna show you how a tie a shoe.

First you put it on, then you pull it tight, then you cross it, and you put it through.

Then you make one bunny ear, two bunny ears cross them, put it through, and do that twice, one, and two.

That is how you tie a shoe.

[upbeat cheerful music] [upbeat lively music] - Hey, are you coming?

Yeah, it's started.

Okay, okay, see you soon.

Hi, I'm Olney, a Teaching Artist from the New Victory Theater.

And today, we're going to explore house dance and how it connects us to our community.

House dance is a style of dance that originated during the early 1980's in nightclubs in New York and Chicago, which is the birthplace of house music.

The style was influenced by African dance, Latin dance, tap, and even martial arts.

House dance is about freedom, improvisation, and feeling the music.

It's a groove and energy, and a ton of fun.

It's also a workout out, whew.

Today, we're going to explore some different house dance moves, put them together as a community and then celebrate with a cypher.

But speaking of community, where are my friends?

[knock on door] Yes, they're here!

[door creaking] - Hey!

- Come in, come in.

You do not need to take your shoes off.

Come on in.

These are my friends, Kyla and Nicole.

I am so glad you're both here, welcome.

Thanks Olney, I'm so happy to be here, but I am a little hungry.

- Me too.

- Well, one thing that can bring every community together is food.

And you know, we're actually gonna dance together by creating a menu of sorts.

- There's no actual, there's no actual food?

- Nope, let's go.

Today's house dance menu consists of three main ingredients, our base, our sides, and our individual spice.

Got it?

- Got it.

- Got it.

- Great, let's learn our base move first.

Our base move is the two-step.

It looks like this.

[upbeat lively music] Join in with me.

Ready?

Five, six, seven, and.

[upbeat lively music continues] Now that we have our base, let's explore some options for our sides.

Our first side is jacking.

It looks like this.

[upbeat lively music continues] [upbeat lively music continues] Our second side is a paddbre.

It looks like this.

[upbeat lively music continues] And our third side is lotus.

It looks like this.

[upbeat lively music continues] Okay, we have our base, and our sides.

Last but not least, we'll sprinkle some spice into our house dance meal with a little personal flair, that extra oomph we need to make it amazing.

For our spice, we should each come up with a movement that expresses our own individuality.

Hmm, let me think.

Oh, okay, here's what my spice move looks like.

[upbeat lively music continues] - Ooh, that is spicy.

- Thanks.

What does your spice move look like?

- Oh, maybe like.

[upbeat lively music continues] - Ooh, nice, I love that.

Here's what mine would look like.

[upbeat lively music continues] - Yes, okay, I see you.

Now that we have our moves, let's combine them.

We'll do our base move together But we need to pick one side.

Which side do we really wanna do?

I like the paddbre.

[upbeat lively music continues] I like the paddbre, but I also like the lotus.

[upbeat lively music continues] - Ooh, yeah, I vote for the lotus.

- Great, lotus it is.

So we'll do the base, two step, then the lotus, then we'll each add our own spice move to top it off, and end with a pose.

Ready?

Let's go.

[upbeat lively music continues] [upbeat lively music continues] [upbeat lively music continues] Whoa, that was fun.

I love being in community with you all.

You did great.

- Thanks.

- Thanks.

- Let's end our time together with the community cypher, which is common in house dance.

A little celebration to finish off our amazing meal.

[upbeat lively music continues] [upbeat lively music continues] [upbeat lively music continues] [upbeat lively music continues] All right, now it's all you.

Give it a try.

Grab some members of your community and get together for a house dance feast.

Have fun and we'll see you next time, bye.

[upbeat lively music continues] [upbeat cheerful music] - Hi friends, okay, here we are.

We're getting ready to play our money game.

I have with me here my friend.

- Malena.

- My mathematician friend.

So today, I'm going to write a number value in cents and you are gonna show it to me using our magnetic coin.

So let's just review.

This is 50 cents, which is a half dollar.

These are quarters, which are worth 25 cents.

We have these, which are dimes.

They're worth?

- 10 cents.

- These are?

- $5 cents.

- Five cents.

And these are?

- Pennies that are worth one cents.

- One cents, so 50 cents, 25 cents, 10 cents, five cents, and one cents.

So if I write 55 cents, can you show me what that's gonna look like?

- So I could take this half dollar coin, which is 50, and then plus this nickel, which is this five.

- This would be 50 plus five equals 55 cents.

Is there another way we can do it with different coins?

- So we can take a dime, we could take five dimes.

- [Zoe] Five dimes, which is each dime is 10 cents.

- So the value equals 50 cents.

50 cents plus a nickel which is equal to 55 cents.

- So each dime is worth 10.

So let's count 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, plus five more equals 55 cents.

Wow, is there another way you can show me 55 cents?

- So a quarter equals 25, and another quarter equals 25, so it equals 50.

And then 50 plus a nickel equals 55.

- Fantastic, you are a money expert.

All right, let's try another number.

If I wanted 37 cents, how could I do that?

- So you would take a quarter, and then you could take the nickel, which equals 30, and then 30 plus you could do another five, and then plus two pennies.

- All right, so we have 25 cents plus five cents, 25, plus five, plus five, plus one, plus one.

So that's 25, 30, 35, 36, 37 cents.

So equals 37 cents.

Excellent, let's see.

That was a lot of coins, the one.

Can you show us another way we can make 37 cents?

- Yes, so you could take three dimes which equals 10 cents.

- Three dimes meaning 10 cents each, right?

- Yes.

- So 10, 20, 30, great.

- And then 30 plus one, two, three, four, five, six, seven pennies, which is each one cent equals 37.

- Right, so 10, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37.

Ooh, that's a lot of pennies, fantastic.

What about, let's see if I can make this 74 cents?

- So I could take two quarters and then I would get this to 50.

- [Zoe] 50 cents.

- And then you could add two dimes would get us to 70.

- Because they're 10 each, right?

- And if you take four pennies, which is each one cent, four pennies, they'll get you to 74.

- All right, let's see, 25, 25 is 50.

10 and 10.

So 50, 60, 70, one, two, three, four, fantastic!

Can you show us a different way to make that?

Yes, like chess.

- Maybe you'll be dealing with lots of money when you're older.

[bouncy music] - So I could take seven dimes.

- [Zoe] Seven dimes at 10 each, 10 cents each.

- That'll get us to 70.

And then plus four pennies, which is each one cents.

- Beautiful, so let's count, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70.

Seven dimes, 70 cents.

71, 72, 73, 74, amazing!

One more, and then we'll finish up.

And then you guys can practice this at home.

Let's try 42 cents.

- So if I did two quarters, it would be 50, so we can't do that.

So we could take one quarter equals 25 plus a dime would get us to 35.

And then 35 plus five would get us to 40.

And then 40 plus two pennies, which equals 1 cents equals 42.

I love the way you're explaining your thinking.

So 25, 30, 40, one, two.

Quarter, nickel, dime, and two pennies, fantastic.

One more way to show 42.

- Okay, so you could take four dimes, which equals 10 cents.

And then you have 40, but you can't add a five because it's five bigger than two, so you have to add two pennies.

- That's right, you put a nickel, it would be 45.

And it's 42.

So great, let's count, four dimes, 10, 20, 30, 40, 41, 42.

You're excellent at money.

All right, friends, I hope you play this game at home.

- Bye.

- See you later, bye.

[upbeat cheerful music] [upbeat cheerful music] ♪ I am feeling excited ♪ ♪ It's my first day of school ♪ ♪ Can't wait to see who will I meet ♪ ♪ My mom said to follow the rules ♪ ♪ As I enter the classroom ♪ ♪ I see a boy my age ♪ ♪ He has a dino backpack too ♪ ♪ I say hello ♪ ♪ He says go away ♪ ♪ What ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Don't be a bully ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ We can be friends ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ You are not a bully ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Let's not offend ♪ ♪ Maybe we're all just nervous ♪ ♪ Maybe we need to chill ♪ ♪ I'll try at recess ♪ ♪ And perhaps this time ♪ ♪ We will have a thrill ♪ ♪ He's sitting all alone now ♪ ♪ He looks so very sad ♪ ♪ Maybe he wants someone to play ♪ ♪ I said hello ♪ ♪ And he got mad ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Don't be a bully ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ We can be friends ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ You are a bully ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Why are you mean ♪ ♪ Let's not offend ♪ ♪ The rules are easy ♪ ♪ Like lemon squeezy ♪ ♪ I'm easy peasy ♪ ♪ Let's share some cheesy ♪ ♪ I like you ♪ ♪ You like me ♪ ♪ I want you to play with me ♪ ♪ I like you ♪ ♪ You like me ♪ ♪ I want you to play with me ♪ ♪ Don't be so mean ♪ ♪ Don't be so mean ♪ ♪ You're not a bully ♪ ♪ Don't be so mean ♪ ♪ Don't be so mean ♪ ♪ We can be friends ♪ ♪ Don't be so mean ♪ ♪ Don't be so mean ♪ ♪ You're not a bully ♪ ♪ Don't be so mean ♪ ♪ Don't be so mean ♪ ♪ You and I are friends ♪ ♪ You and I are friends ♪ ♪ You and I are friends ♪ - [Child 1] Can you believe we weren't friends?

- [Child 2] I know, I was so mean back then.

- [Child 1] But now you're not.

- [Child 2] I'm glad we're friends.

- [Child 1] Me too.

♪ You and I are friends ♪ ♪ You and I are friends ♪ [upbeat cheerful music] - Hi.

- Hey, question, what planet do we live on?

We live on Earth.

- Earth.

- Yes, Earth is our home.

Hey, let's take a moment and let's look at this web I have right here.

Earth.

- Earth.

- Earth is our home.

Earth's surface is mainly water.

You see, the green is land and the blue is water.

And there's a whole lot of blue, right Sahil?

- Yeah.

- Earth is over 4.5 billion years old.

- Yeah.

- That's old.

- Yeah.

- Earth rotates at around 1000 miles an hour, woo.

Earth is the third closest planet to the sun.

Earth is our home.

Do you think it's important that we take care of our home?

- Yeah.

- It's very important that we take care of our home.

We have to make sure that it's clean.

- If our home is a little bit dirty, then [indistinct] and Elton come.

- Oh yeah, that's right.

- And do they clean it up?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

So how about air pollution?

Do you know what pollution is?

- Yeah.

- What's pollution?

What's an example of pollution?

Anything that causes harm to our Earth, that is pollution like smoke.

- Wait, like that Earth?

- Yes, smoke and gas.

Do you wanna know what we're gonna do today?

We're gonna make something that's gonna help clean the earth.

Do you wanna do that?

- Yeah.

- And our friends at home, they can do it at home as well, okay?

- Yeah, but I dunno how to do.

- I'm gonna show you, okay?

We're gonna make something.

- I don't have that at home.

- What at home?

- This.

- Oh, well we don't need this for our activity.

- No.

- [Krystal] We're going to make something using the materials we have here at the table, okay?

Do you have paper plates at home?

- [Sahil] I think I do.

- Okay, do you have crayons at home?

- Yeah.

- Do you have string at home?

- Yeah.

- Yes, okay.

Do you have scissors at home?

- Yeah, I have only grownup scissors.

- Oh, well that's okay, that'll work.

And look, we also have some petroleum jelly.

You know what this is used for?

It's used to heal your skin.

- That's for like rubbing.

- Yeah, you rub it on your skin.

And also if you have like dried chapped lips, you can put it on your lips.

Helps keep you moisturized.

- Or all over your skin.

- If you need it.

We're gonna make a pollution catcher.

- And that?

Well, do you know what this is called?

- Yeah.

- It's a hole puncher.

- Hole puncher.

- Yeah, so we use this to poke holes.

But friends at home, if you don't have a hole puncher, just use a pencil to poke a hole, okay?

So this is what we're gonna do.

We're gonna take a paper plate.

- That looks like something for our nails.

- It does look like a nail clipper.

Yeah, you're right, it does.

So look, we're gonna take your paper plate.

First thing, use the hole puncher.

Poke a hole.

- Poke a hole.

- And at home, if you do not have a hole puncher, take a pencil or a pen and just poke a hole, right?

- Yeah.

- Simple, okay?

And now next, I want you to think of Earth.

Think of a beautiful clean Earth.

And when I think of the Earth, I think of the ocean.

So on one side, take stickers if you'd like, or if you don't have any stickers, use some crayons and some markers and draw a picture on one side of the paper plate.

- I think I have so many stickers at my home.

- Oh, perfect, so Sahil and I, on our paper plates, we have the ocean, and we put some ocean animal stickers.

And Sahil, we're gonna remember the first step, poking the hole.

So we're gonna poke holes, one into mine.

Would you like to poke yours?

- Yeah.

- I'll stick it in for you, and we can press together.

Press, there you go, good job.

- Yeah.

- Okay, perfect.

At home, remember, take your time, make your design, don't rush.

Okay, so we have that.

And now, what we're gonna do is we're going to turn it over and not at the side where we did our design.

On the other side of the paper plate, you'll take your petroleum jelly, which you can find this at any drug store or any corner store.

Take a scoop of this jelly and you are gonna put it on the plate like this and rub it around the plate, just like that.

All right, Sahil, just like that.

Do you see how I tap it like this?

- Yeah.

- So that I can get the petroleum jelly on the plate?

And then I use the bottom of the spoon to spread, okay?

- Yeah.

- So scoop up some- - Can you do it over here?

If you like, you can.

- Oh yeah.

- Okay, so Sahil's question was if he can place the Vaseline over here?

And you can, you can place it around the plate if you'd like.

I like to start in the middle and then I spread it out.

Spread, spread, spread, spread, spread.

Good job, Sahil.

And then you can spread it, yeah.

And if you'd like, you can turn it over this way, the bottom of the spoon so it's easier to spread.

You see that?

Get a little around there.

Good job, Sahil.

We'll see at home.

Look at that.

And now, I'm gonna take my spoon.

I'm gonna put it back in here.

Here, Sahil will put it back in there, perfect.

And then we're going to now take a piece of string.

And what do you think I'm gonna do with the string?

- Put it in the hole.

- That's right, you're so smart.

You are gonna take the string, put it through the hole, and now, I'm gonna tie a knot like this.

And look friends at home, now I can hang this somewhere.

Now, what you can do is hang it outside somewhere.

Hang it on a tree if you can on the branch, maybe hang it- - Or on your home.

- Yeah, well you know what?

You can, if you wanted to check the air, the air quality inside your home, but I would suggest you putting it outside so you can see the air quality outside.

And you know what it's going to do?

All of the pollutants that are in the air, although we can't see them, they're there.

And this is gonna trap 'em.

They're going to get stuck.

They're gonna stick to the petroleum jelly.

Leave it hanging for a week, maybe two weeks, maybe a month, and then get a magnifying glass and closely observe, look at all of the pollutants that you caught.

Look, let me show you something right now.

Sahil and mine, looks so beautiful and so clean.

I did this a week ago, Sahil.

And I hung it outside of our school.

Beautiful, clean Earth on one side.

Look at all of the pollutants.

- Does that go into space?

- It goes in the air, and we breathe this in.

- Or when it's in my tummy.

- Yeah, and when you breathe in pollutants, you know what can happen?

We can get sick.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, so that's not good.

- We don't wanna be sick.

- That's right, so friends at home, let's work together and let's clean our Earth.

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